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DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment,^[1][2] a subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, most notably Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash. The universe also features well-known supervillains who oppose the superheroes such as the Joker and Lex Luthor. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Fables and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo.

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.^[3] Originally in Manhattan at 432 Fourth Avenue, the DC Comics offices have been located at 480 and later 575 Lexington Avenue; 909 Third Avenue; 75 Rockefeller Plaza; 666 Fifth Avenue; and 1325 Avenue of the Americas. DC had its headquarters at 1700 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, however DC Entertainment relocated its headquarters from New York to Burbank, California in April 2015.^[4]

Penguin Random House Publisher Services distributes DC Comics' books to the bookstore market,^[5] while Diamond Comic Distributors supplied the comics shop direct market^[4][6] until June 2020, where Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors, who already distributed to the direct market due to Diamond's distribution interruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, replaced Diamond to distribute to that market.^[7] DC Comics and its longtime major competitor Marvel Comics (acquired in 2009 by The Walt Disney Company, WarnerMedia's main competitor) together shared approximately 70% of the American comic book market in 2017,^[8] though this number may give a distorted view since graphic novels are excluded. With the sales of all books included, DC is the second biggest publisher, after Viz Media, and Marvel is third.^[9]

• Abin Sur

Alieno Ungariano e Lanterna Verde del Settore Spaziale 2814, venne sulla Terra per fermare l'arrivo dell'entità nota come "Il Centro". Tuttavia, quando è entrato nell'atmosfera terrestre, è stato colto fatalmente dall'esplosione di un veicolo spaziale statunitense segreto, il "Flying Cloud", che lo ha inondato con lo spettro emozionale giallo. Una volta sulla Terra, Abin, sapendo che sarebbe morto di lì a breve, passò il suo anello del potere a chi se lo meritava. L'anello scelse il pilota Hal Jordan; dopo averlo chiamato a sè, Abin rivelò tutto ciò che sapeva come Lanterna Verde a Jordan. Anche se Hal dichiarò di non meritare di portare l'anello perché credeva di essere un codardo, Abin gli ha fatto notare che il coraggio si presenta in forme diverse e che Jordan meritava di portare il mantello come Lanterna Verde. Abin morì poco dopo e ricevette una sepoltura da Hal^[10].

• Binary Star di Terra-32, dal one-shot Batman: In Darkest Knight^[1].