Newsflash: Geoff Johns has just teased (January 1, 2017) that he's back to writing comics again in this tweet so aside from the DC Rebirth #1 reveal, I guess this is a high time for us to read Watchmen and the Before Watchmen series! 
 Back to my review, Before Watchmen: Nite Owl is a details how Daniel Dreiberg, a nerd who is a very big fan of the first Nite Owl, managed to discover the secret hideout of Hollis Mason. Dan then later trained with Hollis as a protege, then eventually took up the mantle of the Nite Owl. The best scenes in this issue though are Nite Owl's awkward yet funny conversations with Rorschach. 
 The nerd and the brooder as partners? It works. 
 The first crimebusters meeting is also here. Unlike Len Wein's Ozymandias which has faithfully recreated the original material down to the last word, J. Michael Straczynski (6 consecutive consonants? Woah.) has changed bits of it, facetiously adding post-meeting dialogue between our BFF's Owl and Rorie. 
 Nite Owl issue one is an easy read. Despite some of the heavy scenes it shows, it is lighthearted with a handful of quips that made me smile.