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.
In his most recent Substack newsletter, Scott Snyder has been talking about 2025 as well as what's to come in 2026, about the presence of Absolute Batman and the Absolute line at DC Comics. "But now to have it be like a load bearing book at DC, or a book that generates excitement and money […]
Absolute Wonder Woman #16 in January will feature a six-page preview of February's The Nice House By The Sea #7, part of the new DC Vertigo wave coming in 2026. And DC Comics states that they will have Ages 15+ appropriate previews of the new Vertigo titles across Absolute Universe comics through February. So that […]
Courtesy of Covrprice and Bleeding Cool, comes the ten hottest comics books of the week. And a tag to keep up on previous editions as Absolute Wonder Woman #15 finally brings DC's Absolute Trinity together, collectors are scrambling for early keys, ratio variants, and overlooked first appearances as the Absolute Universe proves it's here to stay. 'Twas the night before […]
Gotham Academy: First Year #4 has a new on-sale date of the 4th of February. Its original on-sale date was the 14th of January. Which isn't too bad, I suppose, three weeks late, but it's only the start. Gotham Academy: First Year #5 will be out three months later, on the 6th of May, when […]
Okay, well, it seems that spoiler warnings are no longer needed for such. Here's Mark Brooks' exclusive foil cover for Megacon to Absolute Batman #17 featuring the first appearance of the Absolute Poison Ivy. Oh, look, and she has been signed by Scott Snyder and Mark Brooks, so that's as official as it gets. Previously, we […]
Poison Ivy is coming to Absolute Batman in the New Year. And DC Comics has revealed the cover to Absolute Batman #17, featuring the new look of Absolute Poison Ivy…. … as a Björn Barends exclusive variant cover for East Coast Comics. Her body seems tattooed by chloryphyll, leaves seem to be growing out of […]
DC Comics has no presence in the Top Twenty Anticipated Titles for the week as DC Comics decided not to issue any for publication this Wednesday, leaving the field open for Marvel, Image, Boom Studios and others. With two Ultimate titles taking the top, and allowing the sole X-Men Age Of Revelation title to make […]
After Bleeding Cool reported on Shawn Kirkham's detailed videos on the massive damage done to the Ultimate Endgame blindbags from Marvel Comics in shipping from Penguin Random House for the New Year, one retailer got in touch to show me how Lunar Distribution packed the premium Dynamite blindbags for Harley Quinn X Elvira #3 coming […]
The new DC March solicitations include a listing for DC Super Hero Girls: High School Reunion by Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat, which Bleeding Cool mentioned last May, but now we also get a preview for the 2nd of June… DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: HIGH SCHOOL REUNION Written by SHEA FONTANA Art and cover by […]
This is how the upcoming Batman #5 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez, planned to be released on the 7th of January, but already being sold in some places, was initially solicited by DC Comics. "A night out with Bruce Wayne goes off the rails immediately for Dr. Annika Zeller—it seems her experimental Crown of […]
DC Comics takes the top four, with three Absolute titles and one from K.O. All beat the beginning of Marvel's Armageddon event with Will Of Doom. DC takes seven in the top ten, Marvel has three, including Marvel's Winter Special. No sign of an X-book. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No Title Publisher […]
Kelly Thompson has been showcasing some Absolute Wonder Woman for 2026, featuring Absolute Wonder Woman #16, drawn by Hayden Sherman and Jordie Bellaire, and the first Absolute Wonder Woman Annual, illustrated by Mattia De Iulis. And all part of her look back an an extraordinary year on her Substack newsletter for Christmas Day… ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #16 (W) Kelly Thompson (A/CA) Hayden Sherman A NEW STORY […]
Copies of Absolute Superman #15 and Absolute Ark-M Special, and one or two or three variants in hand, are already for sale, in hand, on eBay. As is Batman #5 and more and more variants and Absolute Green Lantern #10, as well as the Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man DC Marvel 2025 Treasury Edition Facsimile Edition, […]
Comic book writer Stephanie Phillips may be known for writing Harley Quinn, Spider-Gwen, Phoenix, Taarna, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Rogue and Gambit, Capwolf, Rick and Morty, Binary, Planet She-Hulk, Detective Comics, Black Widow And Hawkeye and Wonder Woman, with Daredevil launching in March. As well as being the co-creator of Grim, A Man Among Ye, Life, Descendent, Butcher in Prose, Artemis […]
I know, I know, a photo of an elderly comic book creator pops up online, especially in the winter months, and you fear the worst. And in the last few days, I received several notes from people asking if the great comic book writer Marv Wolfman had passed away in the run-up to Christmas. Well, to prove […]
Yesterday I went shopping for cheese on Christmas Eve, from Neal's Yard Dairy, in London's Covent Garden. It is my favourite cheese shop in the world, and so naturally I took a photo of the line, and my place in it. And that's when I realised I recognised the person standing behind me in line […]
Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… DC's K.O. comes to Superman #33 by Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman, Justice League Unlimited #14 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, The Flash #28 by Mark Waid, Christopher Cantwell and Vasco Georgiev and DC K.O.: Red Hood vs. Joker #1 by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Dustin Nguyen and Giuseppe Camuncoli today, whether […]
As shared by DC's K.O. artist Javier Fernandez on Instagram, saying "THIS IS HAPPENING You don't want to miss #DCKO4 tell to local comic shop" and appearing to show Superman and a bloodied Absolute Superman bearing down on each other. In the first issue of DC's K.O., as well as revealing that Darkseid has planted himself […]
It looks like it will have been the biggest selling comic book of the year, certainly of those without a blind bag promotion. Deadpool/Batman by Zeb Wells and Greg Capullo is now going to its fourth printing in 2006, scheduled for the 18th of February with an as-yet-unseen new cover variant from an unknown artist […]
Absolute Batman appears in Absolute Wonder Woman this week. And their relative status is compared and contrasted. Absolute Batman may be bigger than Absolute Wonder Woman in this world… But it's Absolute Wonder Woman who could carry Absolute Batman physically. Then there's the matter of whether either of them counts as a God. Both reject […]
