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Before Watchmen is a series of comic books published by DC Comics in 2012. Acting as a prequel to the 1986 12-issue Watchmen limited series by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, the project consists of eight limited series and one one-shot (though two were planned) for a total of 37 issues.

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias artwork by Jae Lee

Publication history edit

Moore stated in 1985 that if the Watchmen limited series was well-received, he and Gibbons would possibly create a 12-issue prequel series called Minutemen featuring the 1940s superhero group from the story.[1] DC offered Moore and Gibbons chances to publish prequels to the series, such as Rorschach's Journal or The Comedian's Vietnam War Diary, as well as hinting at the possibility of other authors using the same universe. Tales of the Comedian's Vietnam War experiences were floated because The 'Nam was popular at the time, while another suggestion was, according to Gibbons, for a "Nite Owl/Rorschach team" (in the manner of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and also in the sense that the original Charlton characters Blue Beetle and The Question had worked together as a team from time-to-time). Neither man felt the stories would have gone anywhere, with Moore particularly adamant that DC not go forward with stories by other individuals.[2] Gibbons was more attracted to the idea of a Minutemen series, because it would have "[paid] homage to the simplicity and unsophisticated nature of Golden Age comic books—with the added dramatic interest that it would be a story whose conclusion is already known. It would be, perhaps, interesting to see how we got to the conclusion."[3]

In 2010, Moore told Wired that DC offered him the rights to Watchmen back earlier that week, if he would agree to prequel and sequel projects. Moore said that "if they said that 10 years ago, when I asked them for that, then yeah it might have worked ... But these days I don't want Watchmen back. Certainly, I don't want it back under those kinds of terms." DC Comics co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee responded, "DC Comics would only revisit these iconic characters if the creative vision of any proposed new stories matched the quality set by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons nearly 25 years ago, and our first discussion on any of this would naturally be with the creators themselves."[4]

Following months of rumors about a potential Watchmen follow-up project, in February 2012 DC announced seven prequel limited series under the "Before Watchmen" banner: Rorschach, Minutemen, Dr. Manhattan, Comedian, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, and Ozymandias. The books were written by J. Michael Straczynski, Brian Azzarello, Darwyn Cooke, and Len Wein, and drawn by Lee Bermejo, J. G. Jones, Adam Hughes, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, and Amanda Conner. Every issue featured a two-page installment of the backup series "Curse of the Crimson Corsair" written by Len Wein and drawn by original Watchmen colorist John Higgins. The backup was inspired by the Tales of the Black Freighter story within a story from the original Watchmen. A Before Watchmen: Epilogue one-shot was announced but never published.

Gibbons stated,

The original series of Watchmen is the complete story that Alan Moore and I wanted to tell. However, I appreciate DC's reasons for this initiative and the wish of the artists and writers involved to pay tribute to our work. May these new additions have the success they desire.[5]

Moore criticized the project, calling it "completely shameless", and stated he was not interested in monetary compensation, but rather “What I want is for this not to happen.”[6] Moore elaborated,

What the comics industry has effectively said is, 'Yes, this was the only book that made us briefly special and that was because it wasn't like all the other books.' Watchmen was something that stood on its own and it had the integrity of a literary work. What they've decided now is, 'So, let's change it to a regular comic that can run indefinitely and have spin-offs.' and 'Let's make it as unexceptional as possible.' Like I say, they're doing this because they haven't got any other choices left, evidently.[7]

Titles edit

Before Watchmen: Minutemen (six issues) edit

Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke[8]

Hollis Mason, the original Nite Owl, recounts his exploits with The Minutemen during the 1940s, while in the midst of his retirement, he faces opposition to the publication of his tell-all autobiography, Under the Hood in the early 1960s. Although it heavily retconned certain characters' backstories by suggesting that a large part of Under the Hood was dirty lies and cover ups, it debuted to positive reviews.[9][10][11]

Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (four issues) edit

Writers: Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner. Artist: Amanda Conner[8]

The story follows Laurie Jupiter as she rebels against her mother Sally's efforts for Laurie to replace her as the Silk Spectre. Laurie runs away with her boyfriend to discover herself in the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s. The story debuted to mixed reviews.[12][13][14]

Before Watchmen: Comedian (six issues) edit

Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J. G. Jones[8]

The story reveals the Comedian's history with the Kennedy family during his exploits in the violent Vietnam Era. It debuted to mostly negative reviews.[15][16][17][18]

Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (four issues) edit

Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert[8]

The plot takes place in the early 1960s, where 17-year-old Daniel Dreiberg is trained by Hollis Mason, the Nite Owl who led the vigilante team The Minutemen, as he narrates his first adventures as the second Nite Owl. Dreiberg and Rorschach did not get along, but they started an early partnership when they begin looking at a series of prostitute murders. Each recalled the abuse their mother suffered when they were children. Nite Owl inadvertently allows seduction into his world of vigilantism, courtesy of the dominatrix madam The Twilight Lady, while Rorschach turns toward religion, bringing the duo back together to solve the case. The story debuted to mostly positive reviews.[19][20][21]

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias (six issues) edit

Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee[8]

As he awaits the final moment for his master plan to come together, Ozymandias reflects on what brought him there and makes an autobiographical recording of his life that spans 1939-1985 (when the story of Watchmen takes place). We see his early studies and adventures, the beginnings of his financial empire and his crime-fighting career, and his first unnerving encounters with The Comedian and Doctor Manhattan—the latter of which prompted him to build his Antarctic fortress of Karnak, aid in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, and retire from crime-fighting to concentrate on saving the world at any cost. The story debuted to mostly positive reviews.[22][23][24]

Before Watchmen: Rorschach (four issues) edit

Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo[8]

The story follows Rorschach in New York City, 1977, where his crime-fighting activities cause him to be targeted by a crime lord running drugs and prostitution in the sordid Times Square. While focused on the gang, Rorschach makes the mistake of allowing another predator to operate unchallenged. The story debuted to mixed reviews.[25][26][27]

Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan (four issues) edit

Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes[8]

The story explores the different universes that Doctor Manhattan alias Jon Osterman simultaneously perceives. It also adds a notable new element to Osterman's backstory by revealing him to be a half-Jewish German immigrant who escaped with his father from the Third Reich to America; in the original Watchmen series, he was not implied to be anything other than American. It debuted to positive reviews.[28][29][30]

Before Watchmen: Moloch (two issues) edit

Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Eduardo Risso[31]

Moloch, alias Edgar William Jacobi, was an ex-nemesis of the Minutemen. This story reveals information about Moloch's childhood, his turn to villainy, and new details surrounding his death. According to review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup, the series received an average score of 5.8/10 based on 12 critic reviews.[32]

Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill (one-shot) edit

Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Steve Rude

The story explores Bill Brady, the corporate-sponsored superhero and Minutemen team member known as Dollar Bill.[33]

Unpublished edit

Before Watchmen: Curse of the Crimson Corsair edit

Writers: Len Wein. Artists: John Higgins.

A series focused on Crimson Corsair was planned but Wein left to work on Before Watchmen: Epilogue. Higgins had also written and drawn the Crimson Corsair back-up features that appear in many of the Before Watchmen publications.[34]

Before Watchmen: Epilogue (one-shot) edit

Writers: Various. Artists: Various

The planned Epilogue one-shot was cancelled.[35] It would have featured a Crimson Corsair story written by Len Wein and drawn by John Higgins.[36]

Collected editions edit

Title Material collected Published date ISBN
Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1-6 and Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1-4 July 2013 978-1401238926
Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach Before Watchmen: Comedian #1-6 and Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1-4 July 2013 978-1401245139
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1-4, Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1-4 and Before Watchmen: Moloch #1-2 July 2013 978-1401238940
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1-6, Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill #1 and Before Watchmen: Crimson Corsair #1 July 2013 978-1401238957
Before Watchmen Omnibus Before Watchmen: Comedian #1-6, Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1-4, Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1-6, Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1-4, Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1-4, Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1-4, Before Watchmen: Moloch #1-2, Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1-6, Before Watchmen: Crimson Corsair #1 and Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill #1 December 2018 978-1401285517

In other media edit

The television series Watchmen is set 34 years after the original comic, and includes several events from Before Watchmen adapted in-universe as a television series titled American Hero Story: Minutemen.[37]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Heintjes, Tom (March 1986). "Alan Moore On (Just About) Everything". The Comics Journal.
  2. ^ "Watchmen Round Table: Moore & Gibbons". David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview. Issue 65, 1988.
  3. ^ Young, Thom. "". Comics Bulletin. 2008. Retrieved on December 12, 2008. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Thill, Scott. (July 21, 2010). "Alan Moore: 'I Don't Want Watchmen Back'". Wired. Retrieved on February 1, 2012.
  5. ^ Phegley, Kiel (February 1, 2012). "DC Comics to Publish 'Before Watchmen' Prequels". CBR.com. Retrieved on June 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Itzkoff, Dave. "DC Plans Prequels to Watchmen Series". The New York Times. February 1, 2012. Retrieved on February 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "Interview with Alan Moore" 2018-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Seraphemera. Retrieved on March 23, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "DC Entertainment Announces Official Publication Date for BEFORE WATCHMEN" 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. DC Comics. March 12, 2012.
  9. ^ "Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 Review". IGN. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  10. ^ "'Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1′ Is The Very Best Modern Comics Have To Offer [Review]". MTV. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  11. ^ Brian Salvatore and David Harper (8 June 2012). ""Review: Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1" 2017-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. Multiversity Comics.
  12. ^ . Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Review: Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1". Comic Book Resources. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  14. ^ "Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 Review". IGN. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  15. ^ "Best Shots Extra: Avengers Vs. X-Men, Before Watchmen: Comedian, More". Newsarama.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  16. ^ Gallaher, Valerie (2012-06-20). "Review: 'Before Watchmen: Comedian' Is No Killing Joke". MTV. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  17. ^ . Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  18. ^ David Harper and Brian Salvatore, "Review: Before Watchmen: The Comedian #1 2019-09-07 at the Wayback Machine", www.multiversitycomics.com, 22 June 2012
  19. ^ . Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  21. ^ Brian Salvatore and David Harper, "Review: Before Watchmen Nite Owl #1 2017-12-27 at the Wayback Machine", www.multiversitycomics.com, 29 June 2012
  22. ^ . Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  23. ^ Writer:  Len Wein. "Advanced Review: Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1 (of 6) - Cosmic Book News". Comics.cosmicbooknews.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  24. ^ Brian Salvatore and David Harper, "Review: Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine", www.multiversitycomics.com, 6 July 2012
  25. ^ . Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  26. ^ Brian Salvatore and David Harper, "Review: Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine", www.multiversitycomics.com, 17 August 2012
  27. ^ Thill, Scott. "Review: Before Watchmen's Rorschach Has Been There, Done That | Underwire". Wired. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  28. ^ "Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan #1 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  29. ^ "Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news". Aintitcool.com. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  30. ^ Brian Salvatore and David Harper, "Review: Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1 2018-03-01 at the Wayback Machine", www.multiversitycomics.com, 24 August 2012
  31. ^ "FAN EXPO: JMS & Risso Launch "Before Watchmen: Moloch"Comic Book Resources Aug 25, 2012
  32. ^ "[Before Watchmen: Moloch Comic Series Reviews]," Comic Book Roundup. Retrieved August 29, 2016
  33. ^ Webb, Charles. "In January, Len Wein Redeems A Fallen Hero In 'Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill' #1". MTV. from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  34. ^ Mullin, Pamela (6 August 2012). "Artist John Higgins to write The Curse of the Crimson Corsair". DC Comics. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  35. ^ "Talking to Len Wein About His Career, His Legacy and Before Watchmen". 30 April 2013.
  36. ^ Hyde, David. . DC Comics. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  37. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-11-13.

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Before Watchmen is a series of comic books published by DC Comics in 2012 Acting as a prequel to the 1986 12 issue Watchmen limited series by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons the project consists of eight limited series and one one shot though two were planned for a total of 37 issues Before Watchmen Ozymandias artwork by Jae Lee Contents 1 Publication history 2 Titles 2 1 Before Watchmen Minutemen six issues 2 2 Before Watchmen Silk Spectre four issues 2 3 Before Watchmen Comedian six issues 2 4 Before Watchmen Nite Owl four issues 2 5 Before Watchmen Ozymandias six issues 2 6 Before Watchmen Rorschach four issues 2 7 Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan four issues 2 8 Before Watchmen Moloch two issues 2 9 Before Watchmen Dollar Bill one shot 2 10 Unpublished 2 10 1 Before Watchmen Curse of the Crimson Corsair 2 10 2 Before Watchmen Epilogue one shot 3 Collected editions 4 In other media 5 Notes 6 External linksPublication history editMoore stated in 1985 that if the Watchmen limited series was well received he and Gibbons would possibly create a 12 issue prequel series called Minutemen featuring the 1940s superhero group from the story 1 DC offered Moore and Gibbons chances to publish prequels to the series such as Rorschach s Journal or The Comedian s Vietnam War Diary as well as hinting at the possibility of other authors using the same universe Tales of the Comedian s Vietnam War experiences were floated because The Nam was popular at the time while another suggestion was according to Gibbons for a Nite Owl Rorschach team in the manner of Randall and Hopkirk Deceased and also in the sense that the original Charlton characters Blue Beetle and The Question had worked together as a team from time to time Neither man felt the stories would have gone anywhere with Moore particularly adamant that DC not go forward with stories by other individuals 2 Gibbons was more attracted to the idea of a Minutemen series because it would have paid homage to the simplicity and unsophisticated nature of Golden Age comic books with the added dramatic interest that it would be a story whose conclusion is already known It would be perhaps interesting to see how we got to the conclusion 3 In 2010 Moore told Wired that DC offered him the rights to Watchmen back earlier that week if he would agree to prequel and sequel projects Moore said that if they said that 10 years ago when I asked them for that then yeah it might have worked But these days I don t want Watchmen back Certainly I don t want it back under those kinds of terms DC Comics co publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee responded DC Comics would only revisit these iconic characters if the creative vision of any proposed new stories matched the quality set by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons nearly 25 years ago and our first discussion on any of this would naturally be with the creators themselves 4 Following months of rumors about a potential Watchmen follow up project in February 2012 DC announced seven prequel limited series under the Before Watchmen banner Rorschach Minutemen Dr Manhattan Comedian Silk Spectre Nite Owl and Ozymandias The books were written by J Michael Straczynski Brian Azzarello Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein and drawn by Lee Bermejo J G Jones Adam Hughes Andy Kubert Joe Kubert and Amanda Conner Every issue featured a two page installment of the backup series Curse of the Crimson Corsair written by Len Wein and drawn by original Watchmen colorist John Higgins The backup was inspired by the Tales of the Black Freighter story within a story from the original Watchmen A Before Watchmen Epilogue one shot was announced but never published Gibbons stated The original series of Watchmen is the complete story that Alan Moore and I wanted to tell However I appreciate DC s reasons for this initiative and the wish of the artists and writers involved to pay tribute to our work May these new additions have the success they desire 5 Moore criticized the project calling it completely shameless and stated he was not interested in monetary compensation but rather What I want is for this not to happen 6 Moore elaborated What the comics industry has effectively said is Yes this was the only book that made us briefly special and that was because it wasn t like all the other books Watchmen was something that stood on its own and it had the integrity of a literary work What they ve decided now is So let s change it to a regular comic that can run indefinitely and have spin offs and Let s make it as unexceptional as possible Like I say they re doing this because they haven t got any other choices left evidently 7 Titles editBefore Watchmen Minutemen six issues edit Writer Artist Darwyn Cooke 8 Hollis Mason the original Nite Owl recounts his exploits with The Minutemen during the 1940s while in the midst of his retirement he faces opposition to the publication of his tell all autobiography Under the Hood in the early 1960s Although it heavily retconned certain characters backstories by suggesting that a large part of Under the Hood was dirty lies and cover ups it debuted to positive reviews 9 10 11 Before Watchmen Silk Spectre four issues edit Writers Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner Artist Amanda Conner 8 The story follows Laurie Jupiter as she rebels against her mother Sally s efforts for Laurie to replace her as the Silk Spectre Laurie runs away with her boyfriend to discover herself in the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s The story debuted to mixed reviews 12 13 14 Before Watchmen Comedian six issues edit Writer Brian Azzarello Artist J G Jones 8 The story reveals the Comedian s history with the Kennedy family during his exploits in the violent Vietnam Era It debuted to mostly negative reviews 15 16 17 18 Before Watchmen Nite Owl four issues edit Writer J Michael Straczynski Artists Andy and Joe Kubert 8 The plot takes place in the early 1960s where 17 year old Daniel Dreiberg is trained by Hollis Mason the Nite Owl who led the vigilante team The Minutemen as he narrates his first adventures as the second Nite Owl Dreiberg and Rorschach did not get along but they started an early partnership when they begin looking at a series of prostitute murders Each recalled the abuse their mother suffered when they were children Nite Owl inadvertently allows seduction into his world of vigilantism courtesy of the dominatrix madam The Twilight Lady while Rorschach turns toward religion bringing the duo back together to solve the case The story debuted to mostly positive reviews 19 20 21 Before Watchmen Ozymandias six issues edit Writer Len Wein Artist Jae Lee 8 As he awaits the final moment for his master plan to come together Ozymandias reflects on what brought him there and makes an autobiographical recording of his life that spans 1939 1985 when the story of Watchmen takes place We see his early studies and adventures the beginnings of his financial empire and his crime fighting career and his first unnerving encounters with The Comedian and Doctor Manhattan the latter of which prompted him to build his Antarctic fortress of Karnak aid in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis and retire from crime fighting to concentrate on saving the world at any cost The story debuted to mostly positive reviews 22 23 24 Before Watchmen Rorschach four issues edit Writer Brian Azzarello Artist Lee Bermejo 8 The story follows Rorschach in New York City 1977 where his crime fighting activities cause him to be targeted by a crime lord running drugs and prostitution in the sordid Times Square While focused on the gang Rorschach makes the mistake of allowing another predator to operate unchallenged The story debuted to mixed reviews 25 26 27 Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan four issues edit Writer J Michael Straczynski Artist Adam Hughes 8 The story explores the different universes that Doctor Manhattan alias Jon Osterman simultaneously perceives It also adds a notable new element to Osterman s backstory by revealing him to be a half Jewish German immigrant who escaped with his father from the Third Reich to America in the original Watchmen series he was not implied to be anything other than American It debuted to positive reviews 28 29 30 Before Watchmen Moloch two issues edit Writer J Michael Straczynski Artist Eduardo Risso 31 Moloch alias Edgar William Jacobi was an ex nemesis of the Minutemen This story reveals information about Moloch s childhood his turn to villainy and new details surrounding his death According to review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup the series received an average score of 5 8 10 based on 12 critic reviews 32 Before Watchmen Dollar Bill one shot edit Writer Len Wein Artist Steve RudeThe story explores Bill Brady the corporate sponsored superhero and Minutemen team member known as Dollar Bill 33 Unpublished edit Before Watchmen Curse of the Crimson Corsair edit Writers Len Wein Artists John Higgins A series focused on Crimson Corsair was planned but Wein left to work on Before Watchmen Epilogue Higgins had also written and drawn the Crimson Corsair back up features that appear in many of the Before Watchmen publications 34 Before Watchmen Epilogue one shot edit Writers Various Artists VariousThe planned Epilogue one shot was cancelled 35 It would have featured a Crimson Corsair story written by Len Wein and drawn by John Higgins 36 Collected editions editTitle Material collected Published date ISBN Before Watchmen Minutemen Silk Spectre Before Watchmen Minutemen 1 6 and Before Watchmen Silk Spectre 1 4 July 2013 978 1401238926 Before Watchmen Comedian Rorschach Before Watchmen Comedian 1 6 and Before Watchmen Rorschach 1 4 July 2013 978 1401245139 Before Watchmen Nite Owl Dr Manhattan Before Watchmen Nite Owl 1 4 Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan 1 4 and Before Watchmen Moloch 1 2 July 2013 978 1401238940 Before Watchmen Ozymandias Crimson Corsair Before Watchmen Ozymandias 1 6 Before Watchmen Dollar Bill 1 and Before Watchmen Crimson Corsair 1 July 2013 978 1401238957 Before Watchmen Omnibus Before Watchmen Comedian 1 6 Before Watchmen Rorschach 1 4 Before Watchmen Minutemen 1 6 Before Watchmen Silk Spectre 1 4 Before Watchmen Nite Owl 1 4 Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan 1 4 Before Watchmen Moloch 1 2 Before Watchmen Ozymandias 1 6 Before Watchmen Crimson Corsair 1 and Before Watchmen Dollar Bill 1 December 2018 978 1401285517In other media editThe television series Watchmen is set 34 years after the original comic and includes several events from Before Watchmen adapted in universe as a television series titled American Hero Story Minutemen 37 Notes edit Heintjes Tom March 1986 Alan Moore On Just About Everything The Comics Journal Watchmen Round Table Moore amp Gibbons David Anthony Kraft s Comics Interview Issue 65 1988 Young Thom Watching the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons An Interview Comics Bulletin 2008 Retrieved on December 12 2008 Archived from the original on February 1 2012 Thill Scott July 21 2010 Alan Moore I Don t Want Watchmen Back Wired Retrieved on February 1 2012 Phegley Kiel February 1 2012 DC Comics to Publish Before Watchmen Prequels CBR com Retrieved on June 9 2020 Itzkoff Dave DC Plans Prequels to Watchmen Series The New York Times February 1 2012 Retrieved on February 1 2012 Interview with Alan Moore Archived 2018 02 11 at the Wayback Machine Seraphemera Retrieved on March 23 2012 a b c d e f g DC Entertainment Announces Official Publication Date for BEFORE WATCHMEN Archived 2012 04 19 at the Wayback Machine DC Comics March 12 2012 Before Watchmen Minutemen 1 Review IGN 2012 05 18 Retrieved 2012 06 09 Before Watchmen Minutemen 1 Is The Very Best Modern Comics Have To Offer Review MTV 2012 06 06 Retrieved 2020 06 09 Brian Salvatore and David Harper 8 June 2012 Review Before Watchmen Minutemen 1 Archived 2017 12 27 at the Wayback Machine Multiversity Comics Mania Entertainment reviews Before Watchmen Silk Spectre 1 Mania Entertainment Archived from the original on 2014 12 23 Retrieved 28 June 2012 Review Before Watchmen Silk Spectre 1 Comic Book Resources 2012 06 14 Retrieved 2020 06 09 Before Watchmen Silk Spectre 1 Review IGN 2012 06 13 Retrieved 2012 06 16 Best Shots Extra Avengers Vs X Men Before Watchmen Comedian More Newsarama com Retrieved 2012 06 20 Gallaher Valerie 2012 06 20 Review Before Watchmen Comedian Is No Killing Joke MTV Retrieved 2020 06 09 The Comedian 1 is the best of the Before Watchmen Titles so far Mania Entertainment Archived from the original on 2015 03 03 Retrieved 28 June 2012 David Harper and Brian Salvatore Review Before Watchmen The Comedian 1 Archived 2019 09 07 at the Wayback Machine www multiversitycomics com 22 June 2012 The venerable Kubert at 85 years of age can definitely teach a thing or two to many modern artists Mania Entertainment Archived from the original on 2014 12 23 Retrieved 3 July 2012 Before Watchmen Nite Owl 1 Review IGN Retrieved 2012 06 28 Brian Salvatore and David Harper Review Before Watchmen Nite Owl 1 Archived 2017 12 27 at the Wayback Machine www multiversitycomics com 29 June 2012 Mania Entertainment reviews Ozymandias 1 Mania Entertainment Archived from the original on 2015 03 25 Retrieved 21 August 2012 Writer Len Wein Advanced Review Before Watchmen Ozymandias 1 of 6 Cosmic Book News Comics cosmicbooknews com Retrieved 2012 07 05 Brian Salvatore and David Harper Review Before Watchmen Ozymandias 1 Archived 2018 03 01 at the Wayback Machine www multiversitycomics com 6 July 2012 Mania Entertainment Reviews Rorschach 1 Mania Entertainment Archived from the original on 22 August 2012 Retrieved 21 August 2012 Brian Salvatore and David Harper Review Before Watchmen Rorschach 1 Archived 2018 03 01 at the Wayback Machine www multiversitycomics com 17 August 2012 Thill Scott Review Before Watchmen s Rorschach Has Been There Done That Underwire Wired Retrieved 2012 08 16 Before Watchmen Doctor Manhattan 1 Review IGN Retrieved 2012 08 23 Ain t It Cool News The best in movie TV DVD and comic book news Aintitcool com Retrieved 2012 08 23 Brian Salvatore and David Harper Review Before Watchmen Dr Manhattan 1 Archived 2018 03 01 at the Wayback Machine www multiversitycomics com 24 August 2012 FAN EXPO JMS amp Risso Launch Before Watchmen Moloch Comic Book Resources Aug 25 2012 Before Watchmen Moloch Comic Series Reviews Comic Book Roundup Retrieved August 29 2016 Webb Charles In January Len Wein Redeems A Fallen Hero In Before Watchmen Dollar Bill 1 MTV Archived from the original on 2013 04 07 Retrieved 9 June 2020 Mullin Pamela 6 August 2012 Artist John Higgins to write The Curse of the Crimson Corsair DC Comics Retrieved 3 March 2013 Talking to Len Wein About His Career His Legacy and Before Watchmen 30 April 2013 Hyde David DC Entertainment Officially Announces Before Watchmen DC Comics Archived from the original on 2 July 2012 Retrieved 3 March 2013 Memo AHS Based on UNFactual Events PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2019 11 26 Retrieved 2019 11 13 External links 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