DC Comics stands for Detective Comics Comics. The company was originally called National Allied Publications when it was founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Its first two major titles were New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine and New Comics. In 1937, the company published Detective Comics #1, which introduced Batman and became one of its most popular titles. The company began branding itself as "Superman-DC" as early as 1940, and the name "DC" came from the companys popular series Detective Comics, which featured Batmans debut and subsequently became part of the companys name.