DC [bullet] (Brand Emblem)

1977 - 2020
Number of Issues:
15696
Web Site:
http://www.dccomics.com/
Notes:
Commonly called the DC bullet. Designed by Milton Glaser. Replaced by the DC Swirl.
It was briefly revived in 2011 for the DC Retroactive 1980s and 1990s titles and again in 2018 for Action Comics #1000.
Brand Emblem:

Brand emblem belongs to the brand group:

Brand Group Publisher Issues Year Began Year Ended Notes
DC DC 50960 1940

Brand emblem is in use at the following publishers:

Publisher Year Began Year Ended Notes
DC 1977 2005
Zinco 1982 1996
Tor Books
DC 2011 2011 Revived for the DC Retroactive 1980s and 1990s titles.
Panini Deutschland 2006
Hjemmet / Egmont
Semic
Editions Héritage Used on Canadian French reprints.
Comic Art
Juniorpress 2003 2003
DC 2018 Used for retro variant covers of Action Comics #1000, Detective Comics #1000, and other retro variant covers and various facsimile editions.
DC; Fleetway 1993 1993
Egmont UK 1980 1991
A&C Editores 2003 2004
Shan-Lon Enterprises 1989 1989
DC 2008 2008
DC 2013 2014
National Book Store 1977
Number Publication Date On-sale Date Indicia Publisher
Action Comics (1938 series) #544 [Canadian] June 1983 1983-03-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #544 [Newsstand] June 1983 1983-03-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #545 [Direct] July 1983 1983-04-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #545 [Newsstand] July 1983 1983-04-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #545 [Canadian] July 1983 1983-04-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #546 [Direct] August 1983 1983-05-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #546 [Newsstand] August 1983 1983-05-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #546 [Canadian] August 1983 1983-05-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #547 [Direct] September 1983 1983-05-31 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #547 [Newsstand] September 1983 1983-06-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #547 [Canadian] September 1983 1983-06-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #548 [Direct] October 1983 1983-07-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #548 [Newsstand] October 1983 1983-07-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #548 [Canadian] October 1983 1983-07-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #549 [Direct] November 1983 1983-08-02 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #549 [Newsstand] November 1983 1983-08-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #549 [Canadian] November 1983 1983-08-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #550 [Direct] December 1983 1983-09-06 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #550 [Newsstand] December 1983 1983-09-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #550 [Canadian] December 1983 1983-09-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #551 [Direct] January 1984 1983-10-04 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #551 [Newsstand] January 1984 1983-10-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #551 [Canadian] January 1984 1983-10-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #552 [Direct] February 1984 1983-11-01 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #552 [Newsstand] February 1984 1983-11-22 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #552 [Canadian] February 1984 1983-11-22 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #553 [Direct] March 1984 1983-12-06 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #553 [Newsstand] March 1984 1983-12-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #553 [Canadian] March 1984 1983-12-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #554 [Direct] April 1984 1984-01-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #554 [Newsstand] April 1984 1984-01-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #554 [Canadian] April 1984 1984-01-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #555 [Direct] May 1984 1984-01-31 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #555 [Newsstand] May 1984 1984-02-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #555 [Canadian] May 1984 1984-02-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #556 [Direct] June 1984 1984-03-06 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #556 [Newsstand] June 1984 1984-03-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #556 [Canadian] June 1984 1984-03-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #557 [Direct] July 1984 1984-04-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #557 [Newsstand] July 1984 1984-04-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #557 [Canadian] July 1984 1984-04-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #558 [Direct] August 1984 1984-05-08 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #558 [Newsstand] August 1984 1984-05-31 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #558 [Canadian] August 1984 1984-05-31 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #559 [Direct] September 1984 1984-06-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #559 [Newsstand] September 1984 1984-06-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #559 [Canadian] September 1984 1984-06-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #560 [Direct] October 1984 1984-07-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #560 [Newsstand] October 1984 1984-07-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #560 [Canadian] October 1984 1984-07-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #561 [Direct] November 1984 1984-07-31 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #561 [Newsstand] November 1984 1984-08-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #561 [Canadian] November 1984 1984-08-23 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #562 [Direct] December 1984 1984-09-04 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #562 [Newsstand] December 1984 1984-09-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #562 [Canadian] December 1984 1984-09-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #563 [Direct] January 1985 1984-10-02 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #563 [Newsstand] January 1985 1984-10-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #563 [Canadian] January 1985 1984-10-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #564 [Direct] February 1985 1984-10-30 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #564 [Newsstand] February 1985 1984-11-22 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #564 [Canadian] February 1985 1984-11-22 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #565 [Direct] March 1985 1984-12-04 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #565 [Newsstand] March 1985 1984-12-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #565 [Canadian] March 1985 1984-12-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #566 [Direct] April 1985 1985-01-01 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #566 [Canadian] April 1985 1985-01-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #566 [Newsstand] April 1985 1985-01-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #567 [Direct] May 1985 1985-02-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #567 [Newsstand] May 1985 1985-02-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #567 [Canadian] May 1985 1985-02-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #568 [Direct] June 1985 1985-03-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #568 [Newsstand] June 1985 1985-03-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #568 [Canadian] June 1985 1985-03-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #569 [Direct] July 1985 1985-04-02 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #569 [Newsstand] July 1985 1985-04-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #569 [Canadian] July 1985 1985-04-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #570 [Direct] August 1985 1985-05-07 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #570 [Newsstand] August 1985 1985-05-30 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #570 [Canadian] August 1985 1985-05-30 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #571 [Direct] September 1985 1985-06-04 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #571 [Newsstand] September 1985 1985-06-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #571 [Canadian] September 1985 1985-06-27 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #572 [Direct] October 1985 1985-07-02 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #572 [Newsstand] October 1985 1985-07-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #572 [Canadian] October 1985 1985-07-25 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #573 [Direct] November 1985 1985-08-06 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #573 [Newsstand] November 1985 1985-08-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #573 [Canadian] November 1985 1985-08-29 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #574 [Direct] December 1985 1985-09-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #574 [Newsstand] December 1985 1985-09-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #574 [Canadian] December 1985 1985-09-26 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #575 [Direct] January 1986 1985-10-01 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #575 [Newsstand] January 1986 1985-10-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #575 [Canadian] January 1986 1985-10-24 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #576 [Direct] February 1986 1985-11-05 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #576 [Newsstand] February 1986 1985-11-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #576 [Canadian] February 1986 1985-11-28 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #577 [Direct] March 1986 1985-12-03 DC Comics Inc.
Action Comics (1938 series) #577 [Newsstand] March 1986 1985-12-19 DC Comics Inc.

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