Keepers. Start: Osimandy. Dr. Manhattan. Night owl. Wayne L.

A series of long -awaited prequels to one of the greatest graphic novels of all time “Keepers” is finally in front of you!

For more than twenty years of the background of the cult characters of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons remained a mystery. Still. But DC Comics gathered a team of the most outstanding creators in the industry, who were able to deploy the world of “keepers”, extending into the past history of the most controversial anti-heroes from comics that ever acted on the pages.

What was the path of Adrian Weidt, the future Osimandy, to become a smart person on earth? Who did you remove from this path? What price did you pay? What sacrifices do humanity doom and oneself? Before us is an uncompromising portrait of a man whose selfless desire to save the spoiled planet was paid by the loss of humanity.

Dan Dryberg’s hero was a night owl - a stubborn defender of justice and the embodiment of honesty. A desperate desire to escape from a dysfunctional house leads Dan to the house of his idol - Hollis Mason, a man hiding under the mask of night owl. Impressed by Mason with a technical ingenuity, Dan takes from him a baton of crime fighter.

John Osterman is a pedantic and conscientious scientist who, as a result of a terrible accident during an experiment, has turned into Dr. Manhattan, who is splitting atom. The former scientist slides in time through the past, present and future. Free from all the earth's shackles, he observes the temporary flows of what has already happened, could happen and can only. Endowed with almost divine forces and the ability to change the world with the slightest movement, Dr. Manhattan fights over the last drops of his elusive humanity.

The ruthless genius of Osimandy, the incomprehensible Dr. Manhattan, a night owl flying in the darkness is on the pages of the second collection. Len Wayne and Michael Strazhinski created a magnificent background, presenting a new life in classical images, and the brilliant team of artists represented by Je Li, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Bill Senkevich, Adam Hughes and others, forced these images to play with new colors.