The "DC Explosion" and "DC Implosion" were two events in 1978 – the first an official marketing campaign, the second a sardonic reference to it – in which...

The term "implosion" was coined by my grandmother back in, I guess, the '60s. It's a more descriptive way to explain what we do than "explosion". There...

The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is a shared universe centered on a group of film franchises based on characters by DC Comics and distributed by Warner...

1978). "DC Publishorial: Onward And Upward". DC Comics. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014 – via dialbforblog.com. "The DC Implosion", The Comics...

midway between Africa and Antarctica. Today, most independent researchers believe that the flash was caused by a nuclear explosion—an undeclared joint nuclear...

Boy was dropped over Hiroshima. The only test explosion of a nuclear weapon concept had been of an implosion-type device employing plutonium as its fissile...

Dispersion of Gaseous Debris from Nuclear Explosions; Philip W. Allen, Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC. Defense Technical Information Center,...

was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb. For the first time in history there was a nuclear explosion. And what an explosion! ... The test was...

three-issue comic book limited series and crossover event published in 1988 by DC Comics. It was plotted by Keith Giffen, and ties up several plotlines from...

1978 before its sudden cancellation in the wake of the "DC Implosion", a contraction of DC's line that saw a third of their books axed right before the...

the center of a spherical implosion, which would eventually become standard within the nuclear arsenal. The Dog explosion is more popularly known for...

same name. A revival had been planned for 1978, but was a victim of the DC Implosion. The new series, called The Saga of the Swamp Thing, featured an adaptation...

first African female DC superhero to star in her own series, but the first issue of her series was cancelled in the DC Implosion in 1978, never to be...

the "DC Explosion" of new titles and formats which was followed in 1978 by a company downturn referred to as the "DC Implosion. Along with editor and executive...

was short-lived, canceled after issue 5, a victim of the company-wide "DC Implosion". The sixth issue was included in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade. Writer Gerry...

series was cancelled with issue #15 in July 1978, as part of the DC Implosion, a period when DC suddenly cancelled dozens of comics. In the decades following...

explosive devices at approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 18, 2004, the first implosion in the city since the Capital Garage was razed in 1974. Until 2011, the...

Warp Graphics, then Marvel Comics, then the Pinis again, more recently DC Comics, and, since 2013, Dark Horse Comics. All issues of Elfquest published prior...

DC Implosion of the 1970s, Duckburg Times editor Dana Gabbard dubbed this the Disney Implosion. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Uncle Scrooge, and Donald...

explosion in history. The name Fat Man refers to the wide, round shape. Fat Man was an implosion-type nuclear weapon with a solid plutonium core, and...

company-wide cutback (the "DC Implosion") with #5 (the first part of a multiple-issue story) the last to be distributed, and #6 included in Cancelled Comic...

Wendy and Richard Pini is published in Fantasy Quarterly. 1978: DC cancels over half of its titles in the so-called DC Implosion. July 1979: DC publishes...

is published. The DC Implosion takes hold, as the company cancels 4 ongoing titles, Aquaman, Claw the Unconquered, Mister Miracle, and Shade, the Changing...

New York Avenue NW in downtown Washington, D.C. It was built for the Shannon & Luchs real estate firm and designed by local architect Arthur B. Heaton...

target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki...

Nyxlygsptlnz imploded the Ormfell Building, causing those caught in the implosion to be exposed to 5th Dimensional energies. When it is discovered that...

(enriched uranium gun-type) and Fat Man (plutonium implosion). The first nuclear device ever detonated was an implosion-type bomb during the Trinity...

explosives into a much smaller and denser core, a technical challenge at the time. To create the symmetrical implosion required to compress the plutonium...

carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments...

prior to the DC Implosion he heard no word of a new Doom Patrol series. However, the team did receive a series of guest appearances in various DC titles, such...