Before Watchmen: Ozymandias

Len Wein and Jae Lee teamed up for this six-issue DC miniseries that delves into the mind of Adrian Veidt, the world's smartest man, during the years leading up to the events of Watchmen. Rather than a simple prequel, the story explores the moral compromises and cold logic behind his grand plan, rendered in Jae Lee's hauntingly beautiful, shadow-drenched style. It's a focused character study that adds a tragic, human dimension to one of comics' most enigmatic antiheroes.