The Comedian is an amoral "super-hero" in the comic book and movie Watchmen. His real name is Edward Blake. He was a member of both the original Minutemen and the Crimebusters (however he was expelled from the Minutemen after trying to rape another member (see below) and the Crimebusters never really took off as a group).
Before he makes his appearance. Comedian rapes Knuckles Riso, when Knuckles was a teenager. Comedian nearly killed him. It was because of Zeus pays him to do that. Since Zeus sees a vision of Knuckles becomes a hero and stops evil.