And it intrigues me because it is a TRANSPARENT ATTEMPT to pre-empt a desired dialog over our masked vigilante defenders. Here is an actual copy of The New Frontiersman of the times in question:
One way in which you can tell that the first example is a modern fabrication is simply its prose style. An actual newpaper, expecially from the 1980s, would have a paragraph indent (typically five spaces) at the beginning ov each paragraph. Instead, the pretender adds a blank line in between graphs, and starts the new paragraph flush left, in the new "internewt" style.
This stylistic bungle PROVES the modern provenance of this "back-dated" slander.
So, beware of plagiarisms. Our esteemed president Nixon has at times dropped hints about various "dirty tricks" undertaken by his opponents, the shady left-leaners of the lavender persuasion.
Well, the dirty tricks are upon us! I implore you to stay true to the PURITY OF PURPOSE expressed by our hooded heroes.
Here is a more accurate depiction of our hero, Rohrschach:
Beware the insidious attempts of the spineless wheedlers who try to sneak their protestations of moderation into the life-and-death issues of ORDER and CONTROL!