DC Comics is an AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states, one federal district, and fourteen territories. The country is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere: its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico ...American comic bookA comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term "comics" in this context does not refer to comic strips (such as Peanuts or Dilbert). ...comic book and related media company. A subsidiary of Warner Bros. EntertainmentWarner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (or simply Warner Bros.) is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is currently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate, with headquarters in Burbank, California, USA. Warner Bros. includes several subsidiary companies, including: *Warner Bros. ...Warner Bros. Entertainment (part of Time WarnerTime Warner Inc. is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with major operations in film, television, publishing, Internet service and telecommunications. Among its subsidiaries are Time Inc., AOL, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Time Warner Cable, CNN, HBO, TBS, Turner Broadcasting System and The CW Television Network.Time Warner) since 1969, DC is the world's largest English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (also commonly known as the Anglosphere). It is used extensively as a second language and as an official ...English language publisher of comic books, with one of the largest shares of the direct marketThe direct market is the dominant distribution and retail network for North American comic books. It consists of a small number of distributors and the majority of comics specialty stores, as well as other retailers of comic books and related merchandise. The name is no longer a fully accurate of the model by which it operates, but derives ...direct market of the United States' comic book industryAn American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States containing a narrative in the comics form. The standard dimensions are 6 ⅝" × 10 ¼". Since the invention of the comic book format in the 1930s, the United States has been the leading producer with only the British comic books (during the inter-war period and up until the 1970s) and the Japanese ...United States' comic book industry. DC Comics produces material featuring a large number of charactersThis is a list of characters owned or published primarily by DC Comics. Note that most, but not all, of these characters exist within the DC Universe; some listed are part of the Wildstorm Universe, others of Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line, and others are characters from Warner Brothers animations and films, Elseworlds or from companies below with reference. In the eighties, DC published comics under the name of Who's Who in the DC Universe to catalogue ...characters — many of which have been considered among the most influential in their genre's history. These include SupermanSuperman is a fictional character and comic book superhero, originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. Created in 1932, and rejected by a number of publishers, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). With a premise that taps into adolescent fantasy, Superman is born Kal-El on the alien planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planet's destruction. ...Superman, BatmanBatman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit) and published by DC Comics. The character made his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). Batman's ...Batman, Wonder WomanWonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. Two strong women, his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne, a mutual friend, served as exemplars for the character and greatly influenced her creation. 'Who Was Wonder Woman? Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (Dec. 1941). She is among the first — and most famous — comic book superheroines, and is ...Wonder Woman, and their teammates in the Justice LeagueThe Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. In most incarnations, its roster includes DC's most popular characters. The original line-up is Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and the Martian Manhunter. The team has also included Green ...Justice League.
