What does DC stand for in the comics?

Over the years, the company's abbreviated name "DC" has been defined in other ways, including parodical forms such as "Distinguished Competition" used by rival publisher Marvel Comics. It also has since been used to stand for Diamond Comics Distributors. read more

The company DC comics obtained its name from high popularity in the series Detective Comics which was Batmans debut in 1939 in Detective comics #27. Originally DC comics was known as National Publications but is now Detective comics. read more

In October 2013, DC Entertainment announced that the DC Comics offices would be moved from New York City to Warner Bros. Burbank, California, headquarters in 2015. The other units, animation, movie, TV and portfolio planning, had preceded DC Comics by moving there in 2010. read more