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Feb 22, 2015 · After I did my Marvel logo histories, I decided to take 27 DC-related logo combos (14 from movies, 6 from TV shows, and 7 from video games) and put them in o...
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https://1000logos.net/dc-comics-logo/DC Comics logo history | Evolution of Logo
A look at the evolution of the DC Comics logo from 1940 to the new look for 'Rebirth' in 2016.Music: Artist - Bix | Track - Snowy Owl | Album - The NorthVisi...
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- The Unheard Nerd
- Overview
- 1940–1942
- 1942–1949
- 1949–1970
- 1970–1972
- 1972–1974
- 1974–1976
- 1977–2005
- 2005–2012
- 2012–2016
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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 November 1941 DC titles introduced an updated logo. This version was almost twice the size of the previous one and was the first version with a white background. The name "Superman" was added to "A DC Publication", effectively acknowledging both Superman and Batman. This logo was the first to occupy the top-left corner of the cover, where the l...
In November 1949, the logo was modified to incorporate the company's formal name National Comics Publications. This logo would also serve as the round body of Johnny DC, DC's mascot in the 1960s.
In October 1970, DC briefly retired the circular logo in favor of a simple "DC" in a rectangle with the name of the title, or the star of the book; the logo on many issues of Action Comics, for example, read "DC Superman". An image of the lead character either appeared above or below the rectangle. For books that did not have a single star, such as...
The July 1972 DC titles featured a new circular logo. The letters "DC" were rendered in a block-like typeface that remained through later logo revisions until 2005. The title of the book usually appeared inside the circle, either above or below the letters.
In 1974, the text color was changed to blue, along with the addition of the words "The Line of DC Super-Stars" and the star motif that would continue in later logos. This logo was placed in the top center of the cover from August 1975 to October 1976. The designer was Michael Uslan.
When Jenette Kahn became DC's publisher in late 1976, she commissioned graphic designer Milton Glaser to design a new logo. Popularly referred to as the "DC bullet", this logo premiered on the February 1977 titles. Although it varied in size and color and was at times cropped by the edges of the cover, or briefly rotated 4 degrees, it remained esse...
On May 8, 2005, a new logo (dubbed the "DC spin") was unveiled, debuting on DC titles in June 2005 with DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy #1 and the rest of the titles the following week. In addition to comics, it was designed for DC properties in other media, which was used for movies since Batman Begins, with Superman Returns and Red showing t...
In March 2012, DC unveiled a new logo consisting of the letter "D" flipping back to reveal the letter "C" and "DC ENTERTAINMENT". The Dark Knight Rises was the first film to use the new logo, while the TV series Arrow was the first series to feature the new logo. It was designed to represent the dual identity trope of the superhero genre, one ident...
Jan 17, 2012 · To help put this in context, we went digging through 70 years worth of ComicsAlliance comments -- all the way back to the dawn of the Internet in 1940 -- to see how people reacted to DC's new logos in the past! 1940: The Original Logo. 1942: A Superman-DC Publication. 1949: Superman-DC, Version 2. 1966: The Go-Go Checks. 1970: The Character Logo.
May 13, 2020 · By this point, comic book fans were all calling National Comics, “DC Comics” thanks to the logo. In the early 1970s, the company reflected this by removing all the other wording in the circle logo and increasing the size of the letters “DC.”. The logo may have looked a bit bare, so in 1974, it was redesigned to be colored red white and ...
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DC Entertainment announced a new identity and logo for another iconic DC Comics universe brand on May 17, 2016. The new logo was first used on May 25, 2016, in conjunction with the release of DC Universe: Rebirth Special #1 by Geoff Johns.
