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  • Published: 1 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401245122
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $59.99

Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre



Written and illustrated by Eisner Award winners Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner, BEFORE WATCHMEN VOLUME 1 takes a look at the world before the critically acclaimed graphic novel with MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE.

The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the back stories of the now-iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel had been the subject of much debate and theorizing. Now, DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, starting with this first volume starring MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE

The critically acclaimed and Eisner Award-winning creator of DC: THE NEW FRONTIER Darwyn Cooke lends his talents MINUTEMEN. As the predecessor to the Watchmen, the Minutemen were assembled to fight against a world that have more and more rapidly begun to spin out of control. Can these heroes from completely different backgrounds and with completely different attitudes on crime come together? Or will they fall apart before they begin?

SILK SPECTRE takes an introspective look at the WATCHMEN feature player's struggles with her overbearing superhero mother and her scattered path toward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre. With gorgeous art by co-writer and illustrator Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL, The Pro), SILK SPECTRE takes a very different perspective at the world of BEFORE WATCHMEN.

Collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: MINUTEMEN 1-6 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE 1-4.

  • Published: 1 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401245122
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $59.99

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Praise for Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre

"BEFORE WATCHMEN has been an unqualified success."--MTV GEEK

"BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE is a heartfelt, gorgeous story."--NEWSARMA

"MINUTEMEN is a stunningly gorgeous piece of comic book art, from the first page to last. [Cooke is] an insanely talented writer and artist with a perfect grasp of comic book layout, innovative structures, nuanced characters, without sacrificing a sense of humor. MINUTEMEN is right at the top of the very best modern comic books have to offer."--MTV GEEK

"Darwyn Cooke has certainly delivered. MINUTEMEN is a gorgeously crafted comic book"--IGN