Publishers
First appearances by publisher
Every character in the archive, organized by the publisher that launched them. Pick a house.
Marvel
The House of Ideas
Timely to Atlas to Marvel. The publisher that redefined superhero storytelling in the Silver Age with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, and that has set the pace of the medium across every era since.
DC
Home of the Trinity
National Allied Publications, Detective Comics Inc., DC Comics. The publisher that invented the superhero with Superman in 1938 and has been the steward of Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League ever since.
Image
Creator-owned
Founded in 1992 by a group of Marvel superstars who wanted ownership of their creations. Home of Spawn, Savage Dragon, Invincible, Saga, and the modern creator-owned tradition.
Indies
Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW & more
The rollup of every publisher outside the Big Three. Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW, Dynamite, Boom!, and decades of independent comics that produced Hellboy, X-O Manowar, TMNT, and many of the medium’s most distinctive creator-owned works.