Before Watchmen: Dollar Bill #1

Steve Rude's cover captures Dollar Bill in full patriotic splendor — the red, white, and blue-costumed hero beams confidently at the viewer, his dollar-sign emblem front and center, while a giant parade float bearing his own likeness looms behind him amid balloons, marching band members, movie cameras, and cheering crowds. It's a vivid snapshot of superheroism as spectacle and showmanship, perfectly suited to a story titled "I Want to Be in Pictures." Len Wein and Rude bring this one-shot corner of the Watchmen universe to life in a way that feels both celebratory and quietly layered with the trappings of manufactured glamour.