Dates
- Cover date
- January 2013
- On sale
- December 12, 2012
- In stores
- December 12, 2012
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (4)
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Story arc: Before Watchmen
This is part 23 of 35. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #1
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #2
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #2
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #2
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #2
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1
- Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #3
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #3
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #3
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #3
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #3
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach #2
- Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #2
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #4
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #4
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4
- Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #3
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach #3
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #4
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #5
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen #6
- Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill #1
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #5
- Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #4
- Before Watchmen: Rorschach #4
- Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6
- Before Watchmen: Comedian #6
Creators
pencils: Adam Hughes, John Higginsinks: Adam Hughes, John Higginscolors: Adam Hughes, Laura Martin, John Higginsscript: J. Michael Straczynski, John Higginsletters: Steve Wands, Sal Ciprianoediting: Wil Moss, Camilla Zhang, Mark Chiarello
Stories
- Ego Sum · 23 pages
- Wide Were His Dragon Wings Part Nine · 2 pages
Publisher’s description
Dr. Manhattan can now see the scope of the damage he's done to the cosmic order--but is there a way to repair it? And what incident from his own past holds the key to understanding where he went wrong?
Reprinted in
Before Watchmen Omnibus (2019), Before Watchmen: Nite Owl / Dr. Manhattan (2013), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2013), Before Watchmen: Nite Owl / Dr. Manhattan (2014), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2014)