DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment,[3] a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a division of Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books,[citation needed] and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Shazam, Hawkman and Green Arrow. The fictional DC universe also features teams such as the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, and the Teen Titans, and well-known villains such as Joker, Lex Luthor, Catwoman, Darkseid, Ra's al Ghul, Deathstroke, General Zod, Professor Zoom, Sinestro, Black Adam and Brainiac. The company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo.
