For the Man Who Has Everything being rejected because DC had already developed projects with other writers for the characters with which he intended to work. When the editor Dick Giordano finally approved the project that would become "Watchmen", Moore and Gibbons began working on planning the stories. Shortly after, the editor Julius Schwartz asked Gibbons if he could draw a Superman story. Gibbons said he was available. When Schwartz told Gibbons he could also choose who wrote the story, he immediately requested Moore. "For the Man Who Has Everything" began to take shape. Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman visit the Fortress of Solitude with gifts
The Silver Ship and the Sea "altered" children who have been left on the planet "Fremont" after a war. They were often mistreated because they descended from the "altered" who fought against the humans. These "altered" were stronger and faster, with better reflexes and sharper senses than the normal humans of Fremont. In "The Silver Ship and the Sea", there are six "altered" children: Chelo Lee, her brother Joseph, Kayleen, Bryan, Alicia, and Liam. Fremont had a single town, Artistos, where most of the people lived. There were also two bands of "Roamers": the east band and the west band. These travel around studying plants and