DC Comics

Summary

DC Comics is a comics publishing company^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of comics_publishing_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,533 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• DC Comics is in the country of United States^[3].
• DC Comics's instance of is recorded as comics publishing company^[4].
• DC Comics's instance of is recorded as book publisher^[5].
• DC Comics's founder is recorded as Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson^[6].
• DC Comics was published by Jim Lee^[7].
• DC Comics is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery^[8].
• DC Comics is owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment^[9].
• Detective Comics is named after DC Comics^[10].
• DC Comics's headquarters location is recorded as Burbank^[11].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Minx^[12].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as WildStorm^[13].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Elseworlds^[14].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Vertigo^[15].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as All Star DC Comics^[16].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Black Label^[17].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as DC Focus^[18].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as DC Ink^[19].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Paradox Press^[20].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Piranha Press^[21].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as CMX^[22].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as DC Zoom^[23].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Helix^[24].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Impact Comics^[25].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Tangent Comics^[26].
• DC Comics's child organization or unit is recorded as Zuda Comics^[27].

Body

Founding

DC Comics's founder is recorded as Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson^[6]. 1977 marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

DC Comics's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it, Inc.'}^[29].

Operations

DC Comics's headquarters location is recorded as Burbank^[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as DC Entertainment^[30]. Subsidiaries include Minx^[12], a business^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 2007^[33]; WildStorm^[13], an imprint^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1992^[36], headquartered in La Jolla^[37]; Elseworlds^[14], an imprint^[38], founded in 1989^[39]; Vertigo^[15], an imprint^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1993^[42], headquartered in Burbank^[43]; All Star DC Comics^[16], an imprint^[44]; and Black Label^[17], a company^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 2018^[47].

Industry

Industries include publishing^[48] and comics industry^[49].

Ownership

Owners include Warner Bros. Discovery^[8], a business^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 2022^[52], headquartered in New York City^[53] and Warner Bros. Entertainment^[9], a film production company^[54], in United States^[55], founded in 1923^[56], headquartered in Burbank^[57].

Why It Matters

DC Comics ranks in the top 4% of comics_publishing_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,533 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[58] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[59]