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Brand: DC [swirl]
Years in Operation: 2005 - 2012
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Publisher: Flag DC
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Printings: 4643 (3638 Issues)
Disclose Notes: Replaced the DC "bullet". Followed by the DC "peel"
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The timing of the release of this logo could not be more revealing. Unleashed on May 8th, 2005, it was clearly delivered just in the nick of time for the opening of the movie, Batman Begins. And reality, that's what this new logo was all about: something that would look good in media other than the static world of comic books. It has gotten the nickname, "the DC spin" or "DC swirl" for the way it appears to move on screen. It appeared on its first comic in June of 2005 to announce the rebirth of a character that had literally grown up under the old Bullet. The Return of Donna Troy #1 was given the honor of taking the first "spin". Like it's predecessor, "the spin" came from out an outside source: this time, Josh Beatman of Brainchild Studios.

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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
52 #1 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 2006 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #10 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #14 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #18 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #20 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #21 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2006 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #22 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #23 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #24 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #25 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 2006 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #26 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #27 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #29 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #31 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #32 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #33 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #34 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #35 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #36 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #37 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #38 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #39 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #40 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #41 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #42 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #43 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #44 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #45 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 May 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 #46 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #47 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #48 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 2007 5 (2s, 1c)
52 #49 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 2007 16 (2s, 1c)
52 #50 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 2007 13 (1s, 1c)
52 #51 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 2007 16 (2s, 1c)
52 #52 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 2007 13 (1s, 1c)
52 / World War III Part Four: United We Stand #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 / World War III Part One: A Call to Arms #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 2007 13 (1s, 1c)
52 / World War III Part Three: Hell Is for Heroes #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 2007 4 (1s, 1c)
52 / World War III Part Two: The Valiant #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 2007 15 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 2007 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon November 2007 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 2007 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2008 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 2008 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 2008 3 (1s, 1c)
52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #[nn] (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon July 2008 0 (0s, 0c)
52: The Companion #[nn] (Trade Paperback) View Issue Images Icon December 2007 0 (0s, 0c)
52: The Covers #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon December 2007 0 (0s, 0c)
Absolute Justice #[nn] (Hardcover) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 2009 70 (12s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Third Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 November 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 November 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Fourth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Rags Morales Black & White Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon November 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 November 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #1 [Rags Morales Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2011 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #2 [Rags Morales Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 2011 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #2 [Ethan Van Sciver Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #2 [Rags Morales Black & White Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 2011 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #3 [Rags Morales Black & White Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #3 [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 2012 3 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #3 [Gene Ha Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #4 [Michael Choi Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #4 [Standard Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 4/1 February 2012 3 (2s, 1c)
Action Comics #4 [Rags Morales Sketch Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #5 [Combo-Pack] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 2012 0 (0s, 0c)
Action Comics #5 [Newsstand] (Comic Book) March 2012 0 (0s, 0c)
Action Comics #5 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 2012 3 (2s, 1c)
Action Comics #5 [Andy Kubert Wraparound Sketch Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #5 [Rags Morales Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #6 [Combo-Pack] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #6 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 2012 3 (2s, 1c)
Action Comics #6 [Rags Morales Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #6 [Andy Kubert Black & White Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2012 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #6 [Newsstand] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2012 0 (0s, 0c)
Action Comics #828 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 2005 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #829 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 2005 4 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #830 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 2005 6 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #831 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon November 2005 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #832 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 2005 4 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #833 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 2006 4 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #834 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #835 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #836 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #837 [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 May 2006 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #837 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #838 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #839 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #840 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #841 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 2006 6 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #842 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 2006 4 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #843 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #844 [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 2006 1 (0s, 1c)
Action Comics #844 [Direct Sales] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 2006 5 (1s, 1c)
Action Comics #844 [Andy Kubert / Jesse Delperdang Cover] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 2006 1 (0s, 1c)

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