Geekscape Comics: The First Five Pages Of ‘Before Watchmen: Minutemen’!

Worried that with E3 going on you won’t get any comic news? Worry not! Courtesy of USA TODAY we have the cover and first five pages of Darwyn Cooke’s ‘Before Watchmen: Minutemen’ for you. This six-issue series will focuse on ‘The Minutemen’ who were were the premier group of superheroes throughout the 1940s. They were founded in 1939, largely through the actions of Nelson Gardner (Captain Metropolis), Sally Jupiter (the first Silk Spectre) and Sally Jupiter’s agent Laurence Schexnayder. Schexnayder also provided the group’s publicity. After several public controversies, the group finally disbanded in 1949.