National Comics Publications - Wikipedia National Comics Publications National Comics Publications Type Comic publisher Industry Publishing Genre Superhero Fate Re-branded. Predecessor National Allied Publications Detective Comics All - American Publications Successor DC Comics Founded September 30, 1946 Headquarters United States Key people Malcolm Wheeler - Nicholson Products Comics Parent Warner Communications National Comics Publications, Inc. was the comic book company that would become DC Comics. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading History The corporation was originally two companies : National Allied Publications, Inc. ( also known as National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc. ) which was founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler - Nicholson in autumn 1934 to publish the first American comic book with all - original material rather than comic strip reprints, and Detective Comics, Inc., formed in 1937 with Wheeler - Nicholson and Jack S. Liebowitz, listed as owners. Wheeler - Nicholson remained for a year before being forced out in 1938, and Detective Comics, Inc. purchased the remains of National Allied Publications. National Allied and Detective Comics, Inc. merged to become National Comics Publications, Inc. on September 30, 1946, which absorbed Max Gaines ' and Liebowitz 's All - American Publications as well. National Comics was renamed National Periodical Publications, Inc. in 1961. Despite the official names `` National Comics '' and `` National Periodical Publications '', the company began branding itself as `` Superman - DC '' as early as 1940, and it became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977. See also National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc. Notes Jump up ^ The company debuted in 1935 with the tabloid - sized New Fun : The Big Comic Magazine # 1 with a cover date of February 1935 ; New Fun # 1 ( Feb. 1935 ) at the Grand Comics Database. The entry notes that while the logo appears to be simply Fun, the indicia reads, `` New FUN is published monthly at 49 West 45th Street, New York, N.Y., by National Allied Publications, Inc. ; Malcolm Wheeler - Nicholson, President... Inquiries concerning advertising should be addressed to the Advertising Manager, New FUN,... '' References Jump up ^ Bridwell, E. Nelson ( 1972 ). Batman : From the 30s to the 70s. Feltham : Spring Books. p. 4. ISBN 0600313034. Jump up ^ Booker, M. Keith ( 2014 ). Comics through Time : A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. Santa Barbara : Greenwood Press. p. 7. ISBN 0313397503. Jump up ^ Benton, Mike ( 1989 ). The Comic Book in America : An Illustrated History. Dallas, Texas : Taylor Publishing. pp. 17 -- 18. ISBN 9780878336593. ^ Jump up to : Goulart, Ron ( 1986 ). Ron Goulart 's Great History of Comics Books ( Paperback ed. ). Chicago : Contemporary Books. p. 55. ISBN 0809250454. Jump up ^ Marx, Barry, Cavalieri, Joey and Hill, Thomas ( w ), Petruccio, Steven ( a ), Marx, Barry ( ed ). `` Major Malcolm Wheeler - Nicholson DC Founded '' Fifty Who Made DC Great : 5 ( 1985 ), DC Comics Jump up ^ Thomas, Roy ( 2000 ). All - Star Companion : An Historical and Speculative Overview of the Justice Society of America. Raleigh, North Carolina : TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 1893905055. By 1938 Major had faded into history... ^ Jump up to : Cowsill, Alan ( 2014 ). DC Comics Year by Year : Updated Edition. London : Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780241015858. Jump up ^ `` Young April 12, 1948 Findings of Facts ''. Scribd. Retrieved 11 December 2016. DETECTIVE COMICS, INC. was a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, and was one of the constituent corporations consolidated on September 30, 1946 into defendant NATIONAL COMICS PUBLICATIONS, INC. Jump up ^ Jones, Gerard ( 2004 ). Men of Tomorrow : Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book. New York : Basic Books. p. 223. ISBN 0465036562. Jump up ^ `` ' Superman Faces New Hurdles : Publishers of Comic Books Showing Decline ''. The New York Times. September 23, 1962. Jump up ^ Thompson, Maggie ; Dean, Michael ; Frankenhoff, Brent ; Greenholdt, Joyce ; Miller, John Jackson ( 1995 ). `` Comics Buyer 's Guide 1996 Annual ''. Krause Publications. p. 81. Beginning as National Allied Publications in 1935 ( sic ) and becoming National Allied Newspaper Syndicate the next year, it changed to National Comic ( sic ) Publications in 1946 and National Periodical Publications in 1961... Missing or empty url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` DC Comics, Inc. : Private Company Information - Businessweek ''. Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016 - 08 - 06. Further reading Charles Wooley ( 1986 ). Wooley 's History of the Comic Book, 1899 - 1936 : The Origin of the Superhero. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 1986. This DC Comics -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a comics publishing company is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: when did national allied publications become dc comics
Answer: 1977