CATALOG RECORD
Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1
first appearance of Gordon McClachlan and Crimson Corsair
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Gordon McClachlan (Curse of Crimson Corsair) — introduction
- Crimson Corsair (Watchmen) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- August 2012
- On sale
- June 6, 2012
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
Story arc: The Devil in the Deep
This is part 1 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) #1
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (2012) #1
- Before Watchmen: Comedian (2012) #1
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (2012) #1
- Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) #2
- Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (2012) #2
- Before Watchmen: Comedian (2012) #2
- Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (2012) #2
Also part of: The Minute of Truth
Creators
pencils: Darwyn Cooke, John Higginsinks: Darwyn Cooke, John Higginscolors: Darwyn Cooke, Phil Noto, John Higginsscript: Darwyn Cooke, Len Weinletters: Jared K. Fletcher, Sal Cipriano
Stories
- The Minute of Truth, Chapter One: Eight Minutes · 26 pages
Hollis Mason, the retired Nite Owl, reviews the early "masks" and how they came to be members of the Minutemen.
- The Devil in the Deep... Part One · 2 pages
Characters
Edward BlakeComedianHollis MasonJonathan OstermanDoctor ManhattanSally JupiterNite OwlHooded JusticeCaptain MetropolisNelson GardnerByron LewisMothmanSilk SpectreWilliam BradyDollar BillSilhouetteUrsula ZandtGordon McClachlanLarry SchexnayderCrimson CorsairOl' Phantom
Reprinted in
Before Watchmen Omnibus (2019), Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre (2013), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2013), Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre (2014), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2014)