Notable events of 1986 in comics.
Presented in 1987 for comics published in 1986:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (4 issues)
Cosmic Boy (4 issues)
Legends (6 issues)
The Man of Steel (6 issues)
Watchmen (12 issues)
Les Femmes en Blanc (32 volumes)
Spitfire and The Troubleshooters
Dakota North (5 issues)
Elektra: Assassin (8 issues)
The Punisher (5 issues)
Steelgrip Starkey (6 issues)
Elric: The Weird of the White Wolf
night life
Reagan's Raiders
Samurai Penguin
It was what many consider the greatest year in comics. DC debuted two of the industry's most influential works: Frank Miller supplied a gritty take on super-heroes with Batman: The Dark Knight, while writer Alan Moore brought a literary ear and sophisticated structure to DC's comics with the maxiseries Watchmen.