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This is a list of Companies merged with DC Comics.

[edit] The three original companies that merged into DC Comics

National Allied Publications and Detective Comics, Inc., merged to form National Comics, which absorbed All-American Publications to become National Periodical Publications. Despite the official names "National Comics" and "National Periodical Publications", the logo "Superman-DC" was used throughout the line, and the company known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name.

[edit] Companies bought by DC Comics

• All-American Publications
• Charlton Comics
• Fawcett Comics
• Quality Comics
• MAD Magazine (obviously kept separated from the DC Universe)
• Wildstorm Comics (didn't merged its continuity after being bought)

[edit] Imprints created by DC Comics

• Vertigo
• DC Archive Editions

Current imprints with separated continuities

• Milestone Media (tied in the multiverse)
• Johny DC (based in the DC Universe)
• Minx
• CMX
• America's Best Comics

Defunct imprints with separated continuities

• DC Focus
• Elseworlds
• Helix
• Paradox Press
• Piranha Press
• Impact Comics
• Amalgam Comics (in partnership with Marvel Comics, tied in the multiverse)