Dates
- Cover date
- August 2012
- On sale
- June 20, 2012
- In stores
- June 20, 2012
- Pages
- 36
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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 3 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: Before Watchmen
Creators
pencils: J. G. Jones, Jim Lee, John Higginsinks: J. G. Jones, Scott Williams, John Higginscolors: J. G. Jones, Alex Sinclair, John Higginsscript: Brian Azzarello, Len Weinletters: Clem Robins, Sal Ciprianoediting: Camilla Zhang, Wil Moss, Mark Chiarello
Stories
- Smile · 20 pages
- The Devil in the Deep...! Part Three · 2 pages
Publisher’s description
What happens when you find out the whole world is a joke? You become the Comedian. Writer Brian Azzarello teams with artist J.G. Jones to explore the mad mind of one of WATCHMEN's darkest characters.
Characters
John F. KennedyLyndon JohnsonEdward BlakeComedianMarilyn MonroeJackie KennedyRobert F. KennedyGordon McClachlanEdgar William JacobiMoloch
Reprinted in
Before Watchmen Omnibus (2019), Before Watchmen: Comedian / Rorschach (2013), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2013), Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair (2014), Before Watchmen: Comedian / Rorschach (2014)