Editing DC Comics (section)

==Brief IRL History==
* '''1930s''': Dawn: In 1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster publish Action Comics no. 1 introducing the world to Superman. It's a smash hit and soon other guys try their luck with the basic formula, such as Batman in '39. 
* '''1940s''': The Golden Age: Superhero comics get a big boost due to the wartime propaganda. Nazis are punched, Japanese people get dehumanized and the message is spread to buy war bonds and save scrap iron. After the war they remain popular. Big names like Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Flash show up. Occasionally they team up. Comics remain super popular post war, as do the characters. Consolidation of many titles under DC's Aegis.
* '''1950s''': Setback due to a moral panic in first half of the decade. Many of the old comic lines die away from regular publication. Resurgence begins in 1955 with the publication of The Flash followed by recovery.
* '''1960s''': Silver Age is full swing and things are entrenched. Ideas such as the Justice League emerges, along with a split universe to explain why Green Lantern and the Flash are different now than they were in those series. Marvel shows up, which leads to DC comics.
* '''1970s''': A fair bit of experimentation. By this point you have had two generations grow up with superhero comics as a regular part of their media diet, a subculture of people that would trade old issues and comic creators which had grow up reading comics. The 1978 Superman movie was the first big budget comic book movie to hit it off.
* '''1980s''': The first of the big Reboot/Retcon Storms, Crisis on Infinite Earths.
* '''1990s''': Got darker and edgier.
* '''2000s''': Started going downhill.
* '''2010s''': The second of the big Reboot/Retcon Storms, New 52. And then we got Rebirth and DC Universe, which were "softer" reboots.