Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #3

Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan

by J. Michael Straczynski, John Higgins (Backup writer/illustrator), Adam Hughes (Illustrator)

“I have named the disease. But what is the cure?” Plus, writer/artist JOHN HIGGINS brings you the latest chapter in saga of the CRIMSON CORSAIR!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Dc Comics, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Sequential Art

32 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2012

About the author

Joseph Michael Straczynski is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison.
Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009), was one of the key writers for (and had a cameo in) Marvel's Thor (2011), as well as the horror film Underworld: Awakening (2012), and the apocalyptic horror film World War Z (2013). From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by runs on Thor and Fantastic Four. He is the author of the Superman: Earth One trilogy of graphic novels, and he has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, Dream Police, and Ten Grand through Joe's Comics.
A prolific writer across a variety of media and former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the autobiography Becoming Superman (2019) for HarperVoyager, the novel Together We Will Go (2021) for Simon & Schuster, and Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer (2021) for Benbella Books. In 2020 he was named Head of the Creative Council for the comics publishing company Artists, Writers and Artisans.
Straczynski is a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums (including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984. He is credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with fans on the Internet and to allow viewer viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show. Two prominent areas where he had a presence were GEnie and the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.

Reviews

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a beautiful issue. J.M. Straczynski crafts a story that seamlessly binds together Jon's tragic childhood story with scientific concepts in Quantum Mechanics and as well as the main Watchmen story.

This issue is also a bit heavy on exposition, telling the readers on what Dr. Manhattan can do and what he cannot do. This is something to take note of since DC has teased him as the villain in their Rebirth era.

[Tawfek · Rating 4 out of 5]

so here is what i think
before watchmen maybe irrelevant yes it tells the story of what happened before the watchmen but its still some way to milk the potential stories of the watchmen
but still it is very important if you would like to prolong your watchmen experience or if you are feeling that you miss the watchmen you can read it again but much better why not read something entirely new this is why i am reading before watchmen and they are pretty good so far
dr.Manhattan the most powerful being in the universe the quantum observer have made the mistake of creating many time-lines other then his own
and in order to fix the world again he has to give up his free will
he has to change every decision he ever made to change the past into what it was supposed to be
and we have j Michael Straczynski to tell us the story one of the best people who can merge super heroes with reality using science fiction i cant help but wonder how good did he do in his run with the amazing spider-man i guess i will have to read it sometime soon

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

It’s a head trip for sure, but I don’t quite know what it’s going for. In any case, it’s effectively moody and expands upon how truly infinite the title character is, which is very fun to think about!

[Gregisdead121 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Issue #3: 2 stars
A steep improvement! I like how everything cultimates in the end,how all his actions meld into one choice. The art still banged especially the edited replay page. I enjoyed the flashback to Jon's childhood escaping Nazi Germany and his mother's death they were handled pretty well

[Philippe Ory · Rating 4 out of 5]

The themes and the way the way they are developed make this a great series that is quite faithful to the original. "What's in the box?" is a great leitmotiv. It's a better experience if you read all four episodes in one sitting.

[M Pereira · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is really dark for a comic. I do like how Manhattan uses the idea of possible worlds as a literary idea.

[Noel Manhattan · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Antes de Watchmen' ha merecido la pena sólo por este número.