This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1980s in the DC timeline.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
- New Frontiersman published the contents of Rorschach's journal, exposing Ozymandias' role in the New York City Massacre.
- Seymour David is found dead following the publication of a New Frontiersman issue, which printed Rorschach's journal.
- Roger Jackson was arrested for the murder of New Frontiersman employee Seymour David in what appeared to be a break-in gone wrong.Jackson, despite his criminal history as a thief, was innocent despite evidence seemingly mounted against him.
- Sometime after the publication of the journal, New Frontiersman ceased publication.
1987
- Subsequent investigations involving the case pointed toward Roger Jackson's innocence and that Seymour David's death was not random at all since Rorschach's journal, which David published prior to his death, was taken from his hands. The newfound investigations prompted Jackson and his attorneys to file a motion for the judge to overturn the jury's guilty verdict.
- Doug Roth wrote an article for the Nova Express titled "The Strange Case of Roger Jackson" revolving around the murder of David and Jackson's innocence.
1988
- According to Hector Godfrey, Ronald Reagan runs for president and has his vote.