Back to the Future #12: How Needles Got Here was the twelfth issue of the Back to the Future comic series by IDW Publishing. It is a standalone story that details the origin of Douglas J. Needles. The main story — which is told in flashback — takes place in 1979, however the framing story takes place in 1986, immediately following the events of Back to the Future: Continuum Conundrum. In 2017, it was included as the first story in the Back to the Future: Who Is Marty McFly? trade paperback.