Spotlight on Johnny DC the DC Comics Mascot
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Johnny DC is a mascot DC first introduced in a house advertisement that debuted in 1962. From that point forward the character appeared in various DC advertisements. In the late 1980’s Johnny DC appeared in a segment “DCI with Johnny DC” which similar to Marvel Comics Bullpen Bulletin appeared in various DC publications every month. This character appeared frequently throughout various DC comic books until one day DC just stopped using the character.
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When I looked into this character the first comic book appearance I could find for this character outside of an advertisement was in Sergio Aragones Destroys the DC Universe one-shot published in 1996. In this book (inspired by Marvel’s Fred Hembeck destroys the Marvel Universe) DC’s superheroes try to find out who is trying to destroy the universe only to discover it was Johnny DC all along, disgruntled from being fired and humiliated by DC comics many years ago.
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While this character did first appear in various DC advertisements – this is his first comic book appearance.
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So why does this Matter?
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Johnny DC is the inspiration for a character that is still being used by DC – Jonni DC – Continuity Cop. This is one of my favorite DC characters because of how oddball she is.
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Jonni DC was first introduced in Ambush Bug #2 published in 1985. Jonni was the DCU’s continuity cop who “corrected the errors of writers and editors”.
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While this character died in 2008’s Ambush Bug: Year One #1, nothing stays dead in comic books and a new version (dubbed the prime earth or New 52 version) was reintroduced in Harley Quinn Volume 3 #49 from 2018.
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Since being reintroduced in Harley Quinn, Jonni DC has appeared seven times in the DC Universe last appearing in Harley Quinn Volume 3 #64 published in October of 2019.
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I don’t think this character is going anywhere and she is so odd-ball that she might even catch on.What do you think? Let me know in the comments or on social media!
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