Today in Comics History, July 8, 1982: Road to "Through the Night with Miracleman"

from "Blue Murder" in Miracleman #2 (Eclipse, October 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 10, 1982, 5:00 AM, Coda: Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch in for their day's work

from "The Saturday Morning Pictures" in Miracleman (restored series) #4 (Marvel, May 2014); script by Alan Moore "The Original Writer"; pencils and inks by Alan Davis; art restoration by Garry Leach, Michael Kelleher, and "Kellustration", colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Joe Caramagna

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982: British remake of "Smokey and the Bandit" is not commercially successful

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 4:10 AM: Really huge lightsaber ignited

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:56 AM: The One Ronnie television show is a ratings failure

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:56 AM: Dr. Gargunza isn't kind; doesn't rewind

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:56 AM: Miracleman goes mad trying to reproduce the brokeback pose

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:48 AM: Alan Moore's exposition gland explodes

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:46 AM: Sad Big Ben is still sad

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:43 AM: The History Channel keeps playing episodes out of order

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:42 AM: Sad Big Ben is sad

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:40 AM: Sir Dennis Archer chooses the wrong vacation spot again

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:35 AM: Big Ben is annoyed to discover his View-Master no longer works

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:22 AM: Mr. Cream really really gets into playing "Flappy Bird"

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:10 AM: The invention of the giant circular television is not a success

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 3:10 AM: WDNA goes on the air

from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Through the Night with Miracleman, July 9, 1982, 2:39 AM: Harrods opens its annual Two-for-One Skeleton Sale

Welcome to Through the Night with Miracleman! If you're gonan stay up all night, well...so did he.


from "Zarathustra" in Warrior #11 (Quality Communications (UK), July 1983), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, letters by G. George


from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (1985 series) #3 (Eclipse, November 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George


from "Zarathustra" in Miracleman (2014 restored series) #4 (Marvel, May 2014); script by Alan Moore "The Original Writer"; pencils and inks by Alan Davis; art restoration by Garry Leach, Michael Kelleher, and "Kellustration", colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Joe Caramagna
All of this occurs in the early morning of July 9, 1982. Panels from the story "Zarathustra" have been sorted into chronological order.

From this point onwards all panels will be taken from the 1985 Eclipse edition.