[4] The imprint continued until 1998, when its "signature book" Transmetropolitan transferred to the Vertigo imprint. [37][38] Fictional cities would be a common theme of DC. [2] DC teamed up with Milestone Media to co-publish Milestone Comics starting in 1993. As Warner Bros. and DC's response to San Diego Comic-Con's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention featured information about DC-based content including the DC Extended Universe film franchise, the Arrowverse television franchise, comic books, and video games. 13 (June 1939) introduced the first recurring Superman enemy referred to as the Ultra-Humanite first introduced by Siegel and Shuster, commonly cited as one of the earliest supervillains in comic books. RELATED: Spider-Man 3 & 9 Other Comic Book Movies With Too Many Villains. [dci 4], Originally, it was planned to be released in July 1996 with September cover dates as "Matrix". In 2005, DC launched its "All-Star" line (evoking the title of the 1940s publication), designed to feature some of the company's best-known characters in stories that eschewed the long and convoluted continuity of the DC Universe. While sales were respectable, they did not meet DC management's initially high expectations, and also suffered from a lack of comprehension and internal support from Infantino. [48] Licenses for the non-DC characters the Spirit, Doc Savage and the Avenger ended prior to December 17, 2012.[49]. Its parent company, DC Entertainment, is a wholly owned subsidiary of WarnerMedia. In June 2020, Warner Bros. announced a separate DC-themed online-only convention. In November 2006, All-Star DC was launched with All-Star Superman. [dct 11] An annual anthology, TSR Worlds #1, was launched in July 1990 with Spelljammer, beginning a 15 issues run the next month. [dct 4] Vertigo in 2011 released two one-shot multi-editor anthologies: Strange Adventures and The Unexpected. The only DC superhero comics to continue publishing through the 1950s were Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Detective Comics, Batman, Superboy, Superman, Wonder Woman, and World's Finest Comics . 20 (October 1938). We used to have fun ones. DC also took advantage of the demise of Kitchen Sink Press and acquired the rights to much of the work of Will Eisner, such as his The Spirit series and his graphic novels. [26][27] An unnamed "office boy" retconned as Jimmy Olsen's first appearance was revealed in Action Comics #6's (November 1938) Superman story by Siegel and Shuster. [17], In November 2006, All-Star DC was launched with All-Star Superman and ran 12 issues. This included launching series featuring such new characters as Firestorm and Shade, the Changing Man, as well as an increasing array of non-superhero titles, in an attempt to recapture the pre-Wertham days of post-War comicdom. [39], In April 2016, DC revealed they had teamed up with Gerard Way to launch a new "pop-up imprint" aimed at mature readers, described as "comics for dangerous humans". A handful of the most popular superhero-titles, including Action Comics and Detective Comics, the medium's two longest-running titles, continued publication. It was a book called The [sic] Justice League of America and it was composed of a team of superheroes. [dct 1], In 1987, DC started Piranha Press as a mature readers line. [20][21] Zoom launched in October 2018 with DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis by Shea Fontana. [22], DC Zoom is a graphic novel imprint aimed at younger readers. Last week, reports surfaced that Warner Bros., DC Comics and DC Brand are officially being sold. American comic book publisher, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, This article is about the US publisher of comics. [22], Earth M is an imprint announced at New York Comic Con 2017 set to relaunch the Milestone universe by DC and Milestone Media. [65] It had used the brand "Superman-DC" since the 1950s, and was colloquially known as DC Comics for years.[66]. CNBC first reported that the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, is the trojan horse to have the deal completed. DC Comics, the venerable publisher of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Watchmen, and . Meanwhile, a parallel update had started in the non-superhero and horror titles. Jones' All Star Batgirl by November 2008 was on indefinite hold. This logo was placed in the top center of the cover from August 1975 to October 1976. The Ray - Quality Comics - Justice League of America (Comics) / Freedom Fighters: The Ray (TV) . [53], However, the senior DC staff were reportedly at a loss at this time to understand how this small publishing house was achieving this increasingly threatening commercial strength. [citation needed], With DC's New 52 reboot in September 2011, the Edge line of titles was launched with the Stormwatch and Grifter titles, the Wildstorm characters integrated with the DC Universe, and the All-Star Western, Sgt. [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. basically, like we know, DC buys a lot of comic companies and incorporates their characters into their universe (last example, Wildstorm. 4 (October 1956) proved sufficiently popular that it soon led to a similar revamping of the Green Lantern character, the introduction of the modern all-star team Justice League of America (JLA), and many more superheroes, heralding what historians and fans call the Silver Age of Comic Books. 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. DC Black Label [ edit] Main article: DC Black Label DC Black Label is DC Comics' out of continuity all-star creator imprint. Furthermore, AT&T spun off WarnerMedia to Discovery, forming Warner Bros. [dct 8] Vertigo had its first fifth-week event in December 1999 to mark the change in the millennium with books named starting with "V2K". ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, DRAGONLANCE, FORGOTTEN REALMS . For the 1940s comic book series, see, "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: All-American Publications", "Julian Darius'Vertigo Chronology at Sequart", "For Graphic Novels, a New Frontier: Teenage Girls New York Times", "WildStorm integrated in DC's 'Edge' titles", "DiDio reveals 'Earth One' plans for 2011", "Grumpy Old Fan Growing the Garden: DC's May Solicits", "DC Shakeup: DC To Launch Young Readers Imprint In 2018 Under Bobbie Chase", "DC announces new Black Label imprint for all-star creators", "DC to Replace 'Vertigo' and Other Publishing Imprints with Age Rating Labels", "Date set for 'All-Star Superman' release", "New DC Comics imprint DC Black Label will give creators the power to tell new, legendary tales", "DC Unveils New Imprints: DC Zoom for Young Readers, DC Ink for Young Adults", "DC Launches 2 New Imprints Focused on YA Readers", "Publishing Dates for DC Zoom and DC Ink Titles Locked Down", "DC Entertainment, Reginald Hudlin to Relaunch Milestone Universe With 2018's 'Earth M', "NYCC, Day 2: Minx, The Face of Modern Fiction", "Jurgens Talks "Tangent: Superman's Reign", "DC Announces Post-Karen Berger VERTIGO Changes", "DC Shakeup: Mark Doyle Takes Control Of Vertigo And Young Animal Bleeding Cool News And Rumors", "Neil Gaiman announces new Sandman Universe line of comics exclusive", "Astro City Returns at the Forefront of a New Imprint", "Young Justice, Wonder Twins, Dial H for Hero, More Part of BENDIS-Led DC Teen Imprint", "Exclusive: Bendis To Write Superman, Revive Jinxworld, And Oversee New Custom Imprint At DC Comics", "Gerard Way, DC Launch Young Animal Mature Readers Imprint", "Geoff Johns To Write For, Curate New DC Comics Label, The Killing Zone", "Brian Azzarello Gets Ready to Break DC's First Wave", "Expect Spirited, Savage Debuts From DC's 'First Wave' In April", "Grumpy Old Fan Growing the Garden: DC's May solicits", "DC Loses Rights To THE SPIRIT, DOC SAVAGE and THE AVENGER", "Spinning The Web: Talking to Web Artist Roger Robinson", "Closing the RED CIRCLE: Bidding Adieu To MIGHTY CRUSADERS", "DC Unveils New Heroes From All-Star Creators: Teleporters, Assassins and Monsters", "Comic-Con: 'Dark Matter' Marks New Start for DC's Comic Line", "Short-Stint Imprints: A Look Back at DC's Defunct Lines", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_DC_Comics_imprints&oldid=1138691494, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Disney buying DC Comics 2021. 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. The line was instead launched as a series of one-shots in August 2009. In March 2012, DC unveiled a new logo consisting of the letter "D" flipping back to reveal the letter "C" and "DC ENTERTAINMENT". Action Comics (1938 DC) 97 different issues in stock: Action Comics (2016 3rd Series) 278 different issues in stock: Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) This section is about the 2006 DC Comics imprint. The final series in the initial line-up was Shade the Changing Girl by Cecil Castellucci and Marley Zarcone, with covers by Becky Cloonan. This version was almost twice the size of the previous one and was the first version with a white background. All-Star Superman was considered a landmark series for the Superman character and the creators. When the popularity of superheroes faded in the late 1940s, the company focused on such genres as science fiction, Westerns, humor, and romance. It was set to begin publishing in May 2019; as of yet not much else is known about The Killing Zone and what books will be under this pop-up imprint.[42]. Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade began in December 2008. Discovery. [dct 2], Helix was a science fiction imprint of DC Comics. [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. National did not reimagine its continuing characters (primarily Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman), but radically overhauled them. The artist gets paid Marvel/DC rates and is brought on in a WFH capacity. ", "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? With DC's acquisition in 2009 to comic book rights for Doc Savage and the Spirit, among other pulp characters, DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio and writer Brian Azzarello decided on a shared universe for these characters, then added established non-superpowered DC heroes to the mix. [91][92][93][94], In 2016, DC announced a line-wide relaunch titled DC Rebirth. Furthermore, Kirby intended their stories to be reprinted in collected editions, in a publishing format that was later called the trade paperback, which became a standard industry practice decades later. Earth One (EO) is a DC Comics graphic novel imprint that features a separate continuity from their main imprint. It also rebranded its younger-audience titles with the mascot Johnny DC and established the CMX imprint to reprint translated manga. 27 Apr 2023 02:59:16 in The Amazing Spider-Man No. [90], In 2014, DC announced an eight-issue miniseries titled Convergence which began in April 2015. In the mid-1950s, editorial director Irwin Donenfeld and publisher Liebowitz directed editor Julius Schwartz (whose roots lay in the science-fiction book market) to produce a one-shot Flash story in the try-out title Showcase. [29][30], The imprint published a series of 18 one-shots over two years starring the Tangent version of the major DC Universe characters. The November 1941 DC titles introduced an updated logo. [dct 2], Piranha was shut down in 1994 to be replaced by Paradox Press[dci 1] with Milestone Comics following in 1996. This series then followed another non-DC title, Tower Comics' series T.H.U.N.D.E.R. In the Golden Age of Comic Books publishing, DC Comics was also an imprint of Detective Comics and its affiliated companies, All-American Publications and National Allied Publications, that were later all merged into National Periodical Publications, later renamed DC Comics. It is considered to be the first comic book to feature the new character archetype, soon known as "superheroes", and was a sales hit bringing to life a new age of comic books, with the credit going to the first appearance of Superman both being featured on the cover and within the issue. [1] Before the merger, due to squabbles between the companies, All-American published under its own name/imprint in 1945 starting with the February stand date until the December stand date. [31] Despite being a parody, All-American Publications introduced the earliest female character who would later be a female superhero called Red Tornado (though disguised as a male) in Ma Hunkel who first appeared in the "Scribbly" stories in All-American Comics No. Discovery's main competitor) together shared approximately 70% of the American comic book market in 2017,[12] though this number may give a distorted view since graphic novels are excluded. In March 1989, Warner Communications merged with Time Inc., making DC Comics a subsidiary of Time Warner. TSR was a DC comic book line based on games licensed from TSR, Inc. Dragonlance was first to be licensed and published with its first issue hitting the stands in August 1988. In addition to moving over his Jinxworld personal imprint to DC from Marvel, Bendis took over writing Superman and Action Comics and later became curator and contributor to a new in DC Universe continuity imprint. [63] Obligated by his contract, Kirby created other unrelated series for DC, including Kamandi, The Demon, and OMAC, before ultimately returning to Marvel Comics in 1976. After the events of the Dark Nights: Death Metal storyline, the DC Multiverse was expanded into a larger "Omniverse" where everything is canon, effectively reversing the changes The New 52 introduced a decade prior.[107]. In June, the first Tim Burton-directed Batman movie was released, and DC began publishing its hardcover series of DC Archive Editions, collections of many of their early, key comics series, featuring rare and expensive stories unseen by many modern fans. DC entered into a publishing agreement with Milestone Media that gave DC a line of comics featuring a culturally and racially diverse range of superhero characters. DC lines currently includes Batman, Green Lantern, Edge, supernatural and young superheroes. [31] Batman's origin would first be shown in Detective Comics No. Rich. Creators include Danielle Paige, Lauren Myracle, Marie Lu, and more. [dci 2][6] The Comet, by creators Mark Waid and Tom Lyle, was the imprint's longest running title. 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. Illegal drug use, banned by the Comics Code Authority, explicitly appeared in comics for the first time in Marvel Comics' story "Green Goblin Reborn!" A third company named All-American Publications was at the same time gathering steam. I heard this story more than a couple of times while sitting in the lunchroom at DC's 909 Third Avenue and 75 Rockefeller Plaza office as Sol Harrison and [production chief] Jack Adler were schmoozing with some of us who worked for DC during our college summers [T]he way I heard the story from Sol was that Goodman was playing with one of the heads of Independent News, not DC Comics (though DC owned Independent News) As the distributor of DC Comics, this man certainly knew all the sales figures and was in the best position to tell this tidbit to Goodman. Fables first spin-off, Jack of Fables, was launched in July 2006 and lasted over 38 issues. This logo also served as the round body of Johnny DC, DC's, In October 1970, DC briefly retired the circular logo in favour of a simple "DC" in a rectangle with the name of the title, or the star of the book; the logo on many issues of, DC's "100 Page Super-Spectacular" titles and later 100-page and "Giant" issues published from 1972 to 1974 featured a logo exclusive to these editions: the letters "DC" in a simple. In 1938 DC published the first Superman story in Action Comics no. [3] However, to avoid comparison to the then-upcoming film The Matrix, the imprint was renamed "Helix". It was an anthology title essentially for original stories not reprinted from newspaper strips, unlike many comic book series before it. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Fables and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo and now DC Black Label. The line was supposed to be a newsstand based line aimed at the younger readers within its own self-contained universe. [dct 7] In 1998, the Helix imprint closed down with its "signature book" Transmetropolitan transferred to the Vertigo imprint. In March 2003 DC acquired publishing and merchandising rights to the long-running fantasy series Elfquest, previously self-published by creators Wendy and Richard Pini under their WaRP Graphics publication banner. [41], The Killing Zone is an upcoming pop-up imprint from DC Comics curated by Geoff Johns, formally announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. This line introduces new characters and teams into the DC Universe. DC Black Label is DC Comics' out of continuity all-star creator imprint. [76] These titles helped pave the way for comics to be more widely accepted in literary-criticism circles and to make inroads into the book industry, with collected editions of these series as commercially successful trade paperbacks.[77]. The imprint was renamed DC Entertainment. The July 1972 DC titles featured a new circular logo. The company now referred to itself in its advertising as "Superman-DC". [dct 4]. [dct 3] In August 1998, DC purchased Wildstorm Productions, including imprints Cliffhanger, Homage and ABC. When Lee learned about DC's subsequent experimental attempts to imitate these perceived details, he amused himself by arranging direct defiance of those assumptions in Marvel's publications as sales strengthened further to frustrate the competition. ", "DC FanDome: Warner Bros. The new logo was first used on May 25, 2016, in conjunction with the release of, DC Zoom (20192019; replaced by DC Graphic Novels for Kids), This page was last edited on 22 April 2023, at 06:23. [dci 8] The original purposes of the line was to have stories featuring the characters in their "most identifiable versions as seen by the world outside of comics", but based on the creators recruited, the purpose shifted to the creators' vision. [35] In April 1999, Tom Strong begins its run. From October to December 1992, various titles were cancelled. . In 1935, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1, the first all-original comic book. [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. 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. In June 1989, the imprint's first titles hit the stands, BSUC and ETC. In January 2023, DC is set to relaunch their line under the banner of "Dawn of DC" following the conclusion of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths and Lazarus Planet. [16], All-Star, or All-Star DC, was a DC imprint that allowed big name creators to make "out-of-continuity" stories of DC major characters. [44], Two First Wave line ongoing series were then started: Doc Savage, by Paul Malmont as the first writer joined by artist Howard Porter,[43] and The Spirit, by Mark Schultz the beginning writer joined by artist Moritat. Way also co-wrote two other books, Mother Panic with Jody Houser, and Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye, with Jon Rivera. From old to new, from long-defunct to just-coming-into-their-own, from the worlds of Hellboy to Spawn, here's Newsarama's look at the best non-Marvel or DC superhero universes comic books have to . [dci 1] DC launched a manga imprint, CMX[dci 5] and DC Focus in 2004, but Focus was soon shut down in 2005. You know the big ones--Superman, Ironman,. 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 comic book line was launched with a Batman/Doc Savage one-shot issue followed by the limited series and two continuing series. Yeah, way back in 1946. DC Comics. Additional Helix titles were later republished in collected editions under the Vertigo brand. In 2006, the Tangent characters appeared in the regular DC Universe in Infinite Crisis in 2006, in Ion #9-10 in 2007 and then in Countdown to Final Crisis in 2007. [11], DC Archives Editions is a reprint line that collects DC Comics in hardcover multi-issue format. During that time . [102] The main presentation, entitled "DC FanDome: Hall of Heroes", was held as scheduled on August 22. Paradox stopped releasing material with Gon on Safari in September 2000. Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, replaced Infantino as editorial director in January 1976. [dci 3] Impact Comics last saw print in July. In October, Gammarauders was canceled with issue 10. 85 (September 1971), which depicted Speedy, the teen sidekick of superhero archer Green Arrow, as having become a heroin addict. [6] The first nine specials were published during December 1997's "skip-week", with the second nine for September 1998's skip-week. The title is expected to get new branding as Dark Knight, if and when it resumes. 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). 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. BSUC lasted 30 issues, while most were one-shots or did not last for more than five issues. DC Zoom is focused on young readers, while DC Ink is aimed at young adults. Characters such as Green Arrow & Aquaman were still being shown in backup features during the time between the Golden & Silver ages. These introductions of familiar faces to a new setting have been happening since the 1950s. [dct 4], As part of the DC Entertainment reorganization, DC ended the Zuda imprint in September 2010. 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. Another Fables spin-off, The Fairest, was launched in March 2012. Road to Perdition, published in April 1998, was later adapted into a motion picture. While we don't have a lot of back-end . MacDonald, Heidi D. "DC's Titanic Success", Superman's first depicted romantic interest. The new company, WarnerDiscovery, has given flexibility for a sell of both entities to Walt Disney Company. The universe also features an assortment of well-known supervillains such as Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The line consisted of a Young Justice book written by Bendis with art from Patrick Gleason, Naomi by Bendis, David Walker and Jamal Campbell, Wonder Twins by Mark Russell with art by Stephen Byrne, and Dial H for Hero, which was written by Sam Humphries and drawn by Joe Quinones. 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. In October 1991, the TSR license ended bringing an end to the line with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons reaching issue 36. DC Zoom is focused on young readers, while DC Ink is aimed at young adults. The reboot called The New 52 gave new origin stories and costume designs to many of DC's characters. [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. [12] By the end of 2011, the First Wave line was discontinued. Although the Milestone line ceased publication after a few years, it yielded the popular animated series Static Shock. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Charlton Comics was an American comic book publisher, noted for its Action Heroes line: Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, the Question, Nightshade, Peacemaker and others. DC significantly lightened the tone of many DC comicsparticularly Batman and Detective Comicsto better complement the "camp" tone of the TV series. [dct 4], A direct-to-video animated movie was made based on All-Star Superman by Warner Home Video and released on February 22, 2011.[18]. [51] In July 2011, DC no longer had the rights to them. Copyright Dark Horse Comics Out of the literal thousands of superheroes and villains created by Marvel and DC Comics (the two undisputed titans of the comic book industry), there is exactly one character owned by both companies. 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. For much of its history, the company was colloquially known as DC Comics, but it did not officially adopt that name until 1977. The book establishing the imprint's tone was Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children (BSUC), an anthology by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman. Prime Video already acquired Batman: Caped Crusader from Bruce Timm and company. [dct 2], Impact was launched in July 1991 with several titles: Black Hood, The Fly, Jaguar, Comet, Legend of the Shield and The Web. [citation needed] The line was the second licensed attempt of DC to use these characters, the previous attempt being Impact Comics. 31 in September 1939 by Gardner Fox, Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff introduced a romantic interest of Batman named Julie Madison, the weapon known as the Batarang that Batman commonly uses, and the fictional aircraft called the Batplane.
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