[dct 3] Moore became increasingly dissatisfied with DC, wrapping up the various series and moving League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to Top Shelf/Knockabout. As it happened, her first task even before being formally hired, was to convince Bill Sarnoff, the head of Warner Publishing, to keep DC as a publishing concern, as opposed to simply managing their licensing of their properties. 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. Wonder Comics is a DC Comics curated imprint with in DC Universe continuity with a teen focus by the main contributor and curator being Brian Michael Bendis. DC also increased publication of book-store friendly formats, including trade paperback collections of individual serial comics, as well as original graphic novels. [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". [60] In particular, DC artist, Carmine Infantino, complained that the visual cover distinctiveness made DC's titles easier for readers to see and then avoid in favor of Marvel's titles.[61]. [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. While the imprint had four solid titles, the line was closed in mid-2005, with only Hard Time moving to the main DC imprint in a second series. As part of this purchase, DC also began to publish titles under the fledgling WildStorm sub-imprint America's Best Comics (ABC), a series of titles created by Alan Moore, including The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tom Strong, and Promethea. [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. These introductions of familiar faces to a new setting have been happening since the 1950s. 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. DC almost got bought out by Marvel Marvel, WB Back in 1984, DC Comics wasn't doing so hot. 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 . 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 6] Johnny DC was launched in September 2004 with DC Comics' Looney Tunes- and Cartoon Network-based comic books. This series then followed another non-DC title, Tower Comics' series T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Lines of comic books are related comic books that do not necessarily have their own imprint. 1. 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. This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 01:49. Studios. In October 1991, the TSR license ended bringing an end to the line with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons reaching issue 36. 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. [22], DC Zoom is a graphic novel imprint aimed at younger readers. After a company called Detective Comics, or DC, debuted a Superman comic to great success in 1938, a lot of other people decided to hop on the comic books bandwagon. [dct 4] Vertigo in 2011 released two one-shot multi-editor anthologies: Strange Adventures and The Unexpected. Marvel got bought by . [11], America's Best Comics (ABC) was an imprint of Wildstorm, originating before Wildstorm's purchase by DC comics in 1998. [dct 2]. [dci 9], Paradox Press was DC's second mature readers imprint replacing Piranha Press in 1994. [dct 1], In 1987, DC started Piranha Press as a mature readers line. The Ray - Quality Comics - Justice League of America (Comics) / Freedom Fighters: The Ray (TV) . For much of its history, the company was colloquially known as DC Comics, but it did not officially adopt that name until 1977. [dct 4]. [dci 1] DC launched a manga imprint, CMX[dci 5] and DC Focus in 2004, but Focus was soon shut down in 2005. [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. [dci 8] Due to scheduling issues of the creative team, the status of writer Geoff Johns and artist J.G. The universe was a melding of licensed pulp fiction characters with versions of established non-superpowered DC heroes. According to Lee: [dct 3] Homage merged with Cliffhanger to become "WildStorm Signature Series". [14], In early March 2018, DC Comics announced a number of new imprints and lines. [35] In April 1999, Tom Strong begins its run. RELATED: Spider-Man 3 & 9 Other Comic Book Movies With Too Many Villains. Its properties were acquired by DC Comics in the early 80s; comics by this publisher have been retroactively set on Earth-Four. [40] DC revealed the name and titles of the imprint, Wonder Comics, to debut in 2018. The imprint was renamed DC Entertainment. [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. [dct 4], Minx was an imprint of DC Comics graphic novels aimed at the young adult market, particularly teenage girls. The Flash's reimagining in Showcase No. Adam Hughes was working on the All Star Wonder Woman book with some pages completed by November 2008. 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! ", "DC FanDome: Warner Bros. This logo was the first to occupy the top-left corner of the cover, where the logo has usually resided since. It was a book called The [sic] Justice League of America and it was composed of a team of superheroes. Originally known as "National Publications", DC is a publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Justice League of . Media companies buy media companies, food companies buy food companies. 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. DC's Piranha Press and other imprints (including the mature readers line Vertigo, and Helix, a short-lived science fiction imprint) were introduced to facilitate compartmentalized diversification and allow for specialized marketing of individual product lines. In September 2006, Krypto the Superdog comic was released based on the Cartoon Network series of the same name. [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. Creators include Danielle Paige, Lauren Myracle, Marie Lu, and more. In the existing series Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and in his own, newly-launched series New Gods, Mister Miracle, and The Forever People, Kirby introduced such enduring characters and concepts as arch-villain Darkseid and the other-dimensional realm Apokolips. 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. A notable debut in the first issue was Slam Bradley, created in a collaboration between Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Wheeler-Nicholson founded National Allied Publications (NAP), attracting such talent as Vin Sullivan and Whitney Ellsworth. 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. [dci 4], In 2001, DC shut down Paradox Press. The superhero called Sandman was first written in issue No. The artist gets paid Marvel/DC rates and is brought on in a WFH capacity. 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[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. Additionally the line introduced two new characters, Jenny Hex, a teenage descendant of the Western hero Jonah Hex, and Teen Lantern, a teen who manages to hack into a Green Lantern power battery. 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]. Following the science-fiction innovations of the Silver Age, the comics of the 1970s and 1980s became known as the Bronze Age, as fantasy gave way to more naturalistic and sometimes darker themes. The company did not give a reason for the move, nor did it indicate whether it was his decision or the company's. IDW was founded in 1999 and is generally recognized as the fifth-biggest US comics publisher in the direct sales market, behind Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. [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. [106], In March 2021, DC relaunched their entire line once again under the banner of Infinite Frontier. Additional Helix titles were later republished in collected editions under the Vertigo brand. The earliest known release is Batman: Damned by Bermejo and Brian Azzarello in September 2018. In 1967, National Periodical Publications was purchased by Kinney National Company,[62] which purchased Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1969. [dci 4] Starting in January 1999, The Trenchcoat Brigade brought Phantom Stranger, John Constantine, Dr. Occult and Mr. E together in one series lasting four issues. [31] Batman's origin would first be shown in Detective Comics No. Maggie Thompson, Michael Dean, Brent Frankenhoff, Joyce Greenholdt, John Jackson Miller (editors). In 2011, DC rebooted all of its running titles following the Flashpoint storyline. The line was supposed to be a newsstand based line aimed at the younger readers within its own self-contained universe. [20][21] Zoom launched in October 2018 with DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis by Shea Fontana. DC also published crime and horror titles, but relatively tame ones, and thus avoided the mid-1950s backlash against such comics. [dct 11] An annual anthology, TSR Worlds #1, was launched in July 1990 with Spelljammer, beginning a 15 issues run the next month. Years later, Fawcett sold the rights for Captain Marvel to DCwhich in 1972 revived Captain Marvel in the new title Shazam! For instance, when Marvel's product was examined in a meeting, Marvel's emphasis on more sophisticated character-based narrative and artist-driven visual storytelling was apparently ignored for self-deluding guesses at the brand's popularity which included superficial reasons like the presence of the color red or word balloons on the cover, or that the perceived crudeness of the interior art was somehow more appealing to readers. 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. [17], Only two out of the four planned miniseries made it to print. Fables first spin-off, Jack of Fables, was launched in July 2006 and lasted over 38 issues. [15], DC Comics discontinued all imprints as of January 2020 while implementing a new age-specific identification of DC Kids (ages 812), DC (ages 13 and older) and DC Black Label (ages 17 and above and a reuse of the former label name). All-Star Superman was considered a landmark series for the Superman character and the creators. [47][48], Despite the official names "National Comics" and "National Periodical Publications", the company began branding itself as "Superman-DC" as early as 1940, and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977.[49]. Prime Video already acquired Batman: Caped Crusader from Bruce Timm and company. [32] Another important Batman debut was the introduction of the fictional mansion known as Wayne Manor first seen in Detective Comics No. [dct 3] Additional titles printed were Tom Strong, Promethea and Top 10. 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. [5] Also that year, DC entered the webcomic market with Zuda Comics. 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. The following is a list of the owners of some of the properties that DC has licensed: 30 DAYS OF NIGHT - Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, and IDW Publishing. In November 1980 DC launched the ongoing series The New Teen Titans, by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Prez, two popular talents with a history of success. [dct 2] The miniseries Crucible began in February 1993 by writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Joe Quesada and was an attempt to relaunch the line, but with sales still lagging, the imprint was instead cancelled. Alan Moore created the concepts of the line. In June 1989, the imprint's first titles hit the stands, BSUC and ETC. With the news that WarnerMedia and Discovery will merge, it's likely that comic fans are wondering what this deal will mean for DC. Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade began in December 2008. The comic book line was launched with a Batman/Doc Savage one-shot issue followed by the limited series and two continuing series. 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. DC2 appeared in the digital-first title, Batman '66, based on the 1960s television series and DC2 Multiverse appeared in Batman: Arkham Origins, a digital-first title based on the video game of the same name. Spearheaded by editor Karen Berger, all DC Comics titles bearing the Vertigo logo catered to not only more mature readers, but more sophisticated writers and artists as well. These titles, all with over 100 issues, included Sgt. It only lasted two years before being merged into DC's Vertigo imprint. Earth One (EO) is a DC Comics graphic novel imprint that features a separate continuity from their main imprint. The themed anthology that revolved originally around fictional detective stories became in modern times the longest-running ongoing comic series. This version was almost twice the size of the previous one and was the first version with a white background. The first four titles in the line were Future Quest, Scooby Apocalypse, The Flintstones and Wacky Raceland. basically, like we know, DC buys a lot of comic companies and incorporates their characters into their universe (last example, Wildstorm. [12] By the end of 2011, the First Wave line was discontinued. The site published all-new web comics and open submission policy for new creators. Immediately after this event, DC's ongoing series jumped forward a full year in their in-story continuity, as DC launched a weekly series, 52, to gradually fill in the missing time. DC licensed pulp characters including Doc Savage and the Spirit which it then used, along with some DC heroes, as part of the First Wave comics line launched in 2010 and lasting through fall 2011. [dct 3] In November 1999, the Star Trek comic book began publishing under Wildstorm with a series of one-shots and miniseries. in The Amazing Spider-Man No. In a May 2017 editorial leadership reorganization, three Executive Editors split up DC Comics and its imprints. Another Fables spin-off, The Fairest, was launched in March 2012. [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. Of course, Goodman would want to be playing golf with this fellow and be in his good graces Sol worked closely with Independent News' top management over the decades and would have gotten this story straight from the horse's mouth. [31] The series Adventure Comics would eventually follow in the footsteps of Action Comics and Detective Comics, featuring a new recurring superhero. The title is expected to get new branding as Dark Knight, if and when it resumes. After that, many new series would launch with a twice-monthly release schedule and new creative teams for nearly every title. 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 . [96][97][98], On February 21, 2020, the Co-Publisher of DC Comics, Dan DiDio stepped down after 10 years at that position. 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. 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. [5] Also, Minx was working with Book Sense to get the novels into independent bookstores. The company was . National did not reimagine its continuing characters (primarily Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman), but radically overhauled them. 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. The Silver Age The Paradox imprint was shut down in 2001. [54], The Dark Nights: Metal six-issue miniseries started in August 2017. In August 1998, DC purchased Wildstorm including imprints Cliffhanger, Homage and America's Best Comics with the imprints appearing under the DC banner in January 1999. Executive Editor Bobbie Chase was given custom comics, DC Kids, Digital First titles, Hanna-Barbera comics, Milestone and the relaunched Wildstorm Universe. The World's Largest Selection of Comic Books, from Batman and Superman comic books to Spiderman and X-Men comics, new and back issues. [dci 9] Vertigo's Fables line had its first crossover, The Great Fables Crossover, a nine-issue storyline, through its two ongoing titles plus a miniseries, The Literals in 2009. Corporate history The letters "DC" were rendered in a block-like typeface that remained through later logo revisions until 2005. 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]. [71], In addition, emulating the era's new television form, the miniseries while addressing the matter of an excessive number of ongoing titles fizzling out within a few issues of their start, DC created the industry concept of the comic book limited series. DC significantly lightened the tone of many DC comicsparticularly Batman and Detective Comicsto better complement the "camp" tone of the TV series. RT @damintoell: In the age of megaconglomerate corporations, we don't seem to get funny mergers anymore. [peacockprose] Given carte blanche to write and illustrate his own stories, he created a handful of thematically-linked series he called collectively "The Fourth World". Its parent company, DC Entertainment, is a wholly owned subsidiary of WarnerMedia. The comics industry experienced a brief boom in the early 1990s, thanks to a combination of speculative purchasing (mass purchase of the books as collectible items, with intent to resell at a higher value as the rising value of older issues, was thought to imply that all comics would rise dramatically in price) and several storylines which gained attention from the mainstream media. They increased the use of non-traditional contractual arrangements, including the dramatic rise of creator-owned projects, leading to a significant increase in critically lauded work (much of it for Vertigo) and the licensing of material from other companies. You know the big ones--Superman, Ironman,. [22], Earth M is an imprint announced at New York Comic Con 2017 set to relaunch the Milestone universe by DC and Milestone Media. . There were around 70% of the American comic book market share held by both DC Comics and its longtime rival Marvel Comics (acquired by Disney Company during 2009) in 2017, though due to . In March 2012, DC unveiled a new logo consisting of the letter "D" flipping back to reveal the letter "C" and "DC ENTERTAINMENT". Meanwhile, editor Kanigher successfully introduced a whole family of Wonder Woman characters having fantastic adventures in a mythological context. [13], In a May 2017 editorial leadership reorganization, three Executive Editors split up DC Comics and its imprints. [dct 6], Piranha was announced in November 1987 with Mark Nevelow as its editor. 33 (Nov. 1939) first depicting the death of Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne by a mugger. 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. [103] The remaining programming was provided through a one-day video on demand experience, "DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse", on September 12. 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. 123 (September 1961), editor Schwartz (with writer Gardner Fox and artists Infantino and Joe Giella) introduced a concept that allowed slotting the 1930s and 1940s Golden Age heroes into this continuity via the explanation that they lived on an other-dimensional "Earth 2", as opposed to the modern heroes' "Earth 1"in the process creating the foundation for what was later called the DC Multiverse. In March 1989, Warner Communications merged with Time Inc., making DC Comics a subsidiary of Time Warner. One of the other imprints was Impact Comics from 1991 to 1992 in which the Archie Comics superheroes were licensed and revamped. The next year in February, DC unveiled two new graphic novel imprints aimed at younger readers. While we don't have a lot of back-end . [dct 7] In 1998, the Helix imprint closed down with its "signature book" Transmetropolitan transferred to the Vertigo imprint. It also rebranded its younger-audience titles with the mascot Johnny DC and established the CMX imprint to reprint translated manga.
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