Lady Trieu conceived when her mother artificially inseminates herself with Veidt’s genetic material.įogancingauthor Max Shea, and anyone who can connect Adrian Veidt to 11/2 is killed. Blake is expelled from the Minutemen shortly after. Hooded Justice intervenes and severely beats Blake. 2, 1940 – Edward Blake sexually assaults Sally Jupiter (Silk Spectre I) after a meeting of the Minutemen. Ma– Walter Joseph Kovacs ( Rorschach) born. Mid 1939 – The Minutemen, the first superhero team, are formed thanks to an alliance between Sally Jupiter’s manager (and future husband) Laurence Schexnayder and Nelson “Captain Metropolis” Gardner. The Silhouette, The Comedian, Silk Spectre I, Captain Metropolis, Dollar Bill, and Mothman, all similarly inspired by the exploits of Hooded Justice, make their crimefighting debut shortly after. 1938 – After intervening in a mugging after he had been the victim of a racist attack by his police office colleagues, Will Reeves makes his costumed debut as Hooded Justice, tracking the activity of a group known as Cyclops, an apparent offshoot of the Ku Kux Klan.ġ939 – Hollis Mason debuts as Nite Owl. He carries it with him until passing it on to Will.

It’s here he picks up (and keeps) a German propaganda flier indicating that there’s more racial equality in Germany than there is in the United States. I don’t consider DC’s Before Watchmen prequels canon (and apparently neither does this show) but I DID cheat and use dates from some long out-of-print Watchmen roleplaying game supplements that Alan Moore consulted on to date a couple of events from the book.ġ908 – Nelson Gardner ( Captain Metropolis) born.ġ918 – Obie Williams, Will Reeves’ father and the great-grandfather of Angela Abar, serves during World War I. To compile this complete Watchmen timeline, I only used stated dates from the book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, dates and events from the show itself, dates noted in HBO’s official supplemental materials, Peteypedia, and the occasional date from actual real life (for example, the birth of lawman Bass Reeves).

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