Johnny DC

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Johnny DC
2006 Version of Johnny DC
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
In story information
Full name	Johnny DC
Supporting character of	Various DC Comics properties, Ambush Bug
Notable aliases	Jonni DC, Continuity Cop

Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which it appears.

The character originally appeared in various Silver Age DC Comics advertisements, and was used to promote DC's entire line of comics. He had a cartoonish face wearing a mortarboard, with stick figure lines for his arms and legs, and a body that consisted of the DC Comics logo of the time.

A female version of the character appeared in Ambush Bug as "Jonni DC, Continuity Cop". She found Ambush Bug's casual violation of DC Universe canon perpetually frustrating.

In the mid-1990s, Johnny DC appeared in the satirical special Sergio Aragones Destroys DC. He's shown as having become disillusioned with the modern direction of DC's superhero comics, criticizing the various members of the Justice League and accusing them of having changed for the worse.

In 2004, Johnny DC was revived and redesigned, as a mostly-silhouette cartoonish child. His name is now used as the name of DC Comics' imprint of comics marketed primarily to children, approximately ages 8-13. The line consists primarily of books based on Warner Brothers animated TV series. These include series that began as animated features (e.g. Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, and The Powerpuff Girls) and those based on DC Comics's superheroes (The Batman Strikes!, Teen Titans Go!, The Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century, Justice League Unlimited). The letter columns of these titles are supposedly edited by Johnny DC.