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A review by nathanaracena
Before Watchmen Omnibus by Brian Azzarello, J. Michael Straczynski
3.0
Difficult one to review as there’s such a collection of varying comics covering origin stories of different characters and with different penmanship and lettering to each, it is certainly a varied read. Below reviews for each. Overall a 3 star due to the weaker editions but would have been 4 had it not been for the weaker ones.
⭐️⭐️ Comedian - Dull read to be honest. Not an interesting story
⭐️⭐️ Rorschach - likewise, definitely the two weakest stories of the series
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Minutemen - enjoyable enough back story of the minute men but wasn’t super in love with the artwork
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Silk Spectre - a little bit teen love/discovers lsd in san fran cringe but still quite a fun read
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nite Owl - I enjoyed this one and seeing some light shed on Night Owl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dr Manhattan - although the story got a little diluted, the panelling and use of inverted pages is great. Really enjoyed the way this one was done
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moloch - artwork cool and nice to see Moloch get a story
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ozymandias - a bit wordy as would expect from Oz but the comic strips are brilliant, with the use of circles for panels visually stunning
⭐️⭐️ Crimson Corsair - bored bored bored. Great artwork but it’s more a book than a comic and the plot not original by any stretch
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dollar Bill - fun and easy but doesn’t add an awful lot to the series
⭐️⭐️ Comedian - Dull read to be honest. Not an interesting story
⭐️⭐️ Rorschach - likewise, definitely the two weakest stories of the series
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Minutemen - enjoyable enough back story of the minute men but wasn’t super in love with the artwork
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Silk Spectre - a little bit teen love/discovers lsd in san fran cringe but still quite a fun read
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nite Owl - I enjoyed this one and seeing some light shed on Night Owl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dr Manhattan - although the story got a little diluted, the panelling and use of inverted pages is great. Really enjoyed the way this one was done
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moloch - artwork cool and nice to see Moloch get a story
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ozymandias - a bit wordy as would expect from Oz but the comic strips are brilliant, with the use of circles for panels visually stunning
⭐️⭐️ Crimson Corsair - bored bored bored. Great artwork but it’s more a book than a comic and the plot not original by any stretch
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dollar Bill - fun and easy but doesn’t add an awful lot to the series