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DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinney National Company
Kinney Services Inc. was an American conglomerate company that existed from 1961 to 1972. Kinney Services was established as a holding company and originated from a joint venture between a funeral business and parking company. After Mergers and acquisitions, acquiring several more Death care industry in the United States, funeral and cleaning businesses, the company Diversification (marketing strategy), diversified into entertainment. In 1966, Kinney Services underwent a Mergers and acquisitions, merger with National Cleaning Contractors (founded in 1886) and changed its name to Kinney National Services and by 1972, it Corporate spin-off, spun off its non-media Asset, assets to National Kinney Corporation and reorganized itself into WarnerMedia, Warner Communications. Background Riverside Chapel and Kinney Parking's business venture In the early 1950s, Steve Ross (businessman), Steve Ross married into the wealthy Rosenthal Family which managed the Riverside Memorial Chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
