Minutemen was a proposed (but never actually produced) prequel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons to their critically acclaimed 1985-86 DC Comics mini-series Watchmen.
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In 1985, Alan Moore stated that he and Gibbons had discussed doing a prequel series to Watchmen entitled Minutemen, based around the team of the same name, if the original proved successful. While Dave Gibbons remained open to the possibility[1], Alan Moore ultimately declined. Other proposed spin-offs and prequels were vetoed equally adamantly by Moore, who believed Watchmen should remain a standalone story. The dispute over the rights to Watchmen between Moore and DC Comics ultimately meant that any future material produced from Watchmen as a franchise would be done without the original creator.