DC Comics' current logo, introduced with the launch of its DC Rebirth comic line in 2016
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Parent company | Warner Bros. |
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Status | Active |
Founded | 1934National Allied Publications) | (as
Founder | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Burbank, California |
Distribution | Penguin Random House Publisher Services, Diamond Comic Distributors |
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Publication types | Comics/See List of DC Comics publications |
Fiction genres | Crime, superhero, comedy, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, war, Western |
Imprints | imprint list |
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Official website | www |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | September 2009 |
Products | Film Television Video Games |
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Warner Bros. (Time Warner) |
Divisions | DC Comics Vertigo MAD |
Website | http://www.dcentertainment.com |
DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., a division of Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Aquaman, Hawkman, and Green Arrow. Most of their material takes place in the fictional DC Universe, which also features teams such as the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans, and well-known villains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, The Cheetah, Harley Quinn, Darkseid, Catwoman, Ra's al Ghul, Deathstroke, Reverse-Flash, Sinestro, Black Adam, and Brainiac. The company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo.