DC
- Country:
- United States
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 53
- Brand Groups:
- 28
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 203
- Total Number of Series:
- 9395
- Total Number of Issues:
- 55522
- Number of Current Series:
- 112
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Web Site:
- http://www.dccomics.com/
- Notes:
- The company commonly referred to as "DC" has a somewhat complex beginning. Its earliest predecessor was founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson as National Allied Publications, Inc. Eventually, circumstances led Wheeler-Nicholson to form a partnership with printer Harry Donenfeld and eventually accountant Jack Liebowitz to produce his third title, Detective Comics. This partnership was Detective Comics, Inc. and was the first direct corporate predecessor of today's DC.
By 1938 mounting debts forced Wheeler-Nicholson to sell his share of Detective Comics, Inc. and then to declare bankruptcy, losing control of his own Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc., the final direct successor to National Allied. Donenfeld, Liebowitz and Donenfeld's silent partner Paul Sampliner promptly bought Nicholson Publishing's two titles at bankruptcy auction and transferred them over to Detective Comics, Inc.
Later, Max Charles Gaines would partner with Liebowitz to start up All-American Comics, sharing distribution and staff with Donenfeld's operation. Except for issues cover-dated 1945, All-American books would share the same logos and branding as Detective Comics, Inc. and its corporate siblings. For 1945, All-American behaved more as a separate publisher. Also during that year, Gaines published his first title using Educational Comics, Inc. as the publishing company with an "EC" logo. By the end of the year Gaines sold his share of All-American back to Liebowitz and Donenfeld and went on to build EC into a separate company.
Eventually, Donenfeld and Liebowitz consolidated all of their companies, including those from All-American, into National Comics Publications, Inc. Prior to that consolidation the companies group as follows:
Owned solely by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson:
* National Allied Publications, Inc. (1935)
* National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc. (1935 - 1936)
* More Fun Magazine, Inc. (1936)
* Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc. (1936 - 1938)
A few issues were published by "A.I. Menin, rec. Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc." during the bankruptcy proceedings in 1938.
Owned by Donenfeld, Liebowitz and/or Sampliner (Detective Comics, Inc. was initially co-owned by Wheeler-Nicholson and Liebowitz but the former was forced out in 1938):
* Detective Comics, Inc. (1937 - 1947)
* Superman, Inc. (1940 - 1947)
* World's Best Comic Company (1941 - 1947)
* Tilsam Publications (1943 - 1948)
All-American companies under M. C. Gaines and Jack Liebowitz:
* All-American Comics, Inc. (1939 - 1946)
* Jolaine Publications, Inc. (1941 - 1946)
* J. R. Publishing Co. (1941 - 1947)
* Gainlee Publishing Co. (1942 - 1946)
* Wonder Woman Publishing Co., Inc. (1942 - 1947)
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% [b] | 2009 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2009 |
| 1997 Direct Currents Special [m] | 1997 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | 1997 |
| 80 Years of Superman / Batman [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [January 2020] |
| A.D.D. [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2011 [March 2012] |
| Absolute All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder [b] | 2014 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [September] 2014 |
| Absolute Authority [b] | 2017 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2017 - [September] 2018 |
| Absolute Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2012 [March 2013] |
| Absolute Batman Arkham Asylum 30th Anniversary Edition [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2019 |
| Absolute Batman Hush [b] | 2005 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2005 |
| Absolute Batman Incorporated [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [March] 2015 |
| Absolute Batman: The Black Mirror [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [July] 2019 |
| Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke The 30th Anniversary Edition [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2018 |
| Absolute Batman: Three Jokers [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [August] 2023 |
| Absolute Blackest Night [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [September] 2013 |
| Absolute Dark Knight [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [November] 2020 |
| Absolute Dark Nights: Death Metal [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [August] 2023 |
| Absolute Dark Nights: Metal [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2022 [January 2023] |
| Absolute Daytripper [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [June] 2020 |
| Absolute DC The New Frontier 15th Anniversary Edition [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [January] 2020 |
| Absolute Doomsday Clock [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2022 |
| Absolute Final Crisis [b] | 2012 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [December] 2012 |
| Absolute Flashpoint [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [March] 2019 |
| Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby [b] | 2020 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [August] 2020 - [March] 2022 |
| Absolute Green Arrow by Kevin Smith [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2015 |
| Absolute Green Lantern / Green Arrow [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [February] 2016 |
| Absolute Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War [b] | 2012 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [November] 2012 |
| Absolute Identity Crisis [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [December] 2011 |
| Absolute Infinite Crisis [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [February] 2017 |
| Absolute Justice League Origin [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [November] 2017 |
| Absolute Luthor / Joker [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2013 |
| The Absolute Multiversity [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2022 [February 2023] |
| Absolute Planetary Expanded Edition [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [April] 2021 |
| Absolute Sandman Overture [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [October] 2023 |
| Absolute Scarlet [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [June] 2019 |
| Absolute Superman / Batman [b] | 2013 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [October] 2013 - [July] 2014 |
| Absolute Superman for All Seasons [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [October] 2023 |
| Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow [b] | 2009 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2009 |
| Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2022 [February 2023] |
| Absolute Top 10 [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [July] 2013 |
| The Absolute V for Vendetta [b] | 2009 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2009 |
| Absolute V for Vendetta [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [October] 2023 |
| Absolute Wildcats by Jim Lee [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [May] 2018 |
| Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang [b] | 2017 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Add | 2016 [April 2017] - [April] 2018 |
| Absolute Wonder Woman Gods and Mortals [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [May] 2022 |
| Action Comics #1 [First Appearance: Superman Action Figure] [m] | 2004 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2004 |
| Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 50¢ Cover] [m] | 1987 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1987 |
| Adam Strange: Between Two Worlds The Deluxe Edition [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [May] 2023 |
| Adventures of Superman [b] | 2014 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Add | [June] 2014 - [May] 2015 |
| Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2023 [January 2024] |
| Adventures of the Super Sons [b] | 2019 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Add | [June] 2019 - 2019 [January 2020] |
| Alganon [m] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2011 |
| All-American Comics #16 [First Appearance: Green Lantern Action Figure] [m] | 2004 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2004 |
| The All-New Batman - The Brave and the Bold: Help Wanted [b] | 2012 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [October] 2012 |
| The All-New Batman - The Brave and the Bold: Small Miracles [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [May] 2013 |
| All-Star Section Eight [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [August] 2016 |
| The Amazing World of Superman (Tabloid Edition) [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2021 |
| American Carnage [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [December] 2019 |
| American Vampire [b] | 2011 | 8 issues (8 indexed) | Add | 2010 [December 2011] - [September] 2016 |
| American Vampire 1976 [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2022 |
| American Vampire Omnibus [b] | 2018 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [December] 2018 - [December] 2022 |
| The American Way: Those Above and Those Below [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2018 |
| Amethyst [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [May] 2021 |
| Animal Man by Grant Morrison [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [April] 2020 |
| Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [b] | 2018 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Add | 2018 [February 2019] - [November] 2020 |
| Animal Man by Jeff Lemire Omnibus [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2019 [February 2020] |
| The Animal Man Omnibus [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [September] 2013 |
| Animal Man: Flesh and Blood [b] | 2014 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [September] 2014 |
| Animal Man: Red Plague [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2014 [March 2015] |
| Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [April] 2023 |
| Aquaman / Green Arrow - Deep Target [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [December] 2022 |
| Aquaman / Suicide Squad: Sink Atlantis [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [April] 2019 |
| Aquaman and the Others [b] | 2015 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Add | [March] 2015 - [August] 2015 |
| Aquaman: Andromeda [b] | 2023 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2023 [January 2024] |
| Aquaman: Deep Dives [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [August] 2021 |
| Aquaman: Kingdom Lost [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [September] 2017 |
| Aquaman: Tempest [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [August] 2018 |
| Aquaman: The Becoming [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [August] 2022 |
| Aquaman: To Serve and Protect [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [September] 2016 |
| Aquaman: Underworld: The Deluxe Edition [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2018 [January 2019] |
| Aquaman: War for the Throne [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2018 [January 2019] |
| Aquaman: War for the Throne - Walmart Exclusive Edition [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2018 |
| Aquamen [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2022 [January 2023] |
| Area 10 [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [June] 2011 |
| Arkham City: The Order of the World [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2022 [January 2023] |
| Arkham Manor [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [September] 2015 |
| Arrow: The Dark Archer [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [October] 2016 |
| The Art of DC Comics Bombshells [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [January] 2017 |
| Astro City: Family Album [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [June] 2015 |
| Astro City: Life in the Big City [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2011 |
| The Authority by Ed Brubaker & Dustin Nguyen [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [May] 2019 |
| The Authority Omnibus [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [September] 2019 |
| Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story [b] | 2024 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2024 |
| Bane: Conquest [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2018 |
| Basketful of Heads [b] | 2020 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [November] 2020 |
| Basketful of Heads [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2020 [November 2021] |
| Batgirl [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | [May] 2021 |
| Batgirl of Burnside Omnibus [b] | 2022 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [March] 2022 |
| Batgirl Returns Omnibus [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [May] 2021 |
| Batgirl: Stephanie Brown [b] | 2017 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Add | [October] 2017 - [May] 2018 |
| Batgirl: The Lesson [b] | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Add | 2011 [January 2012] |
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