My first reaction to Before Watchmen wasn't apathy, but it was close. I couldn't say that I didn't care about Before Watchmen, but I definitely didn't care enough about it to have anything but jokes about it. I like several of the creators involved, but nothing about the initiative impressed me enough to want to read the comics.

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