Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which he appears. The character originally appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisements, and was used to promote DC's entire line of comics. He had a cartoonish face, wore a mortarboard, had stick figure lines for his arms and legs, and a body that consisted of the DC Comics logo.

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  • Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which he appears. The character originally appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisements, and was used to promote DC's entire line of comics. He had a cartoonish face, wore a mortarboard, had stick figure lines for his arms and legs, and a body that consisted of the DC Comics logo. In the late 1980s, Johnny DC hosted a DC promo page called "DCI with Johnny DC" which appeared in many comics of the era. Like Marvel's "Bullpen Bulletins" — and DC's previous incarnation, the late 1970s/early 1980s Daily Planet feature — "DCI with Johnny DC" featured miscellaneous DC news items, often spotlighting certain books or creators, and also included a partial checklist of current DC titles. In the mid-1990s, Johnny DC appeared in the satirical special Sergio Aragones Destroys DC. He's shown as having become disillusioned with the modern direction of DC's superhero comics, criticizing the various members of the Justice League and accusing them of having changed for the worse. In 2004, Johnny DC was revived and redesigned, as a mostly-silhouette cartoonish child. His name is now used as the name of DC Comics' imprint of comics marketed primarily to children, approximately ages 8-13. The line consists primarily of books based on Warner Bros. animated TV series. These have included series that began as animated features and those based on DC Comics superheroes. The letter columns of these titles are supposedly edited by Johnny DC.
  • Johnny DC è una etichetta della DC Comics rivolta ad un pubblico di bambini e preadolescenti, strizzando però l'occhio agli appassionati della casa editrice newyorkese. La linea è rappresentata da un personaggio, Johnny DC appunto, che ha un ruolo sia di mascotte che di commentatore occasionale alle storie e alla pagina delle lettere. Tale personaggio compariva in varie pubblicità interne agli albi della DC durante la Silver Age. È apparso anche in alcuni albi DC Comics umoristici, come Ambush Bug, in versione femminile, e Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC. Nel 2004 viene ridisegnato in occasione del lancio della linea a fumetti omonima. La linea consiste principalmente in albi a fumetti basati sui cartoni animati della Warner Bros, come Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, e The Powerpuff Girls; e sui personaggi della DC Comics: The Batman Strikes!, Teen Titans Go!, The Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century, Justice League Unlimited.
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  • Jonni DC, Continuity Cop
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  • 2006 version of Johnny DC
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  • Johnny DC
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  • Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which he appears. The character originally appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisements, and was used to promote DC's entire line of comics. He had a cartoonish face, wore a mortarboard, had stick figure lines for his arms and legs, and a body that consisted of the DC Comics logo.
  • Johnny DC è una etichetta della DC Comics rivolta ad un pubblico di bambini e preadolescenti, strizzando però l'occhio agli appassionati della casa editrice newyorkese. La linea è rappresentata da un personaggio, Johnny DC appunto, che ha un ruolo sia di mascotte che di commentatore occasionale alle storie e alla pagina delle lettere. Tale personaggio compariva in varie pubblicità interne agli albi della DC durante la Silver Age.
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