Před Strážci: Komediant / Rorschach – Azzarello Brian (2021)

The controversial and long-awaited "prequel" to the best graphic novel is finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For twenty years, the past of today's iconic characters from the groundbreaking comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons remained shrouded in mystery. But that is no longer the case: DC Comics has gathered the most talented creators in the comic book industry to further develop the world of WATCHMEN. In this second volume, the two most polarizing antiheroes, THE COMEDIAN and RORSCHACH, take center stage. Writer Brian Azzarello, an Eisner Award winner and creator of the comic 100 Bullets, has portrayed both characters in his characteristically realistic style, in collaboration with J. G. Jones (The Comedian) and Lee Bermejo (Rorschach). The morality of Edward Blake is dark and contradictory, almost like his black sense of humor. But even though the moral principles of this ambitious man are questionable, it is certain that he will do his job, even if it is dirty. This time, the secret service sends him to Vietnam, and THE COMEDIAN will arrive on the battlefield to have the last laugh. Walter Kovacs has had a natural sense of justice since childhood, unlike anyone else. Disillusioned by the sinfulness of the world around him, he becomes a vigilante known...