DC Comics

thumb|The people at DC are some of the most open minded, creative, educated people I have ever met. You’re dealing with characters that are global icons with an audience. It’s not about what DC wants to do, it’s about what the audience will respond to. ~ Jason Badower thumb|The company declared: "A deep respect for our obligation to the young people of America and their parents and our responsibility as parents ourselves combine to set out standards of wholesome entertainment." Henceforth, Superman, Batman, and DC' other heroes would never take a life. Focusing on the market of young readers and their parents, the company did not go deeply into the horror and crime comics that outsold superheroes in the late 1940s. ~ J. L. Bell thumb|It's kind of a difference based upon mood and vibe of the material. There's something about the stoic heroes of DC that could be contrasted against the hyperkinetic heroes of Marvel. ~ Alex Ross DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher company and is perhaps best known for publishing the adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Shazam and the Teen Titans. DC Comics is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., a division of Time Warner. Characters Superman Batman Wonder Woman Green Lantern The Flash Aquaman Shazam Teen Titans Comic Books The Books of Magic Elfquest The Filth Hellblazer The Invisibles Kingdom Come The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Legion of Super-Heroes The Losers Lucifer Preacher The Sandman Swamp Thing Transmetropolitan Trials of Shazam Uncle Sam V for Vendetta Vimanarama Watchmen Franchise Superman Superman Lex Luthor: MOS Batman Batman All Star Batman and Robin Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Birds of Prey Gotham Girls Gotham Central Wonder Woman Wonder Woman Films DC Extended Universe Man of Steel (film) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Suicide Squad (film) Wonder Woman (2017 film) Justice League (film) Aquaman (film) Shazam! (film) Birds of Prey (2020 film) Wonder Woman 1984 Zack Snyder's Justice League The Suicide Squad (film) Black Adam (film) Shazam! 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It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop. ~ Geoff Johns The people at DC are some of the most open minded, creative, educated people I have ever met. You’re dealing with characters that are global icons with an audience. It’s not about what DC wants to do, it’s about what the audience will respond to. Jason Badower as quoted by Kate Roetzinger and Quartz, "DC Comics's Wonder Woman Endorses Marriage Equality", The Atlantic, (September 1, 2015) In the summer of 1941 DC instituted a formal code for all its comics perhaps a response to early comic critics. The company declared: "A deep respect for our obligation to the young people of America and their parents and our responsibility as parents ourselves combine to set out standards of wholesome entertainment." Henceforth, Superman, Batman, and DC' other heroes would never take a life. Focusing on the market of young readers and their parents, the company did not go deeply into the horror and crime comics that outsold superheroes in the late 1940s. J. L. Bell, “Success in Stasis: Dick Grayson's Thirty Years as a Boy Wonder”, “Boy Wonder: Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin”, edited by Kristen L. Geaman, McFarland and Company, (2015), p. 13. I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the Sandman. It was immediately cut by the editor [Karen Berger]. She told me, "There's no masturbation in the DC Universe." To which my reaction was, "Well, that explains a lot about the DC Universe.” Neil Gaiman, The Sandman Companion (1999) Mistakenly in the past I think the studio has said, ‘Oh, DC films are gritty and dark and that’s what makes them different.’ That couldn’t be more wrong. It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop. ~ Geoff Johns]] Geoff Johns in "DC's Geoff Johns Reveals How 'Justice League' Will Address 'Batman V Superman' Criticisms." by Britt Hayes, Screen Crush, 2016. It's kind of a difference based upon mood and vibe of the material. There's something about the stoic heroes of DC that could be contrasted against the hyperkinetic heroes of Marvel. Alex Ross, “Meet the artist who put a realistic spin on comic book superheroes”, CBS News'', (December 22, 2018).