Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1

Dates

Cover date

August 2012

On sale

June 27, 2012

In stores

June 27, 2012

Pages

36

Editions and covers (6)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 76194130977400111

  This edition’s page
• Kevin Nowlan Cover

  Barcode 76194130977400121

  This edition’s page
• Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover

  Barcode 76194130977400131

  This edition’s page
• Combo-Pack

  Barcode 76194130977400141

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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.

1. Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) #1
2. Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (2012) #1
3. Before Watchmen: Comedian (2012) #1
4. Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (2012) #1
5. Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) #2
6. Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre (2012) #2
7. Before Watchmen: Comedian (2012) #2
8. Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (2012) #2

Creators

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.

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)