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    DC Steps in to Fill the Hole Left by Watchmen

    Stephen SchleicherBy Stephen SchleicherFebruary 18, 20096 Comments2 Mins Read

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    With all the hoopla surrounding the upcoming Watchmen movie, and with the realization that newcomers to the Watchmen series, are going to be left asking, “I’ve read this awesome series and have seen the movie, what’s next?” DC Comics has announced it’s After Watchmen campaign.   The campaign features a selection of $1.00 comics to be given away or sold at conventions and comic book shops.

    Here’s the list from DC:

    SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21 SPECIAL EDITION (JAN098009)
    Written by Alan Moore
    Art by Stephen Bissette & John Totleben
    Cover by Tom Yeates
    On sale March 11; 32 pg, FC, $1.00 US • MATURE READERS
    Final Order Cutoff date: February 19

    TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1 SPECIAL EDITION (JAN098010)
    Written by Warren Ellis
    Art by Darick Robertson & Jerome K. Moore
    Cover by Geof Darrow
    On sale March 18; 32 pg, FC, $1.00 US • MATURE READERS
    Final Order Cutoff date: February 26

    PLANETARY #1 SPECIAL EDITION (JAN098011)
    Written by Warren Ellis
    Art and cover by John Cassaday
    On sale March 25; 32 pg, FC, $1.00 US
    Final Order Cutoff date: March 5

    PREACHER #1 SPECIAL EDITION (JAN098012)
    Written by Garth Ennis
    Art by Steve Dillon
    Cover by Glenn Fabry
    On sale April 1; 48 pg, FC, $1.00 US • MATURE READERS
    Final Order Cutoff date: March 12

    IDENTITY CRISIS #1 SPECIAL EDITION (JAN098013)
    Written by Brad Meltzer
    Art by Rags Morales & Michael Bair
    Cover by Michael Turner
    On sale April 8; 48 pg, FC, $1.00 US
    Final Order Cutoff date: March 19

    via DC Comics

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    Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...

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    6 Comments

    1. ykw on February 18, 2009 1:40 pm

      “Which of these things… doesn’t belong here… come on, can you guess which one? Can you guess which thing… doesn’t belong here… guess before my song is done… before my song is done!”

    2. Bob S. on February 18, 2009 1:46 pm

      Swamp Thing? Because it wasn’t inspired in someway by Watchmen?

    3. hermit on February 18, 2009 2:11 pm

      i think it’s a great idea, but they need to promote the heck out of this OUTSIDE of the regular circuit. i.e. convention and LCS. maybe in theatres, or book stores or an ad on TV. like: ‘you liked watchmen? maybe you’ll like one of these’.

    4. ykw on February 18, 2009 2:18 pm

      @ Bob:

      Identity Crisis. Because it was… Identity Crisis. And, thus, well, not to put too fine a point on it, in nothing resembling the same league as either a story or a work of art as any of the others.

    5. Randallw on February 18, 2009 7:04 pm

      I think Identity Crisis actually makes more sense than the others, except perhaps Swamp Thing. The idea is to tap into new fans of Watchmen, so they also make available another series where heroes have to solve a mystery. In Watchmen it’s ‘who is seemingly killing heroes’, in Identity Crisis it’s ‘Who is targetting heroes loved ones, or knows their secret identities’.

    6. Bob S. on February 27, 2009 1:55 pm

      Identity Crisis makes so much sense to me. And I thought it was a good story actually.

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