#OnThisDay in 1986 #Watchmen #comics #1 debuted #writer #AlanMoore w #artist #DaveGibbons wanted #DCComics recently acquired #CharltonComicsSuperHeroes forThis #complex12PartMurderMystery but #ManagingEditor #DickGiordano nixedUsing #theSuperHeroesFromHisFormerPublishingHouse #DC #ComicBookGem@ #HBO