How many books has DC published?

[Flash's Lightning]

A lot.*

Year Issues
1935 8
1936 20
1937 33
1938 42
1939 67
1940 85
1941 99
1942 138
1943 139
1944 138
1945 140
1946 197
1947 211
1948 224
1949 228
1950 250
1951 273
1952 295
1953 301
1954 341
1955 356
1956 378
1957 407
1958 412
1959 382
1960 345
1961 337
1962 343
1963 351
1964 365
1965 369
1966 374
1967 362
1968 364
1969 366
1970 352
1971 353
1972 369
1973 401
1974 297
1975 392
1976 389
1977 389
1978 376
1979 297
1980 335
1981 360
1982 378
1983 413
1984 447
1985 494
1986 483
1987 499
1988 688
1989 613
1990 624
1991 680
1992 759
1993 837
1994 872
1995 1066
1996 910
1997 997
1998 1013
1999 1039
2000 1186
2001 967
2002 937
2003 1109
2004 1134
2005 1276
2006 1310
2007 1452
2008 774 (so far)

* Information obtained from Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics at
http://www.dcindexes.com/database/index.php

[Batman was taken]

Who ever made that list has far, faaar too much time on their hands...

Kinda interesting though:smile:

[shaxper]

Interesting that their greatest peak for quite a while was 1958 -- a year when superheroes (DC's primary claim to fame) were no longer in vogue and the entire medium was under attack from all sides.

Similarly interesting that they hit another peak in 2000. Weren't comic book sales at an all-time low around that point?

Edit: Perhaps this is because they were desperate to publish more try-out titles, hoping something would stick.

I'd imagine a lot of the absurdly high numbers in recent years stems from limited series and one-shots, a phenominon that's become far more common recently. It certainly skews the accuracy of the comparison a bit.

[anomaly]

fun fact... not much use though

[Flash's Lightning]

Who ever made that list has far, faaar too much time on their hands...

Kinda interesting though:smile:

Yeah, "Mike" needs a vice or something... :)

But it is kind of cool to see the company started with only 8 titles, and went on to over 1400 a year.

Interesting that their greatest peak for quite a while was 1958 -- a year when superheroes (DC's primary claim to fame) were no longer in vogue and the entire medium was under attack from all sides.

Forgive my ignorance, 'cause I'm still trying to learn about the Golden/Silver/Bronze ages, and I'm not quite an expert yet. Was this the time when they started to publish more Western/Sci-Fi stuff than superhero?

fun fact... not much use though

True. Though I still was going to import it into an Excel file and make a bar graph or something out of the numbers. (Speaking of too much time...) But then I realized I don't know how. :frown:

[shaxper]

Forgive my ignorance, 'cause I'm still trying to learn about the Golden/Silver/Bronze ages, and I'm not quite an expert yet. Was this the time when they started to publish more Western/Sci-Fi stuff than superhero?


A little bit after, actually. The silver age Flash had already shown up and Green Lantern was a year away. The silver age revival was on the way, but it certainly hadn't "arrived" yet. As a result, Westerns, Sci-Fis, teen humor, and romance stories ruled the day.

[Flash's Lightning]

A little bit after, actually. The silver age Flash had already shown up and Green Lantern was a year away. The silver age revival was on the way, but it certainly hadn't "arrived" yet. As a result, Westerns, Sci-Fis, teen humor, and romance stories ruled the day.

Thanks. Fascinating how DC, and the general comics industry, has changed over the years.

If you could take a comic reader from back then and bring him to today, his head would explode when he saw what comics are like today.

I imagine it'd be like going from watching a silent film back in the day and then being suddenly taken to an IMAX theater.