<P> Despite the official names `` National Comics '' and `` National Periodical Publications '' , the company began branding itself as `` Superman - DC '' as early as 1940 , and it became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977 . </P>
<P> Despite the official names `` National Comics '' and `` National Periodical Publications '' , the company began branding itself as `` Superman - DC '' as early as 1940 , and it became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977 . </P>
when did national allied publications become dc comics
when did national allied publications become dc comics
1977
1977