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{{Infobox publisher
{{Infobox company
| name         = DC Comics, Inc.
| name =  
| image       = DC Comics logo.svg
| logo =
| image_size   = 150px
| logo_size =
| caption      = DC Comics' current logo, introduced with the [[DC Rebirth]] relaunch in 2016
| logo_alt =
| parent      = [[DC Entertainment|DC Entertainment, Inc.]]<br>([[Warner Bros.]])<br>{{small|(WarnerMedia Studios & Networks)<br>([[WarnerMedia]])<br>([[AT&T]])}}<br>{{small|([[Corporate spin-off|spin-out]] into independent entity pending, to be merged with [[Discovery, Inc.]])}}
| logo_caption =
| status      = Active
| image =  
| founded      = {{start date and age|1934}}<!-- All discussions on the founding date are archived here: Talk:DC_Comics/Archive_1#Citation_needed_for_the_"1934_founding"_claim --><ref name="Fifty"/> (as [[National Allied Publications]])
| image_size =  
{{start date and age|1961}} (as [[National Comics Publications|National Periodical Publications]])<br>
| image_alt =
{{start date and age|1977}} (as DC Comics)
| image_caption =
| founder      = [[Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson]]
| trading_name =  
| country      = [[United States]]
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| headquarters = 2900 West Alameda Avenue, [[Burbank, California]]
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* Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors {{small|([[direct market]])}}<ref name="diamondcut">{{Cite news|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=June 5, 2020|title=DC Cut Ties with Diamond Comic Distributors|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-cuts-ties-diamond-comic-distribution-1297309|access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>
| former_name =
* [[Penguin Random House#PRH Publisher Services|Penguin Random House Publisher Services]] {{small|([[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]s and [[graphic novel]]s)}}}}
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| keypeople    = {{Plainlist|
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* [[Jim Lee]] (Publisher, [[Chief creative officer|CCO]])
| ISIN =
* [[Marie Javins]] (Editor-In-Chief)
| ISIN2 =
}}
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| publications = [[List of DC Comics publications|List of publications]]
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| numemployees=~230<ref name="HR=Jan2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-lays-3-percent-workforce-1178694|title=DC Publishing Laying Off 3 Percent of Its Workforce|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 23, 2019|access-date=August 13, 2020|author=McMillan, Graeme}}</ref>
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| genre        = {{Unbulleted list|[[Superhero fiction|Superhero]]|[[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]]|[[Science fiction]]|[[Action fiction|Action]]|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]}}
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| imprints    = [[#Imprints|List of imprints]]
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}}
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IC Comics, Inc. (or simply IC) is a [[Tennai|Tennaiite]] comic book publisher and the flagship unit of IC Entertainment, a subsisdiary of Maximum Entertainment.
IC Comics, Inc. (or simply IC) is a [[Tennai|Tennaiite]] comic book publisher and the flagship unit of IC Entertainment, a subsisdiary of Maximum Entertainment.

Revision as of 22:18, 2 February 2022

IC Comics, Inc. (or simply IC) is a Tennaiite comic book publisher and the flagship unit of IC Entertainment, a subsisdiary of Maximum Entertainment.

IC Comics is one of the largest and oldest Tennaiite comic book companies, with their first comic under the IC banner being published in 1935. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional IC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic characters, such as Powerwoman, Nightwatch, and Balam. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the League of Truth, Truth Society of Tennai, and the Teen Devas. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillians such as Reveler, Latangi Lolla, and Vas. The company has also published non-IC Universe material including Guardians, Vengeance Squared, and Legends and many other under their alternative imprint Delilirum.

Firebird House Publisher Services distributes, IC Comics' books to the bookstore market, while Lapis Comic Distributors supplies the shop comic shop direct market. IC Comics and its longtime major competitor Amazing Comics shared approximately 70% of the Tennaiite comic book market in 2016, though the number may give a distorted view since graphic novels are excluded. With the sales of all books included, IC is the second biggest publisher , after Visionary Media, and Amazing is third.

History

IC Entertainment

Imprints

IC Universe Max

IC Universe Max is a video on demand service operated by IC Entertainment. It was announced in July 2015 with the title and service formally starting operations in April of 2016. IC Universe Max also includes IC Universe Unlimited, a comic-centric platform, comparable to Amazing Endless, offering IC's entire back catalog of comics, as well as new titles six months after their on-sale date.

Films

Digital Distribution