“DC Comics is the present day publisher of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other well-known superheroes. DC is the amalgamation of two different publishing concerns: National Comics, which produced Superman and Batman, and sister company All-American Comics, which produced Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern. The two companies merged in 1944 to form National Periodical Publications, whose comic books bore the “Superman-DC” logo. The publisher was known colloquially as “DC,” which it later adopted as its official name.” ComicsDc ComicsSequential Art Book:Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines Source: Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
“The movie style eventually known as ‘Film Noir’ served up hard-bitten crime stories featuring morally bankrupt men and mysterious femme fatales, blending violence and sexual desire into bleak tales of modern life, without clear messages of morality. The comic book industry offered younger readers its own version of the Film Noir mood with a wave of crime comics that began sweeping the newsstands around 1947.” ComicsFilm NoirSequential Art Book:Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines Source: Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines