Today in Comics History, December 27, 3019: Legion of Super-Heroes forget to pay the electric bill for their headquarters

from Doomsday Clock #9 (DC, May 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, December 25, 1992, Christmas: New self-heating gravestones an instant success

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

Today in Comics History, December 25, 1928, Christmas: Why do they have a British actor in In Old Arizona?

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, December 20, 3019: Dr. Manhattan is really enjoying his new Tamagotchi

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 22, 1940: Geoff Johns Ruins Everything

from Doomsday Clock #7 (DC, November 2018), script by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank, design by Amie Brockway-Metcalf, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh
...which, thanks to Geoff Johns' fetish for giving dates to historical but vague DC events, means that this happened today.



from All-Star Comics #3 (DC/All-American, Winter 1940), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by E. E. Hibbard, aditional dialogue by yours little stuffed truly
So thanks, I guess, Geoff Johns, for making it canon that the first meeting of the Justice Society of America was on November 22, 1940. (Which was not Thanksgiving, but the Friday before it.)

Today in Comics History, November 22, 1992: Well, see now, Rorschach, that's why we do this here feature to help you know what day it is

from Doomsday Clock #1 (DC, January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh
Aw, I'm sure it's not gonna really hap...ulp.


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

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1992: Vital plot point is buried in hard-to-read text page at back of comic

from Doomsday Clock #7 (DC, November 2018), script by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank, design by Amie Brockway-Metcalf, colors by Brad Anderson

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1985: Todd McFarlane vows to give the new Bubastis action figure sixty-five points of articulation

from Doomsday Clock #1 (January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 5, 1992: Ah, that was a good lunch at Gunga Diner. Now to relax and read my newspaper.

from Doomsday Clock #1 (DC, January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1954: "Attn: all cast members: please refrain from spilling ketchup on your shooting scripts."

from Doomsday Clock #10 (July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1992: Spider-Man proven to be a threat and a menace

from Doomsday Clock #1 (DC, January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1985: "My job here is done." "But you didn't do anything!"

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1985: You didn't possibly consider lookin' in to see what Adrian Veidt was doing, did you, Dr. Dumbassan?

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

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1985: What The Onion did ironically, DC attempts to do completely straight-faced

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


from The Onion: Our Dumb Century (Three Rivers, March 1999)

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1985: Headline: You Need Lungs to Live

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh
Which mean, then, that the following pages from Watchmen take place on November 1. Which therefore means that eveything in Watchmen issues 9, 10, and 11 also take place on November 1. At least, if you accept the above as canon, which, I guess, it technically is. (Which is the best kind of canon.)



from Watchmen #9 (DC, May 1987), script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons, colors by John Higgins
On the other hand, Doc Manhattan could have travelled forward in time a couple days and then...eh, no. Too complicated to think about. November 1 it is.


from The Simpsons "I Love Lisa" (season 4, episode 15) (Gracie Films/20th Television, February 11, 1993), written by Frank Mula, directed by Wes Archer

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

Today in Comics History, October 11, 1992: Mothman flies into a giant light bulb

from Doomsday Clock #1 (DC, January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, October 4, 1986: This new silly straw that Ozymandias invented is really disgusting

from Doomsday Clock #7 (DC, November 2018), script by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank, design by Amie Brockway-Metcalf, colors by Brad Anderson

Today in Comics History, August 13, 1943: Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself blue, who is neither naked nor showing his penis

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, August 1, 1986: Maybe you should mix in some of that psychic squid DNA, Adrian

from Doomsday Clock #7 (DC/Black Label, November 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh