Alan Moore

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Unofficial cameo team appearance of the Justice League Dark: Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Deadman, Phantom Stranger, Dr. Occult, Etrigan The Demon, Zatanna, The Spectre, Sargon and Dr. Fate
1st cameo appearance of the Great Evil Beast aka the Great Darkness
Eclipse Jul 1986

Miracleman #9

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1st appearance of Winter, the child of Miracleman and wife, Liz Moran
Artwork depicts an extremely graphic birth sequence
DC Sep 1986

Superman #423

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Classic story written by Alan Moore "Whatever Happened to the Man Tomorrow" part 1
1st cameo appearance of Jonathan Elliot, the super-powered son of Superman and Lois in an alternate reality where the Clark Kent identity was revealed and changed to Jordan Elliot
Story continues in Action Comics #583
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Written by Alan Moore titled "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" part 2
1st full appearance of Jonathan Elliot, the super-powered baby son of Superman and Lois in an alternate reality where the Clark Kent identity was revealed and changed to Jordan Elliot
Story continued from Superman #423 where Jonathan makes a one panel appearance, unnamed
DC Sep 1986

Watchmen #1

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Premiere issue of a twelve-issue series that explores the dark side of superheroes from a realistic, flawed perspective
1st appearance of Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, The Comedian and Night Owl
Alan Moore based his characters off of DC's newly acquired Charlton heroes: the Question, Captain Atom, Thunderbolt, Nightshade, the Peacemaker and Blue Beetle
[July 2023 - Warner Bros. announced an animated Watchmen feature is in development]
DC Dec 1986

Watchmen #4

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Origin of Dr. Manhattan
1st appearance of Bubastis, a genetic experiment appearing as a mutated lynx
1st appearance of Sodam Yat, later introduced as Ion, prophesied to be the Ultimate Green Lantern
1st team appearance of the Children of the White Lobe, prophesied to contribute to the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps
1st appearance of Qull of the Five Inversions, a demon who foreshadowed the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps to Abin Sur
1st appearance of T:D:H:D, the Mad God
Written by Alan Moore in 1986, the prophecy of Qull was the foundation of the Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night storylines, written by Geoff Johns 20 years later
DC Vertigo May 1988

V for Vendetta #1

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10-issue series about a bleak future where a mysterious anarchist known as V, opposes the British government wearing a Guy Fawkes mask
Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on November 5th in remembrance of the night in the year 1605 when he and his co-conspirators attempted to jumpstart a political/religious revolution by blowing up the Houses of Parliament
[November 2025 - an HBO Max series is in development with James Gunn executive producing]
DC Vertigo May 1988

V for Vendetta

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