Stepping up to the challenge is a group of the comic book industry’s most iconoclastic writers and artists – including Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS), Lee Bermejo (JOKER), Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL), Darwyn Cooke (JUSTICE LEAGUE: NEW FRONTIER), John Higgins (WATCHMEN), Adam Hughes (CATWOMAN), J.G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS), Andy Kubert (FLASHPOINT), Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK), Jae Lee (BATMAN: JEKYLL AND HYDE), J. Michael Straczynski (SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE) and Len Wein (SWAMP THING).

 

BEFORE WATCHMEN includes:

 

-       RORSCHACH (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo

-       MINUTEMEN (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke

-       COMEDIAN (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones

-       DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist:  Adam Hughes

-       NITE OWL (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert

-       OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) – Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee

-       SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) – Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner

 

Each week, a new issue will be released, and will feature a two-page back-up story called CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR, written by original series editor Len Wein and with art by original series colorist John Higgins. There will also be a single issue, BEFORE WATCHMEN: EPILOGUE, featuring the work of various writers and artists, and a CRIMSON CORSAIR story by Wein and Higgins.