A DC Publication (Brand Emblem)

1940 - 1944
Number of Issues:
159
Notes:
The first DC brand. Followed by "A Superman DC Publication". It continued being used for "Picture Stories from the Bible" after the main titles had switched away.

This brand was originally used from 1940 through 1944. Was revived in 2018 and used for Retro 1930s and 1940s Variant covers of Action Comics #1000.
Brand Emblem:

Brand emblem belongs to the brand group:

Brand Group Publisher Issues Year Began Year Ended Notes
DC DC 50954 1940

Brand emblem is in use at the following publishers:

Publisher Year Began Year Ended Notes
DC 1940 1944
DC 2018 2021 Used for retro variant covers of Action Comics #1000 and Detective Comics #1000 and other retro variant covers.
DC 2013 2014
DC 2023 2024 Used for retro variant cover of Action Comics #1050, and other retro covers.
Number Publication Date On-sale Date Indicia Publisher
Detective Comics (1937 series) #41 July 1940 1940-06-07 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #42 August 1940 1940-07-03 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #43 September 1940 1940-08-02 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #43 [Canadian] September 1940 — Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #44 October 1940 1940-08-30 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #45 November 1940 1940-09-27 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #46 December 1940 1940-10-30 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #47 [Without Canadian Price] January 1941 1940-11-29 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #47 [With Canadian Price] January 1941 — Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #48 February 1941 1940-12-27 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #49 March 1941 1941-01-29 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #50 April 1941 1941-02-28 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #51 May 1941 1941-03-28 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #52 June 1941 1941-04-30 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #53 July 1941 1941-05-28 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #54 August 1941 1941-06-27 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #55 September 1941 1941-07-23 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (1937 series) #56 October 1941 1941-08-19 Detective Comics Inc.
Detective Comics (2011 series) #1000 [1930s Variant Cover by Steve Rude] May 2019 2019-03-27 DC Comics
Detective Comics (2011 series) #1000 [Alex Ross Exclusive Detective #27 Homage Trade Dress Cover] May 2019 2019-03-27 DC Comics
Detective Comics (2011 series) #1000 [Artgerm Collectibles Exclusive Stanley "Artgerm" Lau Vintage Cover B] May 2019 2019-03-27 DC Comics
Detective Comics (2011 series) #1000 [Buy Me Toys Exclusive Rodolfo Migliari Vintage Trade Dress Cover] May 2019 2019-03-27 DC Comics
Detective Comics 38 (Facsimile Edition) (2020 series) [May] 2020 2020-03-11 DC Comics
The Flash (2016 series) #750 [1940s Variant Cover by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok] Early May 2020 2020-03-04 DC Comics
Flash Comics (1940 series) #6 June 1940 1940-04-17 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #7 July 1940 1940-05-15 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #8 August 1940 1940-06-14 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #9 September 1940 1940-07-17 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #10 October 1940 1940-08-16 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #11 November 1940 1940-09-18 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #12 December 1940 1940-10-16 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #13 [Without Canadian Price] January 1941 1940-11-15 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #13 [With Canadian Price] January 1941 — All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #14 February 1941 1940-12-18 All-American Comics Inc.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #15 March 1941 1941-01-17 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #16 April 1941 1941-02-14 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #17 May 1941 1941-03-14 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #18 June 1941 1941-04-16 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #19 July 1941 1941-05-16 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #20 August 1941 1941-06-18 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #21 September 1941 1941-07-16 J. R. Publishing Co.
Flash Comics (1940 series) #22 October 1941 1941-08-13 J. R. Publishing Co.
Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular (2021 series) #1 [1940s Variant Cover by Michael Cho] August 2021 2021-06-29 DC Comics
Green Lantern (1941 series) #1 Fall 1941 1941-09-23 Jolaine Publications Inc.
Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular (2020 series) #1 [1940s Variant Cover by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok] August 2020 2020-06-23 DC Comics
The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular (2020 series) #1 [1940s Variant Cover by Arthur Adams and Sabine Rich] June 2020 2020-06-09 DC Comics
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #54 April 1940 1940-03-01 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #55 May 1940 1940-03-29 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #56 June 1940 1940-05-01 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #57 July 1940 1940-05-29 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #58 August 1940 1940-06-28 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #59 September 1940 1940-07-26 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #59 [15¢] September 1940 — Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #60 October 1940 1940-08-28 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #61 November 1940 1940-09-27 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #62 December 1940 1940-10-25 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #63 [Without Canadian Price] January 1941 1940-11-27 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #63 [With Canadian Price] January 1941 — Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #64 February 1941 1940-12-27 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #65 March 1941 1941-01-24 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #66 April 1941 1941-02-26 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #67 May 1941 1941-03-26 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #68 June 1941 1941-04-25 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #69 July 1941 1941-05-23 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #70 August 1941 1941-06-25 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #71 September 1941 1941-07-23 Detective Comics Inc.
More Fun Comics (1936 series) #72 October 1941 1941-08-19 Detective Comics Inc.
Multiversity: Harley Screws Up the DCU (2023 series) #3 [Amanda Conner Cover] July 2023 2023-05-09 DC Comics
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #5 [Summer 1942] 1942-06-19 All-American Comics Inc.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #6 Fall 1942 — Trafalgar Publications Inc.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #7 Winter 1943 — Trafalgar Publications Inc.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #8 February-March 1943 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #9 April-May 1943 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #10 June-July 1943 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #11 Fall 1943 1943-09-14 Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #12 Winter 1943 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #13 Spring 1944 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #14 Summer 1944 — Gainlee Publishing Co.
Mutt & Jeff (1939 series) #15 Fall 1944 1944-09-11 Gainlee Publishing Co.
New York World's Fair Comics (1939 series) #[2] [July] 1940 1940-07-03 Detective Comics Inc.
Picture Stories from the Bible New Testament (1944 series) #1 [December] 1944 1944-09-01 M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #1 [Fall] 1942 1942-07-29 M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #2 Winter 1942 1942-12-09 M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #3 Spring 1943 1943-04-01 M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #4 Fall 1943 1943-09-20 M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #1 [2nd] [Fall] 1943 — M. C. Gaines
Picture Stories from the Bible Old Testament (1942 series) #2 [2nd] Fall 1943 — M. C. Gaines
Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular (2020 series) #1 [1940s Variant Cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair] May 2020 2020-03-18 DC Comics
Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #1 October 1941 1941-07-23 Detective Comics Inc.
Superman (1939 series) #11 July-August 1941 1941-05-07 Superman Inc.
Superman (1939 series) #12 September-October 1941 1941-07-02 Superman Inc.
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #1 [Bruce Timm 1930s Cover] August 2013 2013-06-12 DC Comics
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #2 [John Paul Leon 1930s Cover] September 2013 2013-07-10 DC Comics
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #3 [Dave Bullock 1930s Cover] October 2013 2013-08-21 DC Comics
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #4 [Kevin Nowlan 1930s Cover] December 2013 2013-11-06 DC Comics
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #5 [Francis Manapul 1930s Cover] January 2014 2013-12-31 DC Comics
Superman Unchained (2013 series) #6 [Howard Chaykin 1930s Cover] April 2014 2014-03-19 DC Comics
World's Best Comics (1941 series) #1 [Spring] 1941 1941-02-10 World's Best Comics Company
World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #2 Summer 1941 1941-05-07 World's Best Comics Company
World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #3 Fall 1941 1941-08-15 World's Best Comics Co.

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