Comic Title: Watchmen #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1986
On Sale Date: July 3, 1986 Newsstand Date July 3, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #29
Dates lists as shipping July 3rd/July 31st are erroneous
The listed shipping date should be the release date

Newsstand Date July 3, 1986
Source: House Ad, Hex #14, Page IBC

Shipping Date June 10, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #96

Shipping Date June 10, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #109

Copyright Date June 10, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Len Wein

Title: "Absent Friends"
Pages: 28

Feature(s):
Watchmen

Writer: Alan Moore
Artist/Letterer: Dave Gibbons
Colorist: John Higgins

Reprinted In:
Watchmen TPB (1987)
Watchmen (Slipcase Edition) HC (1988)
Absolute Watchmen HC (2005)
Watchmen HC (2009)
Watchmen:International Edition TPB (2009)
Watchmen Deluxe Edition HC (2013)
Watchmen Collector's Edition HC (2017)
Watchmen Noir HC (2017)
Watchmen:The Annotated Edition HC (2018)
Watchmen:DC Modern Classics Edition HC (2019)