Dates
- Cover date
- August 2012
- On sale
- June 27, 2012
- In stores
- June 27, 2012
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (6)
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 4 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
Stories
- No Such Thing as a Free Lunch · 24 pages
Young Daniel figures out who Nite Owl is and makes him train to be a superhero. Before Daniel can become his sidekick, the Nite Owl retires, handing over the cowl to his young protegé. In the years that follow, the new Nite Owl meets other heroes and teams up with Rorschach.
- The Devil in the Deep...! Part Four · 2 pages
Publisher’s description
When the original Nite Owl Hollis Mason retires, who will answer the call to take his place? Writer J. Michael Straczynski and artists Joe and Andy Kubert team to assemble the tale of tech-wizard Dan Dreiberg--the man who would carry the mantle of one of the world's greatest heroes.
Characters
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)