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Publisher: DC
Years in Operation: 1935 - ?
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: http://www.dccomics.com/ Brands: 96 Indicia Publishers: 51 Series: 8478 Printings: 76507 (52694 Issues) Disclose 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)
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Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
100 Bullets {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Awards 2000 - Eisner Award - Best New Series - Nominated 2000 - Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2001 - Eisner Award - Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team - Eduardo Risso - Nominated 2001 - Eisner Award - Best Coloring - Patricia Mulvihill - Nominated 2002 - Eisner Award - Best Continuing Series - Won 2002 - Eisner Award - Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team - Eduardo Risso - Won 2002 - Eisner Award - Best Writer - Brian Azzarello - Nominated 2002 - Harvey Award - Best Artist - Ed Risso - Won 2002 - Harvey Award - Best Continuing or Limited Series - Won 2002 - Harvey Award - Best Writer - Brian Azzarello - Won 2002 - Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2002 - UK National Comics Awards - Comics International Award for Best Comic Now - Nominated 2002 - Premio Attilio Micheluzzi - Miglior Serie Straniera (Best Foreign Series) - Won 2002 - Wizard Fan Awards - Favorite Painter - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2003 - Eisner Award - Best Continuing or Limited Series - Nominated 2003 - Harvey Award - Best Artist - Eduardo Risso - Won 2003 - Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2003 - Harvey Award - Best Letterer - Clem Robins - Nominated 2003 - Harvey Award - Best Continuing or Limited Series - Nominated 2003 - Harvey Award - Best Writer - Brian Azzarello - Nominated 2003 - Wizard Fan Award - Favorite Painter - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2004 - Eisner Award - Best Continuing Series - Won 2004 - Eisner Award - Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team - Eduardo Risso - Nominated 2004 - Eisner Award - Best Writer - Brian Azzarello - Nominated 2004 - Harvey Award - Best Cover Artist - Dave Johnson - Nominated 2004 - Harvey Award - Best Letterer - Clem Robins - Nominated 2005 - Harvey Award - Best Colorist - Patricia Mulvihill - Nominated 2006 - Harvey Award - Best Artist - Eduardo Risso - Nominated 2006 - Harvey Award - Best Colorist - Patricia Mulvihill - Nominated 2007 - Eisner Award - Best Cover Artist - Dave Johnson - Nominated
1999 - 2009 100
100 Bullets {Trade Paperbacks} 2000 - 2009 13 (33)
100 Bullets {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Issue 1 collects original series issues 1-19. Issue 2 collects original series issues 20-36. Issue 3 collects original series issues 37-57. Issue 4 collects original series issues 58-80. Issue 5 collects original series issues 81-100.
2014 - 2016 5
100 Bullets / Crime Line Sampler Flip-Book {Comic Books} 2009 - 1
100 Bullets Omnibus {Comic Books} 2021 - ? 1
100 Bullets: Brother Lono {Comic Books} 2013 - 2014 8 (9)
100 Bullets: Brother Lono {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition {Comic Books} 2011 - 2013 5
100% {Comic Books} 2002 - 2003 5
100% {Trade Paperbacks} 2005 - 1
100% {Comic Books} 2009 - 1
100% {Trade Paperbacks} 2010 - 1
100% True? {Comic Books} 1996 - 1997 2
100-Page Super Spectacular {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: All issues have illustrated covers, front and back; #DC-14 has a wraparound cover, #DC-16 to #DC-18, #DC-20 to #DC-22 have a cover gallery on the back. DC's '100-Page Super Spectacular' continued to feature intermittently until 1975, on the following titles (using regular series numbering only): Action Comics, Batman, The Brave and the Bold, Detective Comics, Flash, House of Mystery, Justice League of America, Our Army at War, Shazam, Superboy, Superman, Superman Family, Tarzan, The Unexpected, The Witching Hour, Wonder Woman, World's Finest, Young Love and Young Romance.
1973 - 9
1st Issue Special {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: A story originally scheduled to appear in issue #6 featuring Batgirl and Robin instead was published in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #1 (September-October 1975). A story originally scheduled to appear in issue #14 featuring Green Arrow and Black Canary instead was published in Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #100 (January 1978).
1975 - 1976 13
2020 Visions {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This mini-series is divided in four stories, whose characters are related in some way
1997 - 1998 12
21 Down {Comic Books} 2002 - 2003 12
21 Down: The Conduit {Trade Paperbacks} 2003 - 1
3-D Batman {Comic Books} 1953 - 1
3-D Batman {Comic Books} 1966 - 1
52 {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The cover dates are the actual on sale dates and contain month, day, and year. The indicia date is only month and year and is generally 2 months after the cover date. The indicia identifies the issues as "Week ##" as opposed to just the issue number.
2006 - 2007 52 (76)
52 {Trade Paperbacks} 2007 - 4
52 {Comic Books} 2016 - 2017 2
52 / World War III Part Four: United We Stand {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
52 / World War III Part One: A Call to Arms {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
52 / World War III Part Three: Hell Is for Heroes {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
52 / World War III Part Two: The Valiant {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen {Comic Books} 2007 - 2008 6
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen {Trade Paperbacks} 2008 - 1
The 52 Omnibus {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
52: The Companion {Trade Paperbacks} 2007 - 1
52: The Covers {Hardcovers} 2007 - 1
80 Page Giant Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Continuation and replacement of DC's annuals. See the issue records here and in the follow-up series Giant (DC, 1969 series) for directions on where to find complete information on these issues. Indicia titles: #1: "80 PAGE GIANT" #2-15: "80 PAGE GIANT Magazine"
1964 - 1969 56
80 Years of Superman / Batman {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
9-11 - The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember {Comic Books} 2002 - 1 (2)
99 Days {Hardcovers} 2011 - 1
A. Bizarro {Comic Books} 1999 - 4
A.B.C. Warriors {Comic Books} 2005 - 2
A.B.C. Warriors: The Black Hole {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Vol. 2
2005 - 0
Aaron and Ahmed {Comic Books} 2011 - 1
ABC: A-Z, Greyshirt and Cobweb {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
ABC: A-Z, Terra Obscura and Splash Brannigan {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
ABC: A-Z, Tom Strong and Jack B. Quick {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
ABC: A-Z, Top 10 and Teams {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Absolute All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
Absolute All-Star Superman {Hardcovers} 2010 - 1 (4)
The Absolute Authority {Hardcovers} 2002 - 2003 2
Absolute Authority {Comic Books} 2017 - 2018 2
Absolute Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn {Hardcovers} 2013 - 1
Absolute Batman Arkham Asylum 30th Anniversary Edition {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Absolute Batman Incorporated {Comic Books} 2015 - 1
Absolute Batman the Killing Joke {Comic Books} 2018 - 1
Absolute Batman Year One {Comic Books} 2017 - 1
Absolute Batman: Dark Victory {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
Absolute Batman: Haunted Knight {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
Absolute Batman: Hush {Hardcovers} 2005 - 1 (2)
Absolute Batman: The Black Mirror {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Absolute Batman: The Court of Owls {Comic Books} 2015 - 1
Absolute Batman: The Long Halloween {Hardcovers} 2007 - 1
Absolute Blackest Night {Comic Books} 2013 - 1
Absolute Danger Girl {Hardcovers} 2003 - 1
Absolute Dark Knight {Hardcovers} 2006 - 1
Absolute Dark Knight {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Absolute Dark Knight III: The Master Race {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Absolute Daytripper {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Absolute DC The New Frontier 15th Anniversary Edition {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Absolute DC: The New Frontier {Hardcovers} 2006 - 1
The Absolute Death {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1 (2)
Absolute Final Crisis {Comic Books} 2012 - 1
Absolute Flashpoint {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby {Comic Books} 2020 - ? 1
Absolute Green Arrow {Comic Books} 2015 - 1
Absolute Green Lantern / Green Arrow {Comic Books} 2015 - 1
Absolute Green Lantern: Rebirth {Hardcovers} 2010 - 1
Absolute Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War {Comic Books} 2012 - 1
Absolute Identity Crisis {Hardcovers} 2011 - 1
Absolute Infinite Crisis {Comic Books} 2017 - 1
Absolute Justice {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1
Absolute Justice League Origin {Comic Books} 2017 - 1
Absolute Justice League: The World's Greatest Superheroes by Alex Ross and Paul Dini {Hardcovers} 2017 - 1
Absolute Kingdom Come {Hardcovers} 2006 - 1 (3)
Absolute Luthor / Joker {Comic Books} 2013 - 1
Absolute Planetary {Hardcovers} 2004 - 2010 2
Absolute Preacher {Comic Books} 2016 - 2018 3
Absolute Promethea {Hardcovers} 2009 - 2011 3
Absolute Ronin {Hardcovers} 2008 - 1
The Absolute Sandman {Hardcovers} 2006 - 2011 5
Absolute Sandman Overture {Comic Books} 2018 - 1
Absolute Sandman Special Edition {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
Absolute Scarlet {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Absolute Superman / Batman {Hardcovers} 2013 - 2014 2
Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore {Comic Books} 2020 - ? 2
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore New Edition {Comic Books} 2020 - ? 1
Absolute Top 10 {Comic Books} 2013 - 1
Absolute Transmetropolitan {Hardcovers} 2015 - 2019 3
Absolute Transmetropolitan New Edition {Comic Books} 2021 - ? 1
Absolute V for Vendetta {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1
Absolute Vertigo {Comic Books} 1995 - 1
Absolute Watchmen {Hardcovers} 2005 - 1

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