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" Artist John Higgins will take over writing duties on the Before Watchmen: The Curse of the Crimson Corsair backup. Current writer Len Wein is stepping down to focus on the prequel&amp;#039;s epilogue issue and his ongoing work on the Ozymandias miniseries, reports The Source.  The secondary feature appears in the back of every issue in the prequel project, telling a tale of damnation on the high seas similar to the &amp;#039;Tales of the Black Freighter&amp;#039; story that appeared in the pages of the original Watchmen limited series. Higgins was formerly a frequent collaborator with Alan Moore, and coloured Watchmen alongside artist Dave Gibbons. Wein - who served as editor on the classic series - recently described Moore as &amp;quot;selfish&amp;quot; for his resistance to the Before Watchmen project. Higgins will take over full duties on The Curse of the Crimson Corsair in Before Watchmen: Dr Manhattan #1, which will debut on August 22. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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