Friday Trending Topics: The Three Sequels Watchmen Didn't Have

An utterly fascinating account of some DC editorial history caps off the week:  'Shortly after the completion of the Watchmen series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, DC's main editors went on retreat. The retreatees included Karen Berger, Mike Gold, Denny O'Neil, Mike Carlin, and Andy Helfer. The brain trust returned with three 'sequels' to Watchmen.' ' A quote from Comics Between The Panels, which is expanded upon in interesting detail today.

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In the book Comics: Between The Panels by Mike Richardson and Steve Duin, they tell a number of comic book industry stories over the decades. Including comics that never made it to print. Such as an earlier stab by DC Comics at something like Before Watchmen.

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