DC comics Batman, Superman, Vertigo Comics, Back Issues

DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic books. DC is responsible for such famous characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman and their teammates in the Justice League of America. For decades, DC Comics has been one of the two largest American comic book companies, along with Marvel Comics. The initials "DC" were originally an abbreviation for Detective Comics.

Batman, who first appeared in Detective Comics, quickly became a popular character soon after his introduction, and eventually gained his own title, Batman. As the decades wore on, other takes on the character emerged. The 1986 Frank Miller miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the motion picture Batman helped return the character to his dark roots. Frank Miller's limited series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, which tells the story of a 50-year-old Batman coming out of retirement in a possible future, returned the character to his dark roots. The Dark Knight Returns series sparked a major resurgence in the character's popularity. In keeping with the dark theme of the comics and the nature of bats, Batman is usually presented as operating primarily at night. In The Long Halloween, Batman himself regards "his appearance to be more effective during the night". Among the many popular are the series of Batman Gotham Knights, Batman Legends of Dark Knight, Batman Long Halloween, Batman Shadow of the Bat #1 thru #94, and Batman VS Predator. There are many related titles and TPB editions such as Batman Holy Terror, Batman Riddler Factory, Batman Spawn War Devil, Batman Sword of Azrael, and Frank Miller's limited series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as the spin-off series of Robin and Catwoman.

As an adversary of Batman, Catwoman has been featured in the Batman series often as an anti-hero rather than a villain who was a whip-carrying burglar with a taste for high stake thefts. Michelle Pfeiffer portrayed Catwoman in the popular film Batman Returns. Stepping out from under Batman's shadow, Halle Berry starred in the Catwoman film in 2004.

Superman: The Man of Steel was launched in 1991. DC Comics other series featuring Superman were the quarterly book Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, Superman / Batman, The Adventures of Superman, The Superman Adventures, Superman in Action Comics, Superman for all Seasons, Superman VS Aliens and Superman VS Predator. A second volume of Superman was launched in 1987, running until 2006. Superman is hailed as "The Man of Steel," "The Man of Tomorrow," and as Clark Kent, Superman lives among humans as a "mild-mannered reporter" for the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet. He works with reporter Lois Lane, with whom he was joined by marriage Superman The Wedding Album. Other Superman titles include Superman King of the World, Superman 10 Cent Adventure, Superman Legends of the DC Universe, Death of Superman, Superman Eradication, Superboy, and Supergirl.

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