Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1
Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1
Esimeses saab tegelastest või siis õigemini nende minevikust kollektiivse ülevaate. Teine on juba ainult üht tegelast üksipulgi lahkav.
Fännid ja Moore ise oli prequeldamise vastu, aga tulemus pole üldse hull. Moore stiili jäljendades räägitakse minevikus juhtunu lahti ja isegi uus piraadilugu on olemas. Kaks osa läbi lugenuna ei oska veel väga kommenteerida, et kas asi on seda väärt. Watchmen`i graafilist novelli ei ületa see niikuinii, aga jätkuloona palun väga.
Alan Moore oskab alati asjad paika panna:
"What the comics industry has effectively said is, 'Yes, this was the only book that made us briefly special and that was because it wasn't like all the other books.' Watchmen was something that stood on its own and it had the integrity of a literary work. What they've decided now is, 'So, let's change it to a regular comic that can run indefinitely and have spin-offs.' and 'Let's make it as unexceptional as possible.' Like I say, they're doing this because they haven't got any other choices left, evidently."