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[65] [66] Another difference Gunn saw between DC and Marvel was the former having more limited runs with unique tones that were separate from "mainstream comics", such as The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Watchmen (1986–87), and All-Star Superman (2005–2008). He intended to replicate this feeling by having the creators of each DCU project ...
JLA/Avengers is officially canon for both companies and the cosmic egg has appeared in DC's Trinity and in Marvel's Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. [11] The series was reprinted by DC Comics in 2004 as a two-volume collector's edition hardcover (which included for the first time the original 21 Pérez-penciled pages from mid-1983 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. American comic book publisher This article is about the American publisher of comics. For the Scottish publisher of comics and newspapers, see DC Thomson. For the capital of the United States, see Washington, D.C. DC Comics, Inc. Parent company Independent (1935–1938 and 1961–1967 ...
Whiz Comics #22 (Oct. 1941), featuring Captain Marvel and his young alter-ego, Billy Batson. Art by C. C. Beck. Inspiration for Captain Marvel came from a number of sources. His visual appearance was modeled after that of Fred MacMurray, a popular American actor of the period, [13] though comparisons with both Cary Grant and Jack Oakie were made as well. [1
Cover to Action Comics #340, art by Curt Swan. In the Pre-Crisis, Raymond Maxwell Jensen was a lowlife who got a job as a plant worker for a research center. [6] Wrongly believing that the company payrolls were hidden in storage containers, Jensen opened one and was bombarded with energies from biohazard materials (which was actually waste collected by Superman when he traveled into outer ...
The reference to the "why we abandoned the "'Huntress' moniker" is a nod to the fact that Marvel's rival DC Comics had debuted a character with the same name in the interim between Marvel Super Action #1 and Marvel Team-Up #95. DC's "Huntress, the superhero daughter of the Batman and Catwoman of Earth-Two, debuted in All Star Comics #69 and DC ...
J. G. Jones made his debut in the comics industry in 1994 by drawing Dark Dominion for Defiant Comics. [4] He is best known for his work as cover artist on various comic book series, including a stint on Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man [5] and for DC Comics, the six-issue limited series Villains United written by Gail Simone, as well as all 52 covers for the maxi-series 52.
The Dawn of DC is a year long story telling initiative with various new, ongoing and limited series. The Dawn of DC titles received a new trade dress. The initiative meant to change the tone for the DC universe into something brighter and lighter, as well as creating more inter-connectivity between multiple series.