[5] Also that year, DC entered the webcomic market with Zuda Comics. Originally in Manhattan at 432 Fourth Avenue, the DC Comics offices have been located at 480 and later 575 Lexington Avenue; 909 Third Avenue; 75 Rockefeller Plaza; 666 Fifth Avenue; and 1325 Avenue of the Americas. The company began to move aggressively against what it saw as copyright-violating imitations from other companies, such as Fox Comics' Wonder Man, which (according to court testimony) Fox started as a copy of Superman. 03 of 06 Dark Horse Comics Star Wars. [37][38] Fictional cities would be a common theme of DC. The site was a competitive-based submission site where users could try to have their feature run the longest to qualify for a print collection. During that time . [45], Both of these titles also included back-up stories further showcasing the First Wave universe. [36] Cliffhanger merged with Homage to become "WildStorm Signature Series". 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[1][16][17] The first publishing of the company debuted with the tabloid-sized New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1 (the first of a comic series later called More Fun Comics) with a cover date of February 1935. Comic book publishers like Marvel and DC sit on a treasure trove: thousands and thousands of comic book characters. In 1967, Batman artist Infantino (who had designed popular Silver Age characters Batgirl and the Phantom Stranger) rose from art director to become DC's editorial director. [59], A 1966 Batman TV show on the ABC network sparked a temporary spike in comic book sales, and a brief fad for superheroes in Saturday morning animation (Filmation created most of DC's initial cartoons) and other media. The site published all-new web comics and open submission policy for new creators. In June 1989, the imprint's first titles hit the stands, BSUC and ETC. It is now one of the most expensive and valuable comic book issues of all time. In the same month, the imprint added The Batman Strikes, a comic based on the Cartoon Network series The Batman, and Cartoon Network Block Party, an anthology title. [dci 2][dct 2], Johnny DC, later DC Entertainment, was DC's imprint for its all ages cartoon titles. Bendis moved to DC in Autumn 2017. The superhero called Sandman was first written in issue No. It was an anthology title essentially for original stories not reprinted from newspaper strips, unlike many comic book series before it. DC Universe characters returned to the DC imprint in July 2010, thus cancelling a title and effecting a proposed new Swamp Thing series. MyComicShop. In 1970, Jack Kirby moved from Marvel Comics to DC, at the end of the Silver Age of Comics, in which Kirby's contributions to Marvel played a large, integral role. The result, the Wolfman/Prez 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, gave the company an opportunity to realign and jettison some of the characters' complicated backstory and continuity discrepancies. Its headquarters are in Burbank, California. You know the big ones--Superman, Ironman,. The origin story would remain crucial for the fictional character since the inception. The line was instead launched as a series of one-shots in August 2009. [108], DC Comics' current logo, introduced with the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016. While we don't have a lot of back-end . [2], DC Comics and its longtime major competitor Marvel Comics (acquired in 2009 by The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. This line was headed up by DC Comics' master class with contributors such as Greg Capullo, Andy Kubert, Jim Lee and John Romita Jr.[53] The Dark Multiverse concept is a fluxing reality responding to the viewer's subconscious fears. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-owned properties, in which comics creators could publish material of their own creation without giving up the copyrights to those properties. [dct 3] 1998 also saw the end of the Helix imprint as its top title was moved to Vertigo, where reprints of the Helix titles also were printed under. Agents, in collection into DC Archive Editions. The issue also contained the first essential supporting character and one of the earliest essential female characters in comics with Lois Lane as Superman's first depicted romantic interest. [54], The Dark Nights: Metal six-issue miniseries started in August 2017. The reboot called The New 52 gave new origin stories and costume designs to many of DC's characters. [dct 2] In September 2004, DC upgraded this line to a full imprint as Johnny DC for the November cover date. [5] Also, Minx was working with Book Sense to get the novels into independent bookstores. The first revealed city was Superman's home city, Metropolis, that was originally named in Action Comics No. Elseworlds is DC Comics' superhero alternative history and non-canon imprint. Rock and the Men of War, Deathstroke, Blackhawks, OMAC, Blue Beetle and Suicide Squad titles. Sales dropped off as the industry went into a major slump, while manufactured "collectables" numbering in the millions replaced quality with quantity until fans and speculators alike deserted the medium in droves. Global Brands and Experiences division of Warner Brothers. Amalgam Comics published a total of 24 comics, with the first 12 comics being published in April 1996 in-between issues #3 and 4 of the miniseries DC vs. Marvel and the other 12 issues being published in June 1997. Batman was depicted as a masked vigilante wearing a caped suit known as the Batsuit, along with riding a car that would later be referred to as the Batmobile. [dct 4], With DC's New 52 reboot in September 2011, the Wildstorm characters were integrated into the DC Universe with the Edge line of titles with a Stormwatch and Grifter title. In 2004, DC began laying the groundwork for a full continuity-reshuffling sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths, promising substantial changes to the DC Universe (and side-stepping the 1994 Zero Hour event which similarly tried to ret-con the history of the DCU). Today, CCG serves. CNBC first reported that the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, is the trojan horse to have the deal completed. [35], Homage Comics was an imprint of Wildstorm Productions for writer-creator owned comics. Since the 1940s, when Superman, Batman, and many of the company's other heroes began appearing in stories together, DC's characters inhabited a shared continuity that, decades later, was dubbed the "DC Universe" by fans. [9], On July 1, 2010, DC shutdown its CMX imprint and moved Megatokyo to the DC imprint. [31] Batman's origin would first be shown in Detective Comics No. The line became an imprint with October 1991's Batman: Holy Terror, as it was the first to carry the Elseworlds logo. [9], The First Wave fictional universe is a part of the DC Multiverse[43] and was launched in the Batman/Doc Savage one-shot, by writer Brian Azzarello with Phil Noto as artist. [50] Both titles folded after 10 issues, to be replaced by The Mighty Crusaders ongoing series which, by issue #3, was shortened to a six-issue miniseries. In January 1993, DC's Vertigo imprint was launched with the Sandman and Swamp Thing groups of titles, plus Animal Man and Doom Patrol, all former DC Comics imprint titles plus Death: The High Cost of Living, a three-issue Sandman related miniseries, being the imprint's first new title. With the sales of all books included, DC is the second biggest publisher, after Viz Media, and Marvel is third. This logo was placed in the top center of the cover from August 1975 to October 1976. DC Zoom is focused on young readers, while DC Ink is aimed at young adults. [3][4] In December 1997, the Tangent Comics imprint was published on skip week, then on skip week of September 1998. DC Comics has published a number of other imprints and lines of comics over the years. By 1973 the "Fourth World" was all cancelled, although Kirby's conceptions soon became integral to the broadening of the DC Universe, especially after the major toy-company, Kenner Products, judged them ideal for their action-figure adaptation of the DC Universe, the Super Powers Collection. Corporate history [dct 1], In 1987, DC started Piranha Press as a mature readers line. [11], DC Archives Editions is a reprint line that collects DC Comics in hardcover multi-issue format. In the meantime, the abandoned trademark had been seized by Marvel Comics in 1967, with the creation of their Captain Marvel, forbidding the DC comic itself to be called that. The Flash's reimagining in Showcase No. [dct 6], Tangent Comics was a DC Comics imprint that introduced the Tangent Universe, a new universe of superheroes, created by Dan Jurgens in 1997 based on alternative concepts for the regular DC superheroes. [10] Then on September 27, as part of DC Entertainment's reorganization, DC announced the end of the Wildstorm and Zuda imprints with Bob Harris named Editor-in-Chief for all remaining imprints: DC, Mad and Vertigo. [dct 2], Piranha was shut down in 1994 to be replaced by Paradox Press[dci 1] with Milestone Comics following in 1996. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. [9], Penguin Random House Publisher Services distributes DC Comics' books to the bookstore market,[10] while Diamond Comic Distributors supplied the comics shop direct market[9][11] until June 2020, when Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors, who already dominated direct market distribution on account of the disruption to Diamond that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, replaced Diamond to distribute to that market. [27], In November 1989, the first Elseworlds title, Gotham By Gaslight: An Alternative History of the Batman, was printed. Detective Comics, Inc. (which would help inspire the abbreviation DC) was formed, with Wheeler-Nicholson and Jack S. Liebowitz, Donenfeld's accountant, listed as owners. [dct 3] Additional titles printed were Tom Strong, Promethea and Top 10. While Captain Marvel did not recapture his old popularity, he later appeared in a Saturday morning live action TV adaptation and gained a prominent place in the mainstream continuity DC calls the DC Universe. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication". Executive Editor Bobbie Chase was given custom comics, DC Kids, Digital First titles, Hanna-Barbera comics, Milestone and the relaunched Wildstorm Universe. By Graeme McMillan. [dct 4] Previously, Johnny DC was used in the Silver Age as a mascot for DC Comics. [21], Wheeler-Nicholson's next and final title, Detective Comics, advertised with a cover illustration dated December 1936, eventually premiered three months late with a March 1937 cover date. The Silver Age After that, many new series would launch with a twice-monthly release schedule and new creative teams for nearly every title. [36][31] Outside of DC's publishing, a character later integrated as DC was introduced by Fox Feature Syndicate named the Blue Beetle released in August 1939. [dci 8] Due to scheduling issues of the creative team, the status of writer Geoff Johns and artist J.G. [35] In April 1999, Tom Strong begins its run. DC established Paradox Press to publish material such as the large-format Big Book of series of multi-artist interpretations on individual themes, and such crime fiction as the graphic novel Road to Perdition. [23] Detective Comics, Inc. soon launched a new anthology title, entitled Action Comics. Also, in October, the imprint had its first crossover storyline "The Childrens Crusade", running through the Vertigo annuals with The Children's Crusade "book-end" series. The Superman family of titles, under editor Mort Weisinger, introduced such enduring characters as Supergirl, Bizarro, and Brainiac. The final series in the initial line-up was Shade the Changing Girl by Cecil Castellucci and Marley Zarcone, with covers by Becky Cloonan. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. It's Not Blood Moon. The first Zuda Comics winner, Jeremy Love's Bayou, was printed in April 2009. [28][29], Starting in 1939, Siegel and Shuster's Superman would be the first comic-derived character to appear outside of comic magazines and later appear in newspaper strips starring himself, which first introduced Superman's biological parents, Jor-El and Lara. The other title, All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder, was never finished (the last two issues remain unpublished to this day), but created a lot of discussions. [88][89], On June 4, 2013, DC unveiled two new digital comic innovations to enhance interactivity: DC2 and DC2 Multiverse. In 1967, National Periodical Publications was purchased by Kinney National Company,[62] which purchased Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1969. [13] In February 2012, DC listed a First Wave collection for a May 2012 release. These titles, all with over 100 issues, included Sgt. [65] It had used the brand "Superman-DC" since the 1950s, and was colloquially known as DC Comics for years.[66]. This logo was the first to occupy the top-left corner of the cover, where the logo has usually resided since. [84][85][86], In May 2011, DC announced it would begin releasing digital versions of their comics on the same day as paper versions. Taking stock then, in 1939 Donenfeld owned two comics companies: Detective Comics, which was just about to debut Batman, and National Allied, which was publishing Superman in Action Comics. In October 1991, the TSR license ended bringing an end to the line with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons reaching issue 36. DC Black Label is DC Comics' out of continuity all-star creator imprint. Discovery Exploring Overhaul of DC Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)", "Inside David Zaslav's Overhaul of the Warner Bros. Movie Division | Analysis", "DC Comics, Random House Ink Distribution Pact", "Welcome to Diamond Comic Distributors' Retailer Services Website! it's no secret that many companies have been in it to be acquired by a larger media company, and today's revelation of the shocking DC-buys-Dynamite rumour, has sent many more of them tumbling into my inbox. [dci 1] The Elseworlds concept was tested in 1989 with Gotham by Gaslight: An Alternate History of the Batman and became an imprint with 1991's Batman: Holy Terror. The line was supposed to be a newsstand based line aimed at the younger readers within its own self-contained universe. ' If the Justice League is selling ', spoke he, 'why don't we put out a comic book that features a team of superheroes?'"[51]. [dct 3] Homage merged with Cliffhanger to become "WildStorm Signature Series". The Daily Planet (a common setting of Superman) was first named in a Superman newspaper strip around November 1939. The July 1972 DC titles featured a new circular logo. The universe was a melding of licensed pulp fiction characters with versions of established non-superpowered DC heroes. Prime Video already acquired Batman: Caped Crusader from Bruce Timm and company. In 1998, DC purchased WildStorm Comics, Jim Lee's imprint under the Image Comics banner, continuing it for many years as a wholly separate imprint and fictional universe with its own style and audience. A notable debut in the first issue was Slam Bradley, created in a collaboration between Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. [20][21] Ink launched in September 2018 with Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Tamaki and Steve Pugh. Earth One (EO) is a DC Comics graphic novel imprint that features a separate continuity from their main imprint. 40 (cover date: July 1939). Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade began in December 2008. The imprint was renamed DC Entertainment. [dct 4], As part of the DC Entertainment reorganization, DC ended the Zuda imprint in September 2010. Maggie Thompson, Michael Dean, Brent Frankenhoff, Joyce Greenholdt, John Jackson Miller (editors). DC2 layers dynamic artwork onto digital comic panels, adding a new level of dimension to digital storytelling, while DC2 Multiverse allows readers to determine a specific story outcome by selecting individual characters, storylines and plot developments while reading the comic, meaning one digital comic has multiple outcomes. Vertigo was an imprint of DC Comics that began publication in 1993. [15][18] While superhero comics are what DC Comics is known for throughout modern times, the genres in the first anthology titles consisted of funnies, Western comics and adventure-related stories. [67] The move was not successful, however, and corporate parent Warner dramatically cut back on these largely unsuccessful titles, firing many staffers in what industry watchers dubbed "the DC Implosion". This extended to DC suing Fawcett Comics over Captain Marvel, at the time comics' top-selling character (see National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.). ", "The 100 Most Influential Pages in Comic Book History", "75 Years of the First Comic Book Superhero (It's Not Who You Think)", "10 Things Everyone Forgets About DC's Dr. Occult", "Superman's debut sells for $1M at auction", "Who Was the First Comic Book Masked Vigilante? [39][40] Detective Comics No. Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. [dct 10] On September 27, as part of DC Entertainment's reorganization, Vertigo joined its other DC imprints under the same Editor-in-Chief Bob Harris, while three Vertigo editors were fired the next day. [13], In a May 2017 editorial leadership reorganization, three Executive Editors split up DC Comics and its imprints. [46] National Periodical Publications became publicly traded on the stock market in 1961. DC Comics, American media and entertainment company whose iconic comic -based properties represented some of the most enduring and recognizable characters in 20th- and 21st-century popular culture. [dct 3] Moore became increasingly dissatisfied with DC, wrapping up the various series and moving League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to Top Shelf/Knockabout. In November 1949, the logo was modified to incorporate the company's formal name, National Comics Publications. [dct 2], Helix was a science fiction imprint of DC Comics. Its parent company, DC Entertainment, is a wholly owned subsidiary of WarnerMedia. RELATED: Spider-Man 3 & 9 Other Comic Book Movies With Too Many Villains. [78][79] The stories in the line were part of its own shared universe.[80]. [dci 1] The imprint was DC's first imprint that allowed creator-owned titles. Crisis featured many key deaths that shaped the DC Universe for the following decades, and it separated the timeline of DC publications into pre- and post-"Crisis". The first such title was World of Krypton in 1979, and its positive results led to subsequent similar titles and later more ambitious productions like Camelot 3000 for the direct market in 1982.[72]. Moore strongly contested this situation, and DC eventually stopped publishing ABC. The line was led by Doom Patrol in September, written by Way with art by Nick Derington. [25] Milestone, Static Shock, Duo, Love Army and Earth M was the announced slate of titles.[26]. The artist gets paid Marvel/DC rates and is brought on in a WFH capacity. DC Zoom is focused on young readers, while DC Ink is aimed at young adults. Its properties were acquired by DC Comics in the early 80s; comics by this publisher have been retroactively set on Earth-Four. Yeah, way back in 1946. [dci 7], Zuda Comics was later made as a free online site for original comics. Goodman, a publishing trend-follower aware of the JLA's strong sales, confirmably directed his comics editor, Stan Lee, to create a comic-book series about a team of superheroes. The Batman titles, under editor Jack Schiff, introduced the successful Batwoman, Bat-Girl, Ace the Bat-Hound, and Bat-Mite in an attempt to modernize the strip with non-science-fiction elements. New titles were released in March 2017. 96 (May 1971), and after the Code's updating in response, DC offered a drug-fueled storyline in writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams' Green Lantern, beginning with the story "Snowbirds Don't Fly" in the retitled Green Lantern / Green Arrow No. The event introduced the Dark Multiverse concept and the Dark Knights, a villainous team that mixed Batman with other Justice League members. [40] DC revealed the name and titles of the imprint, Wonder Comics, to debut in 2018. What if DC bought Marvel in the late 90s? Several of DC's existing titles such as Animal Man (Volume 1); Doom Patrol (Volume 2); Hellblazer (Volume 1); Sandman (Volume 2); Shade, the Changing Man . [75], Two DC limited series, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Watchmen by Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, drew attention in the mainstream press for their dark psychological complexity and promotion of the antihero. The themed anthology that revolved originally around fictional detective stories became in modern times the longest-running ongoing comic series. This imprint allows creators to craft stories about DC's biggest superheroes outside of restrictive continuity. When Jenette Kahn became DC's publisher in late 1976, she commissioned graphic designer, On May 8, 2005, a new logo (dubbed the "DC spin") was unveiled, debuting on DC titles in June 2005 with. Since 1987, the CCG companies have certified more than 60 million coins, banknotes, comic books, trading cards, sports cards, stamps, estate items and related collectibles. It also rebranded its younger-audience titles with the mascot Johnny DC and established the CMX imprint to reprint translated manga. By 1938, Wheeler-Nicholson sold to Liebowitz/Donenfeld; Ellsworth left; and only Sullivan remained at NAP. [dct 2], Impact was launched in July 1991 with several titles: Black Hood, The Fly, Jaguar, Comet, Legend of the Shield and The Web. Despite the success that the. 6 of New Fun Comics, is considered the earliest recurring superhero created by DC who is still used. [dct 3] The one-shots were collected into two volumes published in January 2008. [48] Licenses for the non-DC characters the Spirit, Doc Savage and the Avenger ended prior to December 17, 2012.[49]. basically, like we know, DC buys a lot of comic companies and incorporates their characters into their universe (last example, Wildstorm. The new company, WarnerDiscovery, has given flexibility for a sell of both entities to Walt Disney Company. DC Black Label [ edit] Main article: DC Black Label DC Black Label is DC Comics' out of continuity all-star creator imprint. [58] In 1966, National Periodical Publications had set up its own television arm, led by Allen Ducovny to develop and produce projects for television, with Superman TV Corporation to handle its television distribution of NPP's TV shows. [11], America's Best Comics (ABC) was an imprint of Wildstorm, originating before Wildstorm's purchase by DC comics in 1998. Three new titles, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!, Tiny Titans and Super Friends, were launched in August 2007 by Coordinating Editor Jann Jones. [dci 7], After seeing Tangent characters in the regular DC Universe in Infinite Crisis in 2006, in Ion #910 in 2007 and then in Countdown to Final Crisis, the Tangent imprint was revived on March 18, 2008, for a 12-issue maxiseries.
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