I am rereading the whole Before Watchmen series, in anticipation of whatever DC will be throwing in their Rebirth era. I have started with Moloch and Dollar Bill, and now Minutemen. 
 This six-part series is written and illustrated by the late Darwyn Cooke. Issue one serves as an introduction to the members of the Minutemen, each having given a varied number of pages. 
 If you are a fan of Darwyn Cooke and/or have read Watchmen, Minutemen is highly recommended. This series treads on a new path, an almost standalone story to the group which precedes the Watchmen themselves. 
 With an average of three pages of exposure time per member, Cooke gives the right anount of backstory to them prior to the group being formed. 
 Cooke's art style perfectly fits this post-prohibition era. His is definitely not a Jim Lee superhero art, but delves more on the feeling of an uplifting, beautiful nostalgia of simpler times. 
 If there is only one Before Watchmen series I would recommend, it is Minutemen. The Dr. Manhattan series is the clear choice if one considers its relevance to what will eventually happen in the DC universe, but my vote goes to Minutemen in the quality department.