DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment,a subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences division of Warner Bros., which itself is a subsidiary of AT&T’s WarnerMedia through its Studios & Networks division.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, Green Arrow, Starfire, Shazam, Supergirl, Batwoman, Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, Black Canary, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Huntress, Static, Zatanna and Bumblebee.
It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Green Lantern Corps, the Young Justice, the Suicide Squad, the Birds of Prey, the Gotham City Sirens, the Teen Titans, and the Legion of Super-Heroes.
The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains who oppose the superheroes such as Lex Luthor, Joker, Darkseid, Harley Quinn, General Zod, Catwoman, Brainiac, Scarecrow, Veronica Cale, Poison Ivy, Metallo, Black Manta, Black Mask, Doomsday, Ares, Bizarro, Bane, Cheetah, Mr. Freeze, Doctor Poison, Penguin, Circe, Sinestro, Riddler, Star Sapphire, Two-Face, Reverse-Flash, King Shark, Ra’s al Ghul, Giganta, Gorilla Grodd, and Black Adam. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Fables and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo.
Originally in Manhattan at 432 Fourth Avenue, the DC Comics offices have been located at 480 and later 575 Lexington Avenue; 909 Third Avenue; 75 Rockefeller Plaza; 666 Fifth Avenue; and 1325 Avenue of the Americas. DC had its headquarters at 1700 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, however DC Entertainment relocated its headquarters from New York to Burbank, California in April 2015.[
Penguin Random House Publisher Services distributes DC Comics’ books to the bookstore market,[7] while Diamond Comic Distributors supplied the comics shop direct market[8 until June 2020, where Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors, who already distributed to the direct market due to Diamond’s distribution interruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, replaced Diamond to distribute to that market.[2 DC Comics and its longtime major competitor Marvel Comics (acquired in 2009 by The Walt Disney Company, WarnerMedia’s main competitor) together shared approximately 70% of the American comic book market in 2017,[9] though this number may give a distorted view since graphic novels are excluded. With the sales of all books included, DC is the second biggest publisher, after Viz Media, and Marvel is third
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