Of all of the Before Watchmen books, this was the only one I was happy to pick up. Darwyn Cooke is the perfect choice for this project. His art work and use of the classic panel grids are fantastic. It feels like a golden or silver age book. Unfortunately there is not much story to tell. Instead of writing it as a classic get the gang together book its more of rehash of ideas from the text pieces in Watchmen and a little too safe. I will say this though, we get a great spotlight on Silhoutte which is why doing a Minutemen book is a great idea. DC should have just done titles for all of these characters individually and left the Watchmen alone.