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Before Watchmen: Rorschach
Series · 7 books · 2012-2018

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Before Watchmen

Rorschach #1

2012

“What made you this way?” And don’t miss the latest chapter of the CRIMSON CORSAIR backup epic from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!
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#2

Before Watchmen

Rorschach #2

2012

“Look over your shoulder. Someone is following.” And don’t miss the latest sensational chapter of the CRIMSON CORSAIR, from writer and artist JOHN HIGGINS.
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#3

Before Watchmen

Rorschach #3

2012

“Brothers, this town is ours...” Plus, writer/artist JOHN HIGGINS brings you the latest chapter in saga of the CRIMSON CORSAIR!
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#4

Before Watchmen

Rorschach #4

2013

“You all got what you deserved...”
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Before Watchmen

Comedian/Rorschach

2013

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 have remained a mystery, until now. DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, with this second volume starring two of the most polarizing anti-heroes ever, COMEDIAN and RORSCHACH. Eisner Award-winning writer and creator of 100 Bullets Brian Azzarello brings his gritty, nuanced storytelling to these two recognizable characters. In RORSCHACH, Azzarello again teams with superstar artist Lee Bermejo (JOKER, LUTHOR, BATMAN/DEATHBLOW) to illustrate how one of most dangerous vigilantes the comic world has ever seen became even darker. COMEDIAN, featuring art by J.G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS, Wanted), plants the famed war hero within the context of American history, as we find out how the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination revolve around him. Collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN 1-6 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH 1-4.
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Before Watchmen Omnibus

2018

The New York Times best-selling prequels to the best-selling graphic novel Watchmen are collected together for the first time and in a special DC hardcover Omnibus! Takes a look at the world before the critically acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen, by some of comics' top talents, including Eisner Award-winning authors Brian Azzarello and Darwyn Cooke, multi-award winning authors Len Wein and Michael Straczynski. With art from Joe Kubert, Amanda Conner, J.G. Jones, Lee Bermejo, Adam Hughes, Jae Lee and John Higgins. Dive deeper into the world of Watchmen by following the famous characters around in their own solo stories. Witness Rorschach's story to see how one of the most dangerous vigilantes in the comics world started down his dark path. Find out how the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination revolve around the Comedian. Take an introspective look at Silk Spectre as she struggles with her overbearing superhero mother and her scattered path toward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre. Find all of this and more when you discover what happened before Watchmen in Before Watchmen Omnibus. Collects Before Comedian #1-6, Before Rorschach #1-4, Before Minutemen #1-6, Before Silk Spectre #1-4, Before Nite Owl #1-4, Before Dr. Manhattan #1-4, Before Moloch #1-2, Before Ozymandias #1-6, Before Crimson Corsair #1 and Before Dollar Bill #1.
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Rorschach

2012

Ele não tem mais amigos. Não tem mais esperança. E não tem mais medo de nada. Solto na condenada cidade de Nova York, o vigilante mascarado Rorschach acredita ser o maior dos predadores a espreitar nas sombras. Mas ele está prestes a descobrir que, quando a escuridão total cai na maior metrópole do mundo, até mesmo sua lendária brutalidade não se compara ao que se esconde dentro de cada um de nós. ANTES DE WATCHMEN – RORSCHACH reúne os premiados criadores BRIAN AZZARELLO e LEE BERMEJO em um prólogo que desvenda um pouco mais da personalidade de um dos principais personagens criados por Alan Moore em Watchmen.

Authors

Len Wein
Author · 20 books

Len Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen. Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.

J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski
Author · 82 books

Joseph Michael Straczynski, known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer and television producer. He works in films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. He is a playwright, a former journalist, and author of The Complete Book of Scriptwriting. He was the creator and showrunner for the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 and, from 2001 to 2007, the writer for the long-running Marvel comic book series The Amazing Spider-Man.

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