The other new Ozymandias series

[thunderbolt]

terrible new design.

[samurainoir]

Looks like Perez says it's because he didn't have reference for the character (and assumed he was a speedster?!)

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/10/11/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-124/

[Earth 2 Chris]

Morisi bought Peter Cannon back from Charlton before DC bought the rest of the action heroes. He then licensed the character to DC in the mid-80s for Crisis, Who's Who, and the aborted Charlton weekly (which he was going to write and draw, in addition to a completed Secret Origins tale). Then DC came knocking again in the early 90s for a short-lived ongoing. He's been gone from the DCU ever since.

Chris

[samurainoir]

I believe we were just talking about Peter cannon thunderbolt in another thread. The Charlton character who's rights reverted to his creator IIRC. Which is why he was barely glimpsed in Crisis on Infinite Earths?

Notably Dave Goibbons is doing one of the variant covers, something I do not think he is doing on Before Watchmen.