Rorschach, born Walter Joseph Kovacs, was the son of Sylvia, who worked as a prostitute. 
His mother despised him and once told him that she wished she had aborted him. After 
defending himself against some bullies, his life was investigated and he was placed in a 
special home. Kovacs never saw his mother again. When informed of her murder, his only 
response was "Good."

                                                                           
Bio: Rorschach was created by Watchmen writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons but,
as with most of the central characters in the series, he was an analog for Charlton Comics 
characters, in this case The Question and Mr. A, which were created by Steve Ditko, whose 
work Moore admired. Moore has said that the character's real name, Walter Kovacs, was inspired 
by Ditko's tendency to give his characters names beginning with the letter K. In an interview 
for the BBC's Comics Britannia, Moore stated that Rorschach was created as a way of exploring how 
an archetypical Batman-type character—a driven, vengeance-fueled, vigilante—would be like in the real 
world. He concluded that the short answer was "a nutcase". Rorschach was named the sixteenth greatest 
comic book character by Empire Magazine and the 6th greatest by Wizard Magazine.

Wearing the mask that displays a constantly morphing inkblot, which he considers his "true face", 
Rorschach has continued his one-man battle against crime long after superheroes have become both detested 
and illegal. Rorschach’s actions and journal writings display a belief in moral absolutism and moral objectivism, 
where good and evil are clearly defined and evil must be violently punished. He has alienated himself from the rest 
of society to achieve these aims. Politically, he is an anti-communist, anti-liberal, and strong nationalist. Rorschach 
is described by Alan Moore as an extremely right-wing character

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