John Higgins, WATCHMEN original series colorist and current artist on THE CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR backup story, running through all the BEFORE WATCHMEN titles, will be taking over as writer beginning with the two-pager in BEFORE WATCHMEN: Dr. Manhattan #1.
 
Len Wein will be stepping off THE CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR to focus his attention on the upcoming BEFORE WATCHMEN: EPILOGUE and will continue as writer on BEFORE WATCHMEN: OZYMANDIAS.