Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias

by Len Wein

“Remember that island I mentioned buying a few years back?”

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

32 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Len Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.

Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.

Reviews

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked Before Watchmen: Ozymandias more than the first time I have read this six-part series.

The final issue treads on familiar Watchmen grounds, but unlike the issue five, this one is done with class. It sticks faithfully to the original material but thankfully, the combined smoothness of Wein's writing and Lee's unique art does not make it a cheap ripoff but a comics which further adds to the richness of the mythology of the original source material.

Given the nature of Veidt's character as a talkative egotistic man, the series is comprehensive. It covers a huge chunk of Adrian's life. The ending happened where I expected it to be.

Ozymandias may not have the best story among the Before Watchmen titles but this is the one which is the most faithful to the Watchmen story.

[Erikka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well. That was a disappointing character in this series. When Nite Owl has a better arc than Ozymandias, I question the quality of writing for the latter. He is by far the more interesting character, so why the snooze fest of a prequel? It wasn't terrible, just not up to snuff with my expectations. And this volume is a major spoiler if you haven't read Watchmen. Although, if you haven't read Watchmen, why would you be reading this, right? One thing I did like throughout was Ozy's cockiness--he has this know-it-all attitude that you would totally expect from the world's smartest man. One thing I really didn't like was the lack of development re: his dislike of Dr. Manhattan. I was hoping for some backstory on that issue, but there was nothing. Maybe the next stories will be better.

[Derek · Rating 4 out of 5]

"NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS"

Marla, Adrian's assistant knows too much. So Adrian cuts the lose end. But that's not the end of it, The Comedian, on a return flight from executing some wet work for the government, spots a large freighter delivering cargo to Adrian's island, and he's pretty sure that island isn't on any map. He decides to investigate and wanders into a warehouse containing Adrian's alien. He becomes a liability and the volume ends with Adrian kicking down The Comedian's door. That's where the Watchmen starts.

[Ferio · Rating 3 out of 5]

No me pregunten por qué, pero el volumen en tapa dura está descatalogado y a unos precios prohibitivos, mientras que las grapas las encuentras muy baratas de segunda mano, así que grapas han tenido que ser. Y digo que no me pregunten porque es, en mi humilde opinión, la peor historia de todas las precuelas de la obra original: el principio de cada grapa se dedica a resumir todo lo ocurrido en las anteriores, el personaje se comporta de una manera terriblemente lineal (hubiera esperado algo más complejo dada su importancia en este universo), la inspiración de la mayoría de lo contado es demasiado evidente (¡y está muy vista!) y, para colmo, el dibujo no me gustó.

Lo único reseñable es que, junto con el de El comediante, probablemente sean los dos arcos argumentales que mejor explican cómo los personajes llegan hasta la obra original. Diría que, entonces, no hacen falta los demás, pero desengañémonos: es que no hace falta ninguno, Watchmen camina muy bien él solito.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? I loved this. Yeah, it’s kinda just stuff I already knew, but the personification of Ozymandias is something that was only ever third person in WATCHMEN (as was intended), so it’s neat to see him putting the final pieces of his plan into action. I’m a sucker for process.

[Noel Manhattan · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Valoración de la obra? ¡Sobresaliente! En mi opinión personal, lo he disfrutado mucho.

[Mark Jardine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily the best in the Before Watchmen series it all fits together so very well.

[James Byron-daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The crimson corsair part is dire but the ozymandius stuff is pretty good