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Encyclopedia > Johnny DC

Johnny DC was a character that appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisments, and was used to promote DC's line of comics. Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ...


The mascot consisted of a cartoonish face wearing a mortarboard, with stick figure lines for his arms and legs, and a body that was the DC Comics logo of the time. Graduation portrait of Linus Pauling, 1922 A mortarboard is an item of academic headgear consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. ... A stick figure A stick figure is a very crude type of drawing, generally of the human form, although stick figures of other types of animals are possible (for example, a stick figure dog). ...


In the mid-1990s, Johnny DC appeared in the satirical special Sergio Aragones Destroys DC; there, 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. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... The Justice League of America, also often referred to as the Justice League or JLA for short, is a DC Comics superhero team. ...


A female version of the character appeared in Ambush Bug as "Jonni DC, Continuity Cop", who found Ambush Bug's casual violation of DC Universe canon perpetually frustrating. Ambush Bug is a fictional comic book character who has appeared in several DC Comics. ... The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. ... In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...


In the 2000s, Johnny DC was revived and given a makeover, with his name now also used as the name of DC Comics' children (approximately ages 8-13) oriented line of comics, consisting of various licensed properties such as Teen Titans Go, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, and The Powerpuff Girls. The lettercols of these titles are supposedly edited by Johnny. Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series that preceded the Merrie Melodies series, and is both WBs first animated theatrical series and the second longest continuous animated series in any medium. ... The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series about three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil. ...


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Johnny DC (282 words)
Johnny DC was a character that appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisments, and was used to promote DC's line of comics.
In the mid-1990s, Johnny DC appeared in the satirical special Sergio Aragones Destroys DC; there, 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 the 2000s, Johnny DC was revived and given a makeover, with his name now also used as the name of DC Comics' children (approximately ages 8-13) oriented line of comics, consisting of various licensed properties such as Teen Titans Go, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, and The Powerpuff Girls.
The Unofficial Johnny Thunder Biography (1151 words)
Johnny's clowning ways led him to be, at first, just a mascot for the group, but with The Flash's leaving the group, he was awarded full membership.
Johnny grew into his role as a hero, figuring out his command phrase, and acquiring a girlfriend (Daisy Darling, daughter of his one-time boss, retailer Herman Darling) and adopting a young, spunky little girl known as Peachy Pet.
Johnny was later taken over by the Ultra-Humanite, an old JSA foe, who took control of the T-Bolt and enslaved the world until undone by Captain Marvel and the Justice Society.
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