Today in Comics History, October 11, 1985 (and 1992): Ozymandias prepares to play with his Watchmen action figures

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published October 11, 2013. Yes, because of freakin' Doomsday Clock.


from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6 (DC, April 2013), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman



Now, keeping in mind that Watchmen begins like this, with a diary entry for tomorrow recounting an event that happens this night...


from Watchmen #1 (DC, September 1986); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons, colors by John Higgins
...we can easily deduce that tonight is when Ozymandias tosses the Comedian out of the window of a high rise.


remixed panels from Watchmen #1
Watch out for that first step, Eddie...it's a killer!


You see? We can ID those events as happening on October 11, and nobody, I mean nobody, had to spell it out for us.


from Doomsday Clock #12 (DC, February 2020), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh
OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD DOOMSDAY CLOCK


from Doomsday Clock #4 (DC, May 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh
And the hits just keep on comin', even precisely seven years later.

DOOMSDAY CLOCK! From Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!