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As I mentioned elsewhere, this is what makes the Comedian possibly the most fascinating character in WATCHMEN. He is genuinely tragic in the strict sense of the term. He is a very bad man who sees himself as damned. (and therefore able to do the things that others are not damned enough to do--partly so they don't have to, in his view) But there is enough good in him for him to KNOW this. And he knows that he made one good thing in his life: Laurie. And I think he clung to that one thing as the only reason to not put a gun to his head.

And yes, he did kill a woman carrying his baby. And I think that moment haunted him forever(as did his attempt to rape Sally--something he did when he was a stupid kid, but that he was adult enough to not be able to excuse himself for later). And also proved to him life was a joke. Because the closest thing he ever knew to God was standing right there and let him. As he said himself at the time.