Non-Arrowverse DC TV Show Timelines

Does anyone want to do a Watchmen TV series timeline? I have all the Watchmen and Rorschach comics done, all you'd need to do would be the television series.

Viewing/Reading Order
Watchmen #1-12
Watchmen 1x01-1x09
Rorschach #1-12

Timeline
1903
June 30

Rorschach #3 (pg. 1)

1945
August 7

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 3)

1950
????

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 3-4)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 10)

1951
July

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 6-7)

1955
????

Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 6-8)

1957
????

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)

1959
????

Rorschach #5 (pg. 16)

May 12
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 4-5)

July
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 6)

August 20
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 7-8)

November
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 10
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 14
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 9)

November 22
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 10)

December 25
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 11)

1960
February

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 12)

March
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 13)

June 3
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

November
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

1961
September

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 14)

1962
May

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 15)

????
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)

1963
????

Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 10-12)

September 23
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 16)

1964
March 13

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 10)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 11)

1965
????

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 15)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 5-6)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 5)

1966
April 14

Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 15)
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 4-11)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 17)
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 14-16)

May
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 18)

1969
????

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

1970
????

Rorschach #7 (pg. 5, 7-9)

December 1
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

1971
January 4

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

March
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 19)

????
Rorschach #5 (pg. 12-15)

May
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 20)

June 29
Rorschach #5 (pg. 18)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 20)
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 12-15)

1973
January

Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 19-21)

1975
January 20

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 21)

????
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 21)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 18-26)

1977
????

Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 16-18)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 22)

August 3
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 23)

1981
May 31

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 24)

1985
August

Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 24)

October
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 21-23)

October 12
Watchmen #1, "At Midnight, All the Agents..." (pg. 1-13)

October 13
Watchmen #1, "At Midnight, All the Agents..." (pg. 14-26)

October 16
Watchmen #2, "Absent Friends" (pg. 1-4, 11-12, 15-16, 18-21, 23-28)

October 19
Watchmen #3, "The Judge of All the Earth" (pg. 1-21)

October 20
Watchmen #3, "The Judge of All the Earth" (pg. 22-28)
Watchmen #4, "Watchmaker" (pg. 1-3, 5-6, 11-12, 17, 20, 22-28)

October 21
Watchmen #5, "Fearful Symmetry"

October 25
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 1-8)
Watchmen #7, "A Brother to Dragons" (pg. 1-15)

October 26
Watchmen #7, "A Brother to Dragons" (pg. 16-28)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 9-13)

October 27
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 1-5)
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 14-16)

October 28
Watchmen #6, "The Abyss Gazes Also" (pg. 17-18, 21, 25-28)

October 29
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 6-7)

October 30
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 9)

October 31
Watchmen #8, "Old Ghosts" (pg. 10-28)
Watchmen #9, "The Darkness of Mere Being" (pg. 1-6, 8-10, 12-14, 16-19, 21-28)

November 1
Watchmen #10, "Two Riders Were Approaching..." (pg. 1-22)

November 2
Watchmen #10, "Two Riders Were Approaching..." (pg. 23-28)
Watchmen #11, "Look on my Works, Ye Mighty..." (pg. 6, 9, 13, 20, 23-28)
Watchmen #11, "Look on my Works, Ye Mighty..." (pg. 1-5, 7-8, 10-12, 14-19, 21-22, 24-28)

November 3
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 1-27)

December 25
Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 28-30)

1987
January 1

Watchmen #12, "A Stronger Loving World" (pg. 31-32)

1988
????

Rorschach #2 (pg. 7-8)

2001
????

Rorschach #10 (pg. 9)

2006
????

Rorschach #10 (pg. 9)

2009
????

Rorschach #3 (pg. 3-5, 7-9)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 11)

2013
????

Rorschach #3 (pg. 11-14)

2015
????

Rorschach #3 (pg. 16-19)

2016
????

Rorschach #4 (pg. 2-13, 16)

November
Rorschach #4 (pg. 17)

2017
????

Rorschach #4 (pg. 18-19)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 2)

2018
????

Rorschach #8 (pg. 2)

2019
????

Rorschach #2 (pg. 7, 18)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 9-10)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 15)

September
Watchmen
1x01, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
Watchmen 1x02, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"
Watchmen 1x03, "The Was Killed by Space Junk"
Watchmen 1x04, "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"
Watchmen 1x05, "Little Fear of Lightning"
Watchmen 1x06, "This Extraordinary Being"
Watchmen 1x07, "An Almost Religious Awe"
Watchmen 1x08, "A God Walks into a Bar"
Watchmen 1x09, "See How They Fly"

2020
October

Rorschach #5 (pg. 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 13-15, 18-19)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 2-3)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 20-21)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 8)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 19-21)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 16)
Rorschach #3 (pg. 1, 3, 19-21)
Rorschach #7 (pg. 10-18)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 3-8, 11-15, 17)
Rorschach #9 (pg. 1-13, 21-22)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 2-3, 12, 15-16)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 19-20)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 6)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 13-14)
Rorschach #11 (pg. 7-8)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 4, 11-15, 20-21)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 7-9)
Rorschach #1 (pg. 1-10, 15-21)
Rorschach #2 (pg. 1-5, 7-8, 11-19, 22)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 3-4)
Rorschach #3 (pg. 2, 6, 10, 15, 21-22)
Rorschach #4 (pg. 1, 6-8, 11-12, 14-16, 20-22)
Rorschach #11 (pg. 9)
Rorschach #5 (pg. 1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 15-21)
Rorschach #6 (pg. 3, 8, 12, 17, 20-21)

November
Rorschach #7 (pg. 1-4, 6, 19-22)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 18)
Rorschach #8 (pg. 1, 4-5, 9-10, 13, 16, 18-21)
Rorschach #9 (pg. 1, 4-5, 8-9, 11-22)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 3-8)
Rorschach #10 (pg. 1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 15, 18-19, 21-22)
Rorschach #11
Rorschach #12
I have one question (haha, you know like the hero that inspired Roschach xd): The watchmen universe from the Live Action series is canonically the same as the one that crossed over with the main DC universe in "The Button", "Doomsday Clock" and all of these crossovers?
 
Watchmen Comics Universe
- Watchmen (Comic Book)
- Before Watchmen (Comic Book)
- Doomsday Clock (Comic Book)
- Post-Doomsday Clock stories

Watchmen HBO Universe
- Watchmen (Comic Book)
- Watchmen (Television Series)
- Rorschach (Comic Book)

Watchmen Snyder Universe
- Watchmen: The End is Nigh (Video Game)
- Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (Movie)
- Under the Hood (Short Film)

Before Watchmen and Watchmen (TV Series) have different histories regarding Hooded Justice.
 
FEBRUARY 23, 2019 for Doom Patrol S1 E2; confirmed in the Season 4 premiere.

@Rman Any big time gaps that I can squeeze in two years time since Season 3 takes place in 2021?
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FEBRUARY 23, 2019 for Doom Patrol S1 E2; confirmed in the Season 4 premiere.

@Rman Any big time gaps that I can squeeze in two years time since Season 3 takes place in 2021?
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OK I found something different in Season 1's finale.

They cut out the "6 Months Later" time stamp and added "Present Day" in its place. George Lucas'ing this a bit from how the original DCU version was I guess...
 
FEBRUARY 23, 2019 for Doom Patrol S1 E2; confirmed in the Season 4 premiere.

@Rman Any big time gaps that I can squeeze in two years time since Season 3 takes place in 2021?
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I still need to get caught up on S3. Sucks that they're clearly just setting that episode around its release date. I've been meaning to get caught back up with Titans and Doom Patrol.
 
I still need to get caught up on S3. Sucks that they're clearly just setting that episode around its release date. I've been meaning to get caught back up with Titans and Doom Patrol.
For now I'll take the time jump in Season 1's finale as a 2 year jump to 2021. (April 1st, according to Mr. Nobody's magazine.)
 
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DC Comics Multiverse Map. It mixes some Earths from the DC Live-Action Multiverse. There's some overlap for sure apparently.

Earth-789 - The Superman and Batman film series are the same universe post-crisis.

Pre-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-89 - Batman I-IV, Catwoman

Post-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-789 - Superman I-IV, Supergirl, Batman I-II, The Flash

That, or post-crisis Earth-96 is known as Earth-789 in the comic multiverse listing.
 
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DC Comics Multiverse Map. It mixes some Earths from the DC Live-Action Multiverse. There's some overlap for sure apparently.

Earth-789 - The Superman and Batman film series are the same universe post-crisis.

Pre-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-89 - Batman I-IV, Catwoman

Post-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-789 - Superman I-IV, Supergirl, Batman I-II, The Flash

That, or post-crisis Earth-96 is known as Earth-789 in the comic multiverse listing.
what is this from?
 
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DC Comics Multiverse Map. It mixes some Earths from the DC Live-Action Multiverse. There's some overlap for sure apparently.

Earth-789 - The Superman and Batman film series are the same universe post-crisis.

Pre-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-89 - Batman I-IV, Catwoman

Post-Crisis
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-789 - Superman I-IV, Supergirl, Batman I-II, The Flash

That, or post-crisis Earth-96 is known as Earth-789 in the comic multiverse listing.
I would take this as maybe comic multiverse counterparts. Similar history but not canon to the live-action multiverse.
 
Dark Crisis: Big Bang was said to continue the continuity established in Batman '89 (comic). It apparently confirms that Superman '78 (comic) is the same universe, thus confirming that Batman (1989-1992) and Superman (1978-1987) are the same universe.

So, regardless, these films do share the same universe in at least one official timeline.
 
Dark Crisis: Big Bang was said to continue the continuity established in Batman '89 (comic). It apparently confirms that Superman '78 (comic) is the same universe, thus confirming that Batman (1989-1992) and Superman (1978-1987) are the same universe.

So, regardless, these films do share the same universe in at least one official timeline.
Versions of these movies happened in the comic multiverse, but the comics didn't happen in the live-action multiverse is what I'm saying.
 
DC is canonically a multiverse of multiverses in the comics. Dark Crisis actually ties into that. Who's to say that "Earth-789" isn't actually from the live-action multiverse, let's say Post-Crisis Earth-96, but the barriers have been weakened by the events of the series? Barry from the comics just decided to designated it as Earth-789. That seems more logical to me than, say, they intended for them to be alternate versions of the Burton/Donner film universes, especially since those comics are direct sequels to their film franchises. That's my take.

Bruce Wayne's appearance in Superman '78 actually support this due to the timeline and similar appearance to Keaton. Batman '89 references the events of Superman '78 as well, but in a dream sequence.
 
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DC is canonically a multiverse of multiverses in the comics. Dark Crisis actually ties into that. Who's to say that "Earth-789" isn't actually from the live-action multiverse, let's say Post-Crisis Earth-96, but the barriers have been weakened by the events of the series? Barry from the comics just decided to designated it as Earth-789. That seems more logical to me than, say, they intended for them to be alternate versions of the Burton/Donner film universes, especially since those comics are direct sequels to their film franchises. That's my take.

Bruce Wayne's appearance in Superman '78 actually support this due to the timeline and similar appearance to Keaton. Batman '89 references the events of Superman '78 as well, but in a dream sequence.
"Sometimes the simplest conclusion is the most correct."
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Readers can check out the entire Barry Allen Multiverse field guide in Dark Crisis: Big Bang, or below. And study it real close, because something in it will pay off in the coming weeks or months…" at least according to Waid.

"There's one big hint about something that actually doesn't involve me or Dan, that came from editorial as a suggestion," he tells DC readers via Newsarama. "I won't go into detail, but I think if you read that list carefully, you'll see a hint toward something that must be in our near future."

Sounds like they might have been teasing a crossover between Batman '89 and Superman '78 as a comic book to me, but that's just speculation. Superman '78 basically referenced Keaton's Batman already. In the context of these comics, they are the same universe. Whether The Flash fits with that is another question, but yeah. I got to include an Earth-789 timeline of course.

Batman/Superman Anthology - Timeline
Earth-89 - Batman I-II, The Flash
Earth-96 - Superman Returns
Earth-97 - Batman I-IV, Catwoman
Earth-789 - Superman I-IV, Supergirl, Batman I-II

Now, personally I'm putting it on Earth-89 but that's just my opinion and I will separate it if The Flash contradicts it. I think it's telling how both Earth-66 and Earth-789, the live-action realities, were visited on the same page.
 
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Might bump Titans season 3 and 4 to 2021.

I definitely see the "2021" on Jason Todd's grave in 1080p on my Mac.
 
Might bump Titans season 3 and 4 to 2021.

I definitely see the "2021" on Jason Todd's grave in 1080p on my Mac.
BTW if Raven's scenes in the "Souls" episode span over a year, I need to figure out where the gaps are.

Weird how Donna was on that Purgatory train for two years lmao.
 
A friend of mine pointed out that the building in the background that's as big as Wayne Tower could be Barbara's building. "In three months, he won't have the tallest building in Gotham anymore."

It actually makes more sense than it should, lol.
 
A friend of mine pointed out that the building in the background that's as big as Wayne Tower could be Barbara's building. "In three months, he won't have the tallest building in Gotham anymore."

It actually makes more sense than it should, lol.
I guess Wayne Tower got a massive redesign between "2002" and...whenever GK takes place (mid-2010s?)
 
BTW the writers alluded to a "big surprise actor" appearing in episode 11 of Gotham Knights, and it's someone Nataile Abrams looked up to in High School (which for her would be early-2000s).

Reaching to the Moon here, but what if - star of the popular WB show The O.C. (2002):
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If this does end up in Gotham/Pennyworth's very standalone 'bubble continuity', I'm very curious how fans will react. I still think people aren't giving GK a fair chance tbh. I've seen nothing but praise from cast, crew and extras who've worked on it.

But hey, these same detractors/zoomers love stoner BS like Rick & Morty so lmao.
 
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