Monday, 16 November 2015

DC and Marvel comics

 
DC AND MARVEL COMICS 


DC Comics, Inc. is an America comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a company of Warner bros Entertainment, which itself is owned by time warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman , green lantern, the Flash, Aqua Man , hawkman and Green arrow. It was founded in late 1934 or early 1935 by Malcolm wheeler Nicholson. DC's first logo appeared on the April 1940 issues of its titles. The letters "DC" stood for Detective Comics, the name of Batman's flagship title. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication".  The initials "DC" came from the company's popular series Detective comics, which featured Batman's debut and subsequently became part of the company's name.



Marvel Worldwide Inc. commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, the Walt Disney company acquired Marvel entertainment, Marvel Worldwide's parent company. Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Wolverine, iron man, Captain America, Spider man and the Hulk, such teams as the avengers, the fantastic four, the X-men , and antagonists such as Magneto, Mystique, Green goblin, Doctor doom, Dr octopus  and Loki. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel universe , with locations that mirror real-life cities. Characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Daredevil and dr. Strange are based in New York City, whereas the X-Men have historically been based in Salem centre, new y and the Hulk's stories often have been set in the American Southwest.


  

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