How does Netflix's historic acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery impact DC Comics ? As with any massive corporate takeover, it's tricky to prognosticate how, exactly, the companies' assets and subsidiaries will merge. When it comes to DC, the best guess is that the publisher will survive, but how will it look different a year, or five, from now?

In a major media deal like this one, DC Comics is most valuable for its IP. The most direct impact, and the soonest to likely be felt, will be on the direction of James Gunn's revitalized slate of DC film adaptations,

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Beyond that, it's worth considering the ripple effect this could have on the movies' source material, the comics.

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