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Owner Executive Editorial Creative DC Titles Other Companies 1920 Owner Executive Editorial Creative DC titles Other companies 1920 Martin Press Donenfeld Bros 1922 MP = Donny Press Daily Mirror Harry Donenfeld Bernarr Macfadden Eastern News Dell Publishing, George Delacorte Fawcett Publishing 1925 1928 Amazing Stories Hugo Gernsback Jack Liebowitz Science Wonder (accounts) Stories, Mort Weisinger & Julius Schwarz 1930 The Shadow EN becomes Eastern Color Independent News Gaines, Delacorte Harry Donenfield Charlie Gaines American News Dell Comics National Allied Publications + Detective Comics Inc (Wheeler-Nicholson) 1935 Sheldon Mayer Detective Comics editorial Action Comics director IN absorbs DC Siegel & Shuster AC: Superman Solar Sales, Weisinger Kane DC: Batman & Schwartz Eisner studio Whitney Superman Fawcett Captain Ellsworth magazine, radio Marvel editorial show, Timely Publications, director newspaper strip Martin Goodman [McClure Syndicate] 1940 All-American Comics (SM magazine, All- Star Comics, Wonder Woman), Gaines Weisinger edits In-house DC Superman Inc Superman Code Goodman Publications AAC+ NAP = National Schwartz (All- Educational Comics, Comics American) Gaines NC + IN = National Archie Comics Periodical Publications Harry Donnenfield Liebowitz full partner 1945 Charlton Comics Irwin Donenfeld co- DC & Fawcett Code owner Superman movie serial 1950 Entertainment Comics (EC), Bill Gaines Irwin Donenfeld Superman TV editorial show director Comics Code Authority 1955 Otto Binder American News distribution shakeup Irwin Donenfeld executive director 1960 NPP adds Licensing Gardner Fox Justice Society Warren Publications Corp of America (was Siegel Superman's Kinney Service Inc, Superman Inc) Return to Steve Ross NPP goes public Krypton Harry Donenfeld into silent partnership Goodman: Marvel Comics imprint Gold Key Batman TV show 1965 Tower Comics Kinney buys NPP, Carmine Schwartz edits Attempted DC Ashley Famous, Warner Infantino Superman unionization Bros editorial Liebowitz on board director Warner Infantino Giordano editor Superman, Perfect Film & Communications publisher Batman Chemical buys Liebowitz on board cartoons Goodman Wonder Woman TV show 1970 Last Gasp PCC changes name to Cadence, Feinberg Warner Shazam! comic Communications and TV show licenses Fawcett Super Friends 1975 DC Comics (within WC) Jenette Kahn Paul Levitz Atlas Comics publisher editorial coordinator DC Explosion Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man Superman Eclipse Comics movie Karen Berger assistant to Levitz 1980 Capital City Comics Giordano Superman and managing editor Spider-Man Comico Comics Acquires Charlton Giordano VP Giordano First Comics characters executive editor 1985 Denny O'Neil Frank Miller The Dark Knight editor Returns Marv Wolfman Marv Wolfman Crisis on Infinite New World editor Earths Entertainment buys Cadence (Marvel Comics) John Byrne Man of Steel Perelman Group buys Marvel Comics WC Time-Life merger = Batman movie Time-Warner Liebowitz on board 1990 Licenses Archie superheroes Acquires Fawcett Death of Superman Berger Vertigo Vertigo imprint Image Comics editorial Impact imprint director Kingdom Come 1995 Amalgam Marvel Studios, Arad imprint 2000 Time-Warner + AOL Marvel Studios + Marvel Comics + Toy Biz = Marvel Entertainment, Arad & Perlmutter Paul Levitz president 2005 2010 Disney buys Marvel Entertainment 2015 .
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