DC Comics
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was a pulp-magazine writer who founded Detective Comics, Inc., in 1937 to pay his debts. While it was unofficially known as DC Comics, it only officially adopted the name in 1977. In 1938, the company published the first Superman comic, which helped create and popularize the superhero genre, which has now become a staple of the comic book industry. Today, DC remains an integral part of the comic book industry.
