DC Super Hero Girls or DC Superhero Girls (in various countries) is an American superhero web series and franchise produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Cartoon Network based on characters from DC Entertainment that launched in the third quarter of 2015.

DC Super Hero Girls line was later reimagined by Lauren Faust, who had previously worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.^[1] This resulted in a full rebrand for the franchise, centered around an eponymous television reboot of the same name,^[2] which began airing on Cartoon Network in March 2019.^[3] The rebooted series was heavily inspired by Faust's DC Nation Shorts entry Super Best Friends Forever from 2012,^[2][4] while carrying over certain themes from the earlier DC Super Hero Girls web show.^[2]

The multipronged franchise was announced in April 2015. The franchise includes an animated web series, a graphic novel line, books from Random House, Lego tie-ins and action figures from Mattel.^[5][6][7][8] The intended audience is girls aged 6–12.^[9]

The website was launched in early July 2015. Characters featured at launch were: Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Katana, and Bumblebee.^[10] Other characters including Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Star Sapphire, Beast Boy, Cheetah, Hawkgirl and Catwoman also appear.^[11] Amanda Waller is featured as the principal of the series' setting Super Hero High. Many other DC Comics heroes and villains appear in the background as cameos.

DC Super Hero Girls was originally launched in 2015 with an animated web short on YouTube.^[12][13][14] Over the course of 2016, the franchise was expanded with a graphic novel line, additional animated and digital content, toys, and apparel.^[15][16][8] Diane Nelson, president of both DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, stated in 2016: "We think DC Super Hero Girls can be bigger than a $1 billion brand".^[12]

A relaunch of the franchise^[1] began with the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series.^[2][3] Also that year, the DC Zoom imprint "launched with the continuation of [the] DC Super Hero Girls" graphic novel line.^[17] The DC Ink and DC Zoom imprints were built off both the creative success of the post-New 52 DCYou program, which "employed younger creators than the New 52 titles, with the titles having a more contemporary feel", and "the financial success of the DC Super Hero Girls property".^[18] Dan DiDio, DC's co-publisher from 2010 to 2020, explained that "a lot of that had also to do with our interest in getting the young adult marketplace. That was DC testing the waters and wondering what a young adult book would be from DC Comics".^[18]

DC Super Hero Girls has various characters inspired by the DC Universe. Certain characters are voiced by actors who have performed as the same characters previously. The characters listed below are listed on the franchise's website: