DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. since 1967. Popular characters published by the company include: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Cyborg and Supergirl. Popular DC Comics teams include Justice League, Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, Teen Titans, and Watchmen.
Former US Army Cavalry Officer and pulp writer Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson founded the precursor to the company we now know as DC Comics, National Allied Publications in autumn 1934. His first comic book, the tabloid-sized New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1 was cover dated February 1935 .
Detective Comics, a detective-themed anthology series, debuted with a March 1937 cover date, and would introduce Batman to the world with Detective Comics #27, cover-dated May 1939. The initials "D.C." in DC Comics come from the title Detective Comics.
The publisher would release its most important issue ever with Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938, and the comic book that introduced Superman to the world.
As a subsidiary of Warner Bros, the publisher's characters and teams have been the subject of numerous tv series, films, and games.
Bleeding Cool scooped the news on DC's follow-up to their international anthologies Batman: The World and Joker: The World, with Superman: The World, a
In Batgirl #6, Cassandra Cain faces a deadly choice between teaming up with or taking down her mother, Lady Shiva, while trapped in a dangerous cave with dark secrets.
Something dark and mysterious happened in Smallville years ago, and Absolute Superman #6 is ready to reveal the secret origin that changed everything. Check out the preview.
Check out this preview of Teen Titans Go #2, where three different witnesses tell three different tales about Cyborg's disappearance. But which story is the truth?
Check out the preview for JSA #6, where a demon horde attacks the Tower of Fate and a traitor strikes from within. Someone won't make it out alive... or will they?
Birds of Prey #20 hits stores with a mysterious new team of villains emerging from the shadows. But are they really new, or is something more sinister at play? Check the preview.
Harvey Dent struggles to maintain control while a new threat emerges from Gotham's criminal underground in Two-Face #5, hitting stores this Wednesday from DC Comics.
Captain Atom and Major Force battle it out while Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi face ethical dilemmas in Justice League: The Atom Project #4, in stores Wednesday.
Check out Absolute Green Lantern #1 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay, where a powerless Green Lantern must prove that the hero makes the ring, not the other way around.
Poison Ivy confronts both past and present in Poison Ivy #32, and discovers some particularly unpleasant truths about Janet. Check out the preview here!
Check out the preview for Secret Six #2, where DC's newest team of misfits can't seem to stop fighting each other long enough to actually accomplish anything.
Check out Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #1, where Mitch Shelley's power to resurrect with new abilities leads him on a time-traveling quest to save the universe itself.
Check out Metamorpho: The Element Man #4, where Simon Stagg's brilliant plan to turn his headquarters into a living building might backfire spectacularly. Preview inside!