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Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach

Brian Azzarello author JG Jones illustrator Lee Bermejo illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:DC Comics

Published:1st Jul '14

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Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach cover

Collects Before Watchmen: Comedian numbered 1-6 and Before Watchmen: Rorschach numbered 1-4.

  • A New York Times Best Seller! The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: Before Watchmen! For over twenty years, the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery — until now! DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of Watchmen, with this second volume starring two of the most polarizing anti-heroes ever, Comedian and Rorschach.
  • Eisner Award-winning writer and creator of 100 Bullets Brian Azzarello brings his gritty, nuanced storytelling to these two recognizable characters. In Rorschach, Azzarello again teams with superstar artist Lee Bermejo (Joker, Luthor, Batman/Deathblow) to illustrate how one of most dangerous vigilantes the comic world has ever seen became even darker. And Comedian, featuring art by J.G. Jones (Final Crisis, Wanted), plants the famed war hero within the context of American history, as we find out how the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination revolve around him.
  • Collects Before Watchmen: Comedian #1-6 and Before Watchmen:Rorschach #1-4.

"Azzarello is a perfect fit to give someone as unbalanced as The Comedian a back story."— Huffington Post


"I should have realized that if there was any writer able to take a genuinely bad person and make him endearing, it's Azzarello."—IGN

ISBN: 9781401245139

Dimensions: 258mm x 168mm x 10mm

Weight: 442g

256 pages