What if DC Comics owned Archie Comics

 is a theory where owned. These are the changes that would happen.

List of changes

 * Archie Comics would be a division of DC Comics since 1979, with its film adaptions being produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and its television adaptions being produced by Warner Bros. Television if live-action and Warner Bros. Animation if animated.
 * However, pre-1990s animated productions would remain licensed to Hanna-Barbera Productions.
 * The 1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch live-action series would be exclusively produced by Warner Bros. Television rather than Viacom Productions (now CBS Television Studios) and would air on The WB for all its run rather than the final season.
 * The characters would gain a more realistic design.
 * There would be a cinematic universe.
 * There will be a line of dark Archie-themed comics.
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wouldn't be owned by Viacom, being owned instead by Warner Bros., resulting in Archie still publishing TMNT comics.
 * As a result, the 1986 series was licensed to Hanna-Barbera Productions, while the 2012 series and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
 * However, the 2003 series would still being co-produced by 4Kids Entertainment.
 * Comics based on licensed properties (such as Hanna-Barbera between 1995 and 1997 and Sonic the Hedgehog) would be directly published by DC rather than Archie.
 * Josie and the Pussycats are similar to the Hanna-Barbera superhero bands but more action-packed.
 * A Justice League-esque team is made.

Animated

 * The New Archies (NBC, 1987)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (syndication/CBS, 1987-1996)
 * Archie's Weird Mysteries ([The WB], 1999-2000)
 * Sabrina: The Animated Series ([The WB], 1999-2000)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon Network], 2003-2010)
 * Sabrina's Secret Life (The WB, 2003-2004)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon Network, 2012-2017)
 * Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch (Cartoon Network, 2013-2014)
 * Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon Network, 2018-present)

Films
See The Archieverse.

Comics

 * My Name is Archie
 * Sabrina
 * Pussycats
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * The Squad