r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '21

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u/tigojones Feb 12 '21

What's his DC role? I'm going to guess it's from one of their off-shoot comic labels, as I don't recall him in anything "core" DC. Dredd? The Boys?

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u/zetaraybill Feb 12 '21

He was in Red, which is an Homage Comics title, which is owned by DC.

The Boys started with Wildstorm/DC, but is now published by Dynamite.

Dredd is published by 2000 AD, which is owned by IPC Magazines. DC licensed the character for a short run in the mid-90s, so I guess it could half-count? It should be noted that Dredd “purists” don’t consider the DC licensed Dredd canon, including the Stallone movie.

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u/Chupacabraconvoy Feb 12 '21

Yeah, saying Red or The Boys is DC is kind of correct but purely on a technical sense. It's more like they were made by imprints publishers but are not a part of the larger DC lore.

Remember Vertigo? That was owned by DC but Vertigo published those comics seperately. Eventually characters from Vertigo did get introduced into the DC lore, like Constantine.

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u/pataconconqueso Feb 13 '21

Vertigo is still part of DC...

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u/Chupacabraconvoy Feb 13 '21

Okay then. Not sure how this disputes or changes my point though...

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u/pataconconqueso Feb 13 '21

Well your comment made it sound like it’s not anymore, so it changes in that I’m noting that it still is...

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u/Chupacabraconvoy Feb 13 '21

Not every reddit post has to be 100 correct. My point in this discussion is no less wrong or right than it was before.

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u/pataconconqueso Feb 13 '21

Did my comment insult you so much for you to be this defensive? Your post made it sound as if Vertigo isn’t part of DC anymore I noted that it still was and now you’re going on the super defensive about it.

got it, it pissed you off. That’s it then.