What doe DC stand for in DC comics?

Answer 1

The hugely successful comic book company known as DC Comics came to be in 1937. Their first issue was named "Detective Comics" (thus the initials DC). The letters DC appeared as an insignia first on the covers of comics produced by National Comics (a merger of Detective Comics and National Allied Publications), but as readers began to refer to the titles as "DC comics," the company adopted the name officially. Over the years, the company's abbreviated name "DC" has been defined in other ways, including parodical forms such as "Distinguished Competition" used by rival publisher Marvel Comics.

It also has since been used to stand for Diamond Comics Distributors. Although, Diamond comics officially uses the initials DCD. DC is actually copyrighted by DC Comics.

Answer 2

It stands for "Detective Comics", which was the original name, but later fans started to simply call it "DC"! Your welcome :)

Oh and to add on it is officially DC Comics; it's no longer Detective Comics. Not long after they come out, readers called them DC Comics for short so often that they adopted the name officially. This is not to be confused with Diamond Comics Distributors, whose initials are DCD because DC Comics has copyrighted "DC".