Today in Comics History, November 1, 1985, 11:58 PM: Hey, look, a Doomsday Clock. That would be a good title for a comic bo(is strangled)

from Watchmen #11 (DC, August 1987); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by John Higgins

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1985, 11:23 PM: Meanwhile, thirty-five minutes ago

from Watchmen #11 (DC, August 1987); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by John Higgins

Today in Comics History, November 1, 2099: Skull-shaped pushpins used to attach bristol board to Roger Robinson's drawing table

from Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #32 (Marvel/2099, June 1995), script by Peter David, pencils by Roger Robinson, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, colors by Chia-Chi Wang, letters by Ken Lopez

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, November 1, 1988: Laurel and Hardy's piano-moving skills improve tremendously after Oliver eats Stan

from D.P.7 #29 (Marvel/New Universe, March 1989), script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Paul Becton, letters by Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, November 1: Guard denies entry to the Ambassador from Krakoa

from The Black Monday Murders #2 (Image, September 2016), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1985, 4:30 AM: No one under the age of 50 will get this reference.

NITE OWL: Siss, boom, bah!

OZYMANDIAS: What is the sound when a sheep blows up?


from Watchmen #11 (DC, August 1987); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by John Higgins

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1985: "P.S.: Please do not interpret me as a hero. I'm certain it's totally obvious that I am not a hero to emulate in this story."

from Watchmen #11 (DC, August 1987); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by John Higgins

Bully and His Pals: It's Shelly's birthday!

It's Shelly T. Otter's birthday! She is eight years old. Which is a very good age to be.

Today in Comics History, November 1, 1976: Pre-Election press conference actually clarifies issues for once

from Howard the Duck (1976 series) #8 (Marvel, January 1977), script by Steve Gerber, with plot assists by David Anthony Kraft and Don McGregor, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Steve Leialoha, colors by Janice Cohen

Today in Comics History, November 1: After Luke Cage is put in a coma by the election news, Danny Rand reads him the sports page in a revival attempt

from Secret War #1 (Marvel, April 2004), script by Brian Michael Bendis, painted art by Gabriele Dell'Otto, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, November 1: Sabrina learns the hard way about the fate of her giant invisible rabbit

from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 (Archie, September 2015); script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacaso; pencils, inks, and colors by Robert Hack; lettering by Jack Morelli

Today in Comics History, November 1: Nobody at Arkham Asylum wants to admit they were the one who gave a knife to Santa

from Detective Comics #593 (DC, December 1988), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, November 1: Area woman brutally attacked by giant November calendar page

from "Everyone's Wedding But Mine" in Romantic Secrets #47 (Charlton, November 1963), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils by Art Cappello (?), inks by Vince Colletta

Today in Comics History: The first issue of Three-Quarter Rear Angle Comics is published

from "The Calendar Man!" in House of Mystery #266 (DC, March 1979), script by Steve Clement, pencils by Maurice Whitman, inks by John Celardo, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Clem Robins