Amazing facts about DC
Founded in 1934, DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies featuring numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as well as supervillains such as Lex Luthor and The Joker.
As it is one of the largest global brands of our time, CBB decided to list some interesting facts about DC from history:
DC stands for Detective Comics, founded in 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, a pulp writer from National Allied Publications. In 1937, printer Harry Donenfeld and accountant Jack Liebowitz came on board to form sister company, Detective Comics Inc.
Their first characters included Jack Woods; Dr. Occult; Speed Saunders; Slam Bradley; Superman; Zatara; The Crimson Avenger; Batman; Sandman; Red Tornado; The Flash; Hawkman; Johnny Thunder; The Spectre; Hourman; Robin; Doctor Fate; Green Lantern; The Atom;
DC almost sold the rights to Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batman and other Justice League members to Marvel during a period of financial difficulties in 1984.
Superman was created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster in 1938 and sold the rights to the chracter to DC for just $130. They originally created him to be able to leap really far, but DC added the power of flight to the character.
Stan Lee once worked for DC. The Marvel legend joined DC in the 90s for a brief time producing his own unique run of comics called 'Just Imagine'.
Lex Luthor originally had a full head of ginger hair! It was an artist error that first saw the villain appear with a shiny, bald head and it was so striking, the creators liked it and ran with it. In Batman vs Superman, we see actor Jess Eisenberg with long, ginger hair as a nod to the original character.
There is a character called Bat-Cow! It was rescued and adopted by Batman and Robin, becoming a member of their team. There was also a Bat-Hound and Mogo the Bat-Ape.
The fans killed Jason Todd. The Joker left Jason Todd badly beaten on the brink of death in a Batman storyline and the fans were allowed to vote on his fate, and they brutally decided to kill him off, but very narrowly with 5,343 voting yes, 5,271 voting to save him.
Shazam was originally Captain Marvel. DC had to change the name of the character after Marvel laced a copyright for their own Captain Marvel, hence how he came to be Shazam.
The Flash and Superman are as fast as each other. Every time they race, it ends in a tie.
Batman's 'No Kill Policy' is a myth. The early Caped Crusader would kill many villains until the comics became a bit more child-friendly in later years.
Writer Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman #19' was the one and only comic to win a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 1975. After receiving the award for the fictional work of art, the committee changed the rules on allowing graphic novels to be eligible for the category in future.
The popular font Comic Sans was inspired by DC. The lettering was designed to look like the typeface used in Alan Moore's masterpiece, 'The Watchmen'.
There are three Jokers. Batman learned this secret when sat in the Mobius Chair. Batman asked, "What is the identity of the Joker?" and the answer was that there were three incarnations of the Joker.
Superman once had the power to shoot out mini Superman's from his hands. He could summon tiny versions of himself and shoot them out from his hands, he explained what they actually were, "It's not alive, but just a force I materialise in my image which borrows my superpowers."
Batman's original look was a red costume and blond hair.
Clark Kent's glasses work to disguise his identity by concealing his looks via a kind of hypnosis.
Aquaman can't control dolphins. He can influence them and they decide on their own free will whether to help him or not, but they are too intelligent to be controlled.
Wonder Woman was originally designed to be called Suprema, but editor Sheldan Mayer decided to change it believing it was too close to Superman.
Wonder Woman's love interest was meant to be Green Lantern but the idea was scrapped after a fan wrote in with the same idea. DC didn't proceed with the love story to avoid any legal battles.
The Greatest vs The Man of Steel - Superman once fought Muhammad Ali in a celebratory comic book published in 1978. Floating like a butterfly, Ali stung Superman like a bee to defeat him in a boxing ring in outer space, but it was all just a plot to protect the Earth from aliens.
Bruce Wayne is a billionaire but he isn't the richest character in DC... Aquaman is.
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