tawfek's review

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4.0

writing from dr.manhattan's point of view isnt easy good job
what am i ?
why am i?
who am i?

thepaige_turner's review against another edition

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2.0

Check out my review here: http://thepaigeturnerblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/before-watchmen-ozymandiascrimson-corsair/

ansl's review against another edition

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3.0

Enkel geldig voor het gedeelte van Ozymandias. Mooi gemaakt en interessant om te lezen. 4 sterren.

Dollar Bill-gedeelte: Viel wel mee, 2 sterren.

Crimson Corsair: geen idee, ik heb dat overgeslaan wegens niet erg relevant.

erincataldi's review against another edition

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4.0

Another great installment in the Before Watchmen series. It focuses primarily on Ozymandias and fleshes out why he has such disdain for Dr. Manhattan, it also touches on his childhood and why he became a masked crime fighter. Also included in this collection is Crimson Corsair, the story of a pirate, the Flying Dutchman, and the price one pays to get his soul back. In the original graphic novel, Watchmen, the little boy on the street corner is always reading this comic. It's really cool that they brought it to life here. Also as a bonus, there is a little section on the rise and fall of Dollar Bill, it's not huge, but it's very enlightening.

michellewords's review against another edition

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4.0

I had to bump this one up to four because of the unexpectedly fantastic pirate story of the Crimson Corsair.
Otherwise I didn't feel it was too remarkable

mazer_nickham's review against another edition

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3.0

The Ozymandias part of this trade almost makes me feel that Before Watchmen was a bit more successful than the cash grab feel that kind of pervades the whole event. Jae Lee's illustrations give a regal air to Ozy's story as he follows in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and starts to become the man we know from Watchmen. Since much of his story was shrouded in mystery in Watchmen, seeing things from his perspective was fascinating. Establishing his intellect and lateral thinking went a long way towards understanding his later actions in Watchmen.

I have no idea who Crimson Corsair is nor do I care. I assume this story was a harken back to Tales from the Black Freighter in Watchmen, which was only tolerable because it was told in small pieces and had an interesting juxtaposition with the narrative. An entire tangentially related pirate story that feels too long after two pages was not a welcome addition to the Before Watchmen oeuvre.

Dollar Bill has a one-off issue at the end of this trade, which of course led to a lesson learned to not wear capes. Not bad, but with this being the last Before Watchmen trade I've read, I was over it at that point.

pjwhyman's review against another edition

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3.0

The Ozymandias storyline was quite good (3.5 stars) but the Crimson Corsair and Dollar Bill material was basically filler (2 stars at best). So 3 overall. Hard to stand up to the quality of the original material.

jasmiinaf's review against another edition

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2.0

I didn't like much about this Before Watchmen comic book. Only things I actually liked were seeing more about Adrian's past and the art of the Crimson Corsair story. But otherwise the stories weren't that interesting, at least for me.

tasharobinson's review against another edition

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2.0

Made the mistake of starting my read-through of the Before Watchmen series with this volume, and it nearly put me off continuing. The Ozymandias segment felt like it added virtually nothing to his story — it's just what Alan Moore told us in the original book, stretched out over multiple issues, like a children's picture book stretched into an 80-minute animated movie. The Crimson Corsair stuff I just found utterly unmemorable, a pastiche of the Black Freighter story in Watchmen.

rosemarieshort's review

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3.0

I think it's worth warning those that read the original Watchmen series that this comic resells the story of Dr Manhattan from there; almost a word for word retelling at that. If you never have, and never intend to, read the original than this will appeal. Otherwise you're rather throwing money away by purchasing; better to look at the Dollar Bill or Minute Men origins - you'll get more out of it!