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Synopsis

Hollis Mason, the retired Nite Owl, reviews the early "masks" and how they came to be members of the Minutemen.

Notes

Reprinted in

• Before Watchmen #1A
• Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre #[nn]
• Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair #[nn]
• Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair #[nn]
• Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre #[nn]
• Antes de Watchmen #1
• Antes de Watchmen #8
• Before Watchmen Omnibus #[nn]
• Antes de Watchmen #8

Credits

Script

Darwyn Cooke, Len Wein

Pencils

Jim Lee, Darwyn Cooke, John Higgins

Inks

Scott Williams, Darwyn Cooke, John Higgins

Colours

Alex Sinclair, Phil Noto, John Higgins

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher, Sal Cipriano

Editor

Mark Chiarello

Assistant editor

Camilla Zhang

Associate editor

Wil Moss

Editor-in-chief

Bob Harras

Characters

• Hooded Justice
• Dollar Bill
• Ol' Phantom
• Comedian
• Sally Jupiter
• Hollis Mason
• Doctor Manhattan
• Larry Schexnayder
• Edward Blake
• Nelson Gardner
• Mothman
• Nite Owl
• Jonathan Osterman
• Silhouette
• Silk Spectre
• William Brady
• Ursula Zandt
• Captain Metropolis
• Byron Lewis
• Crimson Corsair
• Gordon McClachlan

Other printings & variants

• Michael Golden Cover
• Combo-Pack