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Licensing Partnerships, Acquired Companies and Studios

  • 2000 AD (some properties licensed 1994 to 1996 and 2004 to 2005)
  • All-American Publications (merged 1944)
  • Archie Comics (superhero properties licensed 1991 to 1993 as part of Impact Comics, properties licensed again in 2008 to 2011)
  • Bad Robot Productions (some properties licensed 2008 to 2010)
  • Charlton Comics (some properties acquired 1983)
  • Columbia Pictures (some properties licensed 1945 to 1968)
  • Condé Nast Publications (some properties licensed 1973 to 1975, 1986 to 1990, and 2010 to 2011)
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (some properties licensed 1972 to 1977)
  • Epic Games (some properties licensed 2008 to present)
  • Fawcett Comics (some properties licensed 1972, acquired 1991)
  • Filmation (some properties licensed 1976 to 1978)
  • Flex Comix (made investment in 2007; jointly owned with other companies)
  • Hanna-Barbera (merged 1996)
  • Harmony Gold USA (some properties licensed 2002 to 2006)
  • Kenner (some properties licensed 1985 to 1987)
  • Humanoids Publishing (distribution rights for English-language reproductions in America 2004 to 2005)
  • King Features Syndicate (some properties licensed 1988 to 1990)
  • Larry Harmon Pictures (some properties licensed 1972)
  • Lego (some properties licensed 2001 to 2008, 2010 to present)
  • Leisure Concepts (some properties licensed 1968 to 1969)
  • Mad Magazine (legally owned by EC Publications, but assigned to DC's corporate control in 1994. Both companies are part of Warner Bros. Entertainment)
  • Martin Manulis Productions (some properties licensed 1960 to 1964)
  • Mattel (some properties licensed 1982 to 1983 and 2012 to present)
  • May Company (some properties licensed 1950 to 1961)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (some properties licensed 1975)
  • Milestone Media (partnered in 2009)
  • NBC (some properties licensed 1947 to 1960 and 2006 to 2010)
  • Paramount Pictures (some properties licensed 1949 to 1971, 1984 to 1996, and 2000 to 2001)
  • Quality Comics (some properties licensed 1956, later acquired)
  • Revell (some properties licensed 1983 to 1984)
  • Ruby-Spears (some properties licensed 1987, some properties acquired 1996)
  • Tatsunoko Production (some properties licensed 1999)
  • Tower Comics (some properties licensed 2002 to present)
  • TSR, Inc. (some properties licensed 1988 to 1991)
  • Warner Bros. (merged 1969)
  • WaRP Graphics (properties licensed from 2003 to 2007)
  • WildStorm Productions (properties acquired 1999)
  • Will Eisner Library (some properties licensed 2000 to present)

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