In Feb 2012, DC Comics announced a set of seven new mini-series of comics called "Before ___", all based on characters introduced in a highly influential
and critically acclaimed graphic novel that came out in 1986-87. All these stories will be prequels and detail the
lives of these characters.
Predictably, many fans of the original don't like this, and the original author has spoken out against the need for
such spin-offs.
So which novel are these based on?
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"Watchmen", authored by Alan Moore. More in
this NYT article.
This day last year: Q.154