Brand Name | Years in Operation | Printings (Issues) |
2000AD; DC Comics1 | 2004 - 2005 | 19 |
A Cliffhanger Picture Magazine1 | 2003 - 2004 | 6 |
A DC Publication2 Note: 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.
|
1940 - 1944 | 160 (153) |
A DC TV Comic1 | 1976 - 1981 | 80 (75) |
A DC TV Comic; Whitman1 | 1979 - 1980 | 2 (0) |
A Superman DC Publication2 Note: Previously "A DC Publication" and followed by "Superman DC National Comics".
|
1941 - 1949 | 1325 (1320) |
America's Best Comics1 Note: This brand was planned before Wildstorm's sale to DC, but was only used under DC.
|
1999 - ? | 212 (208) |
An All-American Publication1 Note: Merged into "A Superman DC Publication".
|
1945 | 49 |
Bilal Library; Humanoids; DC Comics1 | 2004 - 2005 | 5 |
Cliffhanger!1 | 1999 - 2004 | 107 (93) |
CMX1 | 2004 - 2010 | 396 (395) |
CN Cartoon Network; DC0 | ? | 0 |
Comico; DC1 | 1993 | 2 |
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]; DC [bullet]1 | 1999 - 1999 | 2 |
DC [block]1 | 1970 - 1974 | 51 |
DC [bullet]2 Note: 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.
|
1977 - 2011 | 13987 (12021) |
DC [character]1 Note: For a few years in the early seventies each DC title bore a symbol in which the only constant was the letters DC, usually followed by the title of the book and positioned under or over a picture of the main character.
|
1970 - 1974 | 522 |
DC [circle]1 Note: The letters DC inside a circle, usually bold. Preceded the similar brand which added the text "The Line of DC Super Stars".
|
1972 - 1975 | 535 (534) |
DC [peel]2 | 2012 - ? | 2676 (1792) |
DC [swirl]2 Note: Replaced the DC "bullet". Followed by the DC "peel"
|
2005 - 2012 | 4643 (3638) |
DC All Star1 Note: Used on two series: All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder and All Star Superman. All Star Wonder Woman was thought to be in the works.
|
2005 - 2008 | 43 (24) |
DC and Marvel Present0 | 1975 - 1999 | 1 |
DC Archive Editions1 | 1989 - ? | 151 (148) |
DC Blue Ribbon Digest2 | 1979 - 1985 | 177 (102) |
DC Comics0 | ? | 65 |
DC Comics Millennium Edition1 Note: Brand logo appears as a gold foil seal on the covers of this series of DC reprint comics.
|
2000 - 2001 | 62 |
DC Comics Publications1 Note: Used in May 1999 issues of Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, All Star Comics, National Comics, Sensation Comics, Smash Comics, Star Spangled Comics and Thrilling Comics.
Used in 2000 for DC 2000 #1-2 limited series.
|
1999 - 2000 | 13 (12) |
DC Comics Pulp Heroes1 | 1997 | 14 |
DC Comics The Will Eisner Library1 | 2000 - 2002 | 1 |
DC Comicsâ„¢1 | 2012 - ? | 0 |
DC Entertainmentâ„¢1 | 2012 - ? | 0 |
DC First Wave1 Note: Short lived brand of pulp influenced comics.
|
2010 - 2011 | 14 |
DC National Comics1 Note: Mutt & Jeff #56-74 used a DC National Comics logo. The top half of the logo where Superman would be is blank.
|
1952 - 1954 | 19 |
DC Silver Edition1 | 1992 - 1993 | 5 |
DC; DC Comics1 Note: dc comics logo/DC logo. Both logos are used on #1,000,000 issues of November 1998 and Booster Gold #1,000,000 (September 2008). DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000 (August 1999) was the only #1,000,000 tie-in that didn't use this brand (it used just the DC logo).
|
1998 - 2008 | 17 (16) |
DC; Homage Comics1 | 1999 - ? | 1 |
DC; Teshkeel Comics1 | 2010 - 2011 | 6 |
DC; TSR1 | 1988 - 1991 | 133 (122) |
DCFocus; DC [bullet]1 | 2004 - 2005 | 32 |
Elseworlds; DC [bullet]1 | 1991 - 2006 | 194 (192) |
Elseworlds; DC [bullet]; Marvel Comics1 | 1996 - 2011 | 1 |
Elseworlds; DC [swirl]1 | 2005 - 2011 | 5 |
Factoid Books; [Paradox Press]1 | 1996 - 1998 | 17 |
Hampshire Dist. Ltd.1 Note: Used for the Jack Kirby magazines.
|
1971 | 2 |
Helix; DC Comics1 | 1996 - 1998 | 92 |
Homage Comics1 | 1999 - 2004 | 42 |
Humanoids Publishing Comics0 | 2004 - 2005 | 3 |
Humanoids; DC Comics1 | 2004 - 2005 | 31 |
!mpact Comics1 Note: Used for the MLJ superheroes that DC licensed from Archie.
|
1991 - 1993 | 116 (113) |
Johnny DC1 Note: The brand continued to be used inside the issues later, but these are the years the brand was used on the cover.
|
2004 - 2008 | 140 (139) |
Malibu; DC1 | 1994 - 1995 | 3 (2) |
Marvel Comics; DC1 | 1995 - ? | 7 (6) |
Milestone; DC1 Note: Actual years used: 1993-1997, 2000-2001, 2009.
|
1993 - 2009 | 269 (259) |
Minx1 Note: Per DC's website, "the first graphic novel imprint designed exclusively for teenage girls."
DC Comics cancelled the brand in 2008.
|
2007 - 2008 | 13 |
National IND Humor Group1 Note: Actual years used: 1958 and 1960 for only a handful of issues. This might be "National Humor Group" with the "IND" being a stray "IND" distributor's mark, but for now it's being treated like the "Superman DC National Comics" case, which it closely resembles.
|
1958 - 1960 | 6 |
National Romance Group1 Note: Actual years used: 1957-1962 and 1970.
|
1957 - 1970 | 203 |
Paradox Graphic Mystery1 | 1996 - 1999 | 2 |
Paradox Mystery1 | 1995 | 9 |
Paradox Press1 Note: Symbol combining a version of the common optical illusion consisting of three prongs with two P's, the first facing backwards.
|
1994 - 2003 | 38 |
Piranha Music1 | 1991 - 1994 | 1 |
Piranha Press1 | 1989 - 1991 | 60 |
Superman Comics1 Note: A test logo used only on variants for Justice League #3 and The Fury of Firestorm #61.
|
1987 | 2 (0) |
Superman DC National Comics3 Note: Previously "A Superman DC Publication", and followed by "DC" (frequently with the title or feature character afterward).
|
1949 - 1970 | 7021 (7016) |
Tangent Comics1 Note: Actual years of usage: 1997-1998 and 2007-2009.
|
1997 - 2009 | 19 |
The Joe Kubert Library1 | 2010 - ? | 4 |
The Line of DC Super-Stars2 Note: This brand originally ran from from 1973 through 1977. It was briefly revived in 2011 for the DC Retroactive 1970s titles.
The previous brand was "DC" (frequently with the title or feature character afterward), and was also followed by "DC", in this case the four star bullet.
|
1973 - 2011 | 946 (941) |
Tim Promotions, Inc.0 | 1942 - 1950 | 90 |
V2K; Vertigo; DC Comics1 Note: 'I Die at Midnight' and 'Totems' (squarebound) have 'Vertigo / DC Comics' on spine.
Other issues (saddle-stitched) have 'DC Comics' below 'Mature Readers' wording on left edge of cover.
|
2000 | 13 |
Vertigo2 | 1993 - ? | 2040 (1981) |
Vertigo Crime1 | 2009 - 2011 | 11 |
Vertigo Verite1 | 1996 | 12 |
Vertigo Visions1 | 1993 - 1995 | 3 |
Vertigo Voices1 | 1995 | 3 |
Vertigo X1 Note: Vertigo's tenth anniversary brand.
|
2003 - 2004 | 12 |
Vertigo; DC1 Note: This was a DC logo on top of a Vertigo logo.
|
1993 - 1998 | 784 (779) |
Vertigo; DC Comics2 Note: This has the Vertigo logo on top of the DC Comics logo.
|
1998 - 2002 | 672 (665) |
WB Family Entertainment Reading; DC0 Note: Duration: July 1994 - August 1998
|
1994 - 1998 | 2 |
WB Family Entertainment; DC1 Note: Duration: April 1994 - June 1994
Followed by WB Family Entertainment Reading; DC
|
1994 | 4 |
Whitman TV Comic1 Note: These were still listed in the indicia as being published by DC, but had the Whitman logo.
|
1978 - 1979 | 160 (0) |
WildStorm Signature Series; DC [bullet]1 | 2005 | 2 (1) |
WildStorm Universe WS1 | 2004 - 2006 | 110 (109) |
WildStorm Universe WS; DC [swirl]1 | 2005 - 2006 | 2 |
Wildstorm WS2 | 1999 - 2011 | 856 (787) |
WildStorm WS Signature Series1 | 2004 - 2006 | 98 (94) |
Wildstorm WS; Dynamite Entertainment0 | ? | 4 (0) |
WildStorm WS; IDW1 | 2010 - 2011 | 8 (6) |
WildStorm WS; Marvel Comics1 | 2001 | 1 |
WildStorm WS; Trion Worlds0 | 2010 - 2011 | 5 |
Wildstorm/DC Comics; Wildstorm Signature Series0 | 2004 - 2004 | 1 |
Wildstorm; DC1 | 2008 | 16 |
WS [Wildstorm]2 | 1999 - 2011 | 28 (26) |
WS [Wildstorm] Eye of the Storm1 | 2003 - 2004 | 74 (67) |
WS [Wildstorm] Eye of the Storm; DC [bullet]1 | 2002 - 2004 | 2 |
WS [WildStorm]; Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]1 | 2001 | 1 |
WS [WildStorm]; DC [bullet]; Elseworlds1 | 2002 | 1 |
Zuda Comics1 Note: Mostly online comics, but they also print collected editions.
|
2007 - 2011 | 6 |