A New York Times Best Seller! The controversial, long-awaitedprequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here:Before Watchmen! For over twenty years, the back stories of the nowiconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel haveremained a mystery - until now! The critically acclaimed and Eisner Award-winning creator of DC: The NewFrontier, Darwyn Cooke, lends his talents to Minutemen. As thepredecessor to the Watchmen, the Minutemen were assembled to fight against aworld that have more and more rapidly begun to spin out of control. Can theseheroes from completely different backgrounds and with completely differentattitudes on crime come together? Or will they fall apart before they begin? Silk Spectre takes an introspective look at the Watchmen featureplayer's struggles with her overbearing superhero mother and her scattered pathtoward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre.With gorgeous art by co-writer andillustrator Amanda Conner (Power Girl, The Pro), SilkSpectre takes a very different perspective at the world of BeforeWatchmen. Collects Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1-6 and Before Watchmen:Silk Spectre #1-4.