Th DC nvrs (DC) s n mrcn md frnchs nd shrd nvrs bsd n chrctrs frm DC Cmcs pblctns. t ws crtd by Jms Gnn nd Ptr Sfrn, c-chrmn nd c-Cs f DC Stds. Th DC s sft rbt f prvs frnchs, th DC xtndd nvrs (DC), rtnng slct cst mmbrs nd nrrtv lmnts bt dsrgrdng thrs. n cntrst wth th prvs stt f DC Cmcs dpttns, th DC ftrs ntd cntnty nd stry crss lv-ctn flms nd tlvsn, nmtn, nd vd gms. Cncrrnt DC dpttns tht d nt ft ths cntnty r lbld "DC lswrlds".
ftr Dscvry, nc. nd WrnrMd mrgd t bcm Wrnr Brs. Dscvry (WBD), C Dvd Zslv rvld pln t rvtlz th DC brnd fllwng th pr rcptn f sm DC flms. Gnn nd Sfrn wr hrd t ld th nwly frmd DC Stds n Nvmbr 2022 ftr wrkng n svrl DC prjcts, ncldng th flm Th Scd Sqd (2021) nd ts spn-ff srs Pcmkr (2022–prsnt). Th pr spnt svrl mnths wth grp f wrtrs dvlpng th vrrchng stry fr nw DC cntnty, whch ftrs cmbntn f pplr nd bscr DC chrctrs. Sm DC prjcts n dvlpmnt wr bndnd n fvr f nw tks, whl thrs—ncldng Pcmkr—cntnd wthn th nw frnchs. Crtn DC ctrs rprs thr rls n th DC, whl thrs r rcst. Gnn nd Sfrn wntd t fcs n strytllng nds rthr thn frcng crtrs t prdc thr prjcts fr spcfc rls dts.
Th stry f th DC s dvdd nt chptrs, strtng wth "Gds nd Mnstrs" whch bgn n 2024 wth th nmtd srs Crtr Cmmnds. Gnn nd Sfrn cnsdr th chptr's frst flm, Sprmn (2025), t b th tr bgnnng f th DC.