Some facts about DC Comics

• The company DC Comics Inc. was founded in 1934 as National Allied Publications.
• DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies of comic books and related media.
• DC Comics most famous characters are Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Arrow, Hawkman, and Green Lantern, and such antagonists as Lex Luthor, Catwoman, the Joker, and Darkseid.
• The initials "DC" came from the company's popular series Detective Comics.
• DC Comics and its longtime competitor Marvel Comics together share over 80 percent of the U.S. market.
• In 1969, National Comics merged with Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
• In September 2009, Warner Bros. announced that DC Comics would become a subsidiary of DC Entertainment, Inc.
• Empire magazine named Superman the greatest comic book character of all time.
• Entertainment Weekly named Batman as one of The 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture.
• DC Comics "Big Three" characters are Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.