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COMICS: DC Unveil Latest BEFORE WATCHMEN Covers

Check out three covers and solicitations for some of the second issues of DC's controversial Watchmen prequel series, featuring Silk Specter, The Comedian and The Minutemen..

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By Mark "RorMachine" Cassidy - 4/9/2012


BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE #2
Written by DARWYN COOKE and AMANDA CONNER
Backup story written by LEN WEIN
Art and cover by AMANDA CONNER
Backup story art by JOHN HIGGINS
1:25 Variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
On sale JULY 18 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 4, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Combo Pack Edition: $4.99 US
“I’ve just come to a horrible realization...My mom would be really proud of me right now.”
Plus, a new CRIMSON CORSAIR backup feature from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!




BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN #2
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Backup story written by LEN WEIN
Art and cover by J.G. JONES
Backup story art by JOHN HIGGINS
1:25 Variant cover by TIM BRADSTREET
On sale JULY 25 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Combo Pack Edition: $4.99 US
“It’s something I’m good at. It’s war.”
Plus, a new CRIMSON CORSAIR backup feature from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!




BEFORE WATCHMEN: MINUTEMEN #2
Written by DARWYN COOKE
Backup story written by LEN WEIN
Art and cover by DARWYN COOKE
Backup story art by JOHN HIGGINS
1:25 Variant cover by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
On sale JULY 11 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Combo Pack Edition: $4.99 US
“This isn’t a book. It’s a bloody confession!”
Plus, a new CRIMSON CORSAIR backup feature from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!
Source: Via DC's Source
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LunarLt - 4/9/2012, 7:03 PM
1st
Action - 4/9/2012, 7:19 PM
I can't wait to read about the comedian and Dr Manhattan, when they were in Vietnam.

Hopefully, Cooke does not f#$% up writing the other two watchmen titles like Paul Dini did on ultimate spiderman animated series.
Jolt17 - 4/9/2012, 7:19 PM
Ah, J.G. Jones...his cover is always awesome. Darwyn Cooke's is nice, too.
marvel72 - 4/9/2012, 7:20 PM
if alan moore was involved i would be all over this,but his not so f*ck it.
Asterisk - 4/9/2012, 7:26 PM
*sigh*

Why?
CRleo1995 - 4/9/2012, 7:33 PM
I'm actually interested in these prequels and I absolutly love the original Watchmen comic series....but why is everyone getting all mad about it? It will be interesting to get new backgrounds and points of views of the characters from fans of the original graphic novel
write33 - 4/9/2012, 7:45 PM
love Cooke and the rest are high quality creators... I don't believe in story 'sacred cows' so I can't read to give this a try.
Ha1frican - 4/9/2012, 7:47 PM
Minutemen and comedian look great but SS... not so much
thewonderer - 4/9/2012, 7:58 PM
@Action

I'm loving the USM animated series
AUSSYACE - 4/9/2012, 8:10 PM
If you do not want to wreck your original Watchmen read just do not buy them and do not read them...SIMPLE...
Zounds - 4/9/2012, 8:18 PM
I enjoy Darwin Cooke's stuff, but I wonder how his stance against subversive content and the Watchmen universe haven't somehow collided into one another?
mmjoseph - 4/9/2012, 8:21 PM
wait. What more can possibly be covered that wasn't covered in Watchmen? I call shenanigans. I will not be a sheep pulled into this cash cow. (yes I will... who am I kidding, but I will be very disgruntled about it all.)
deadpoolbeatsall - 4/9/2012, 8:25 PM
the comedian one is cool other ones suck
soberchimera - 4/9/2012, 8:45 PM
When the failure of DC's attempt to cash in on Alan Moore's genius foams up around their waists they'll shout "Save Us!!" and I'll whisper "No."
Netman0007 - 4/9/2012, 9:36 PM
shit comic
laughterman26 - 4/9/2012, 9:42 PM
i still cant get over that faggot logo......dont like the comics either. the movie was both disturbing and poorley written. i want to slap the dude that designed the logo and then tie him unside down so that all the blood rushes to his head and he can then think strait.
Action - 4/9/2012, 10:01 PM
@thewonderer- I kinda like Ulitimate Spiderman but the show has to be one of Paul Dini's worst cartoons he has ever written.
Action - 4/9/2012, 10:04 PM
@laughterman26-When it comes to poorly written CBMs, Ghost rider:SOV has taken that mantle.
thwip - 4/10/2012, 4:01 AM
@damxie

sorry to say, i'm in a happy relationship.

however, there's a guy on here i think you should meet. real sweetheart.

goes by the name of gusto.
brewtownpsych - 4/10/2012, 4:08 AM
do you guys have any idea how good of a writer brian azzarello is? check out 100 bullets or better yet spaceman (see my avatar). just as good as alan moore. so stoked for this
Marxman12 - 4/10/2012, 5:44 AM
I'm tired of all of the reverence towards Alan Moore. I think hes a d*ck. He is a brilliant writer, yes, but his douche-ry has become a more prominent characteristic so I've lost a lot of respect for him.
comicb00kguy - 4/10/2012, 6:23 AM
One thing I do report is spammers like "damxie". I have no problem with differences in opinions in these forums- that's always been a major part of geek culture- but I don't like spammers. They're the most annoying kind of troll of all. If we don't take a zero tolerance attitude towards them, every thread here will become nothing but a bunch of spam ads. I don't think any of us want that.

As for our topic at hand, I remain with those here who see these books as unnecessary and also poorly timed. I also resent those who insult Alan Moore for daring to have his own opinions, not just be a company tool. If Watchmen prequels were ever to be done, the time was around when the movie came out, and there was heightened awareness and interest in the Watchmen's characters. Now it just looks like a company desperate to print anything it can sell in a futile effort to stave off bankruptcy and permanent shutdown.
comicb00kguy - 4/10/2012, 6:24 AM
All that said, these are some attractive covers.
hoodedjester - 4/10/2012, 8:05 AM
Still not sold on this whole idea
Gusto - 4/10/2012, 8:29 AM
Looks like it's The Comedian's time of the month...
hope420 - 4/10/2012, 11:15 AM
Ya know in an alternate universe Alan Moore is writing these.

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