Licensed properties

This page contains titles of comics published by DC that were licensed properties. A company other than DC, its owner(s), or its owner(s)' subsidiaries retained the rights to the characters in these comic books.
The following is a list of the owners of some of the properties that DC has licensed:

• 30 DAYS OF NIGHT - Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith, and IDW Publishing
• ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, DRAGONLANCE, FORGOTTEN REALMS, GAMMARAUDERS, and SPELLJAMMER - Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro.
• ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET - Sam Nelson/Rick Nelson Company and Estate of David Nelson
• ALIEN NATION - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• ALIENS - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• AMERICAN CENTURY - Howard Chaykin, Inc.
• AMERICAN SPLENDOR - Estate of Harvey Pekar (Vertigo issues co-owned by DC)
• AMERICAN VIRGIN - Steven T. Seagle and Rebecca Cloonan
• ARROWSMITH - Kurt Busiek and Estate of Carlos Pacheco
• ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft Entertainment
• ATARI FORCE - Atari, Inc.
• BIONICLE - The LEGO Group
• BITE CLUB - Howard Chaykin, Inc. and David Tishman
• BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY - Simon & Shuster/KKR
• CAPTAIN ACTION - Leisure Concepts / Ideal Toys
• CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT - The Blackett, Sample and Hummert advertising agency
• CARSON OF VENUS, JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS, KORAK, SON OF TARZAN, PELLUCIDAR and TARZAN - Edgar Rice Burroughs
• COOL WORLD - Bakshi Animation/Paramount Pictures/Paramount Global
• COPS - Hasbro
• THE COWBOY WALLY SHOW - Kyle Baker/Quality Jolity
• DALE EVANS COMICS - Republic Pictures/Paramount Global
• DANGER GIRL - J. Scott Campbell
• DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND - Estate of Harlan Ellison
• DJANGO UNCHAINED - Visiona Romantica, Inc.
• DOC SAVAGE, JUSTICE, INC., THE AVENGER, and THE SHADOW - Street and Smith Publications/Condé Nast/Advance Magazine Publishers
• DOCTOR NO - Danjaq, LLC/Eon Productions, United Artists/Amazon MGM Studios and Estate of Ian Fleming
• ELFQUEST - Wendy & Richard Pini/Warp Graphics, Inc.
• ELVIRA - Cassandra Peterson/Queen 'B' Productions
• EMPIRE - Mark Waid and Barry Kitson
• END OF NATION - Trion Worlds
• EVIL DEAD - Sam Raimi/Renaissance Pictures (ARMY OF DARKNESS owned by Amazon MGM Studios)
• FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER - Estate of Fritz Leiber
• FALLEN ANGEL - Peter A. David/Second Age, Inc. and David Lopez
• THE FILTH - Grant Morrison and Chris Weston
• FLASH GORDON, MUTT & JEFF, and THE PHANTOM - King Features Syndicate/Hearst Holdings, Inc.
• FORTNITE - Epic Games Inc.
• FOX AND THE CROW and FLIPPITY AND FLOP - NBCUniversal/DreamWorks Classics (films distributed by Columbia Pictures)
• FROST AND FIRE - Estate of Ray Bradbury
• GEARS OF WAR - Epic Games Inc.
• GLOBAL FREQUENCY - Warren Ellis
• GOD OF WAR - Sony Interactive Entertainment
• THE GREEN HORNET - The Green Hornet, Inc.
• HELL ON EARTH - Estate of Robert Bloch
• HERO FACTORY - The LEGO Group
• THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Estate of Douglas Adams
• HOPALONG CASSIDY - Estate of William Boyd
• HOT WHEELS - Mattel
• INFAMOUS - Sucker Punch
• THE INVISIBLES - Grant Morrison
• I, ZOMBIE - Monkey Brain, Inc. and Michael Allred
• JACK OF FABLES - Bill Willingham
• JACKIE GLEASON AND THE HONEYMOONERS - Jackie Gleason Enterprises
• JUDGE DREDD - Rebellion A/S (1995 Judge Dredd movie produced by Disney)
• KURT BUSIEK'S ASTRO CITY - Kurt Busiek/Juke Box Productions
• LARRY HARMON'S LAUREL AND HARDY - Estate of Larry Harmon
• THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN - Alan Moore and Estate of Kevin O'Neill
• THE LIFE EATERS - David Brin
• LOVECRAFT - Hans Rodionoff
• THE MAGIC GOES AWAY - Larry Niven
• MAN CALLED A-X - Marv Wolfman and Shawn McManus
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• MASK - Hasbro Entertainment
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE - Mattel and Classic Media/NBCUniversal/Comcast
• THE MAXX - Sam Kieth
• MERCHANTS OF VENUS - Estate of Frederick Pohl
• MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY - SFM Entertainment
• MS. TREE - Max Allan Collins
• MY FAITH IN FRANKIE - Mike Carey and Sonny Liew
• NEW ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• NIGHTWINGS - Robert Silverberg
• NYOKA THE JUNGLE GIRL - Republic Pictures/Paramount Global
• OCEAN - Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse
• ORBITER - Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran
• OSWALD THE RABBIT- The Walt Disney Company
• OUT THERE: THE EVIL WITHIN - Humberto Ramos
• PETER CANNON: THUNDERBOLT - Estate of Pete Morisi
• THE POSSESSED - Geoff Johns, Kris Grimminger and Liam Sharp
• POWER LORDS - Revell; Strongin/Mayem International
• POWER RANGERS - SCG Power Rangers LLC/Hasbro Entertainment and Toei Co., Ltd.
• PLANET OF THE APES - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• PREACHER - Garth Ennis and Estate of Steve Dillon
• PREDATOR - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company
• PRIDE & JOY - Garth Ennis and John Higgins
• PRINCESS NATASHA - Fremantle/RTL
• THE PRISONER - ITV Studios
• RATCHET AND CLANK - Sony Interactive Entertainment
• RED - Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner
• REINVENTING COMICS - Scott McCloud
• ROAD TO PERDITION - Max Allan Collins
• ROBOTECH - Harmony Gold USA, Inc. and Tatsunoko Production
• THE ROCKETEER - The Rocketeer Trust
• RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - Character Arts, LLC and Rudolph Company, L.P.
• RWBY - Viz Media
• SANDKINGS - George R.R. Martin
• THE SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS - WordFire, Inc.
• SEAGUY - Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart
• SERGEANT BILKO - CBS Studios/Paramount Global
• SERGEANT BILKO'S PRIVATE DOBERMAN - CBS Studios/Paramount Global
• SPIRAL ZONE - Atlantic-Kushner-Locke & Bandai
• THE SPIRIT - Will Eisner Studios, Inc.
• STARCRAFT - Activision Blizzard/Microsoft
• STAR RAIDERS - Atari, Inc.
• STAR TREK (and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION) - CBS Studios in association with Paramount Pictures (both Paramount Global)
• SWEET TOOTH - Jeff Lemire
• SWORDQUEST - Atari, Inc.
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS - Radiant Assets, LLC
• TERMINATOR: SALVATION - T Asset Acquisition Company, LLC
• TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE - The Tobe Hooper Estate, Kim Henkel, and Vortex, Inc.
• TOKYO STORM WARNING - Warren Ellis and James Raiz
• TOR - Joe Kubert / Tell-A-Graphics
• TRANSMETROPOLITAN - Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson
• UNDERCOVER GENIE: THE BOTTLED UP RANTINGS OF KYLE BAKER - Kyle Baker/Quality Jolity
• UNDERSTANDING COMICS - Scott McCloud
• WE3 - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
• WEEDKILLER - Warner Music Group (formerly co-owned with DC)
• WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? - The Learning Company/HarperCollins/News Corp
• WORLD OF WARCRAFT: - Activision Blizzard/Microsoft
• THE X-FILES - 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company

The following properties are owned (or co-owned) by other divisions and subsidiaries of DC's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery (which includes Warner Bros. Entertainment/WB, New Line Cinema/NL, Turner Entertainment/TE, Hanna-Barbera/HB, Cartoon Network/CN, Home Box Office/HBO, and Rooster Teeth)

• ANIMANIACS (and PINKY AND THE BRAIN) - Owned by WB (Executive produced by Steven Spielberg/Amblin)
• CARTOON NETWORK - Owned by CN/HB
• CENTURIONS - Owned by HB
• A Date with Judy - Owned by TE
• DEXTER'S LABORATORY - Owned by CN
• THE FLINTSTONES (and THE JETSONS) - Owned by HB
• FRIDAY THE 13TH - Owned by NL, Sean S. Cunningham/Horror Inc., Victor Miller and Paramount Pictures
• FRINGE - Owned by WB with Bad Robot
• gen:LOCK - Owned by Rooster Teeth
• HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI - Owned by CN (based on Ami Onuki, Yumi Yoshimura and Kazuo Harada)
• LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Owned by WB (based on characters created by Roger Corman, Howard Ashman, and Alan Menken. Produced by David Geffen)
• LOONEY TUNES - Owned by WB
• THE LOST BOYS - Owned by WB
• MAD MAX - Owned by WB
• MGM'S MARVELOUS WIZARD OF OZ - Owned by TE
• MORTAL KOMBAT - Owned by WB
• MUCHA LUCHA - Owned by WB
• MULTIVERSUS - Owned by WB (features characters owned by CN, TE, and HB)
• A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - Owned by NL and Estate of Wes Craven
• PAPERBOY - Owned by WB
• SCOOBY-DOO (and SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?) - Owned by HB
• SCRIBBBLENAUTS - Owned by WB
• SPACE GHOST - Owned by HB
• SPY HUNTER - Owned by WB
• SUPERNATURAL - Owned by WB
• THE POWERPUFF GIRLS - Owned by CN
• THUNDERCATS - Owned by WB and Estate of Ted Wolf.
• TRUE BLOOD - Owned by HBO and Charlaine Harris
• WELCOME BACK, KOTTER - Owned by WB (through Wolper Productions)
• THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Owned by WB