Whitman W [with Face] (Brand Emblem)

1971 - 1984

Number of Issues:: 455
Notes:: In the 70s and 80s, Western labelled their non-returnable comics (as opposed to those sold on the newsstand market and returnable if unsold) as Whitman.

Note that the dates of some Whitman comics produced after 1981 are more of a Western production convention and often do not coincide with the dates the comics were made available. Some comics of this period have no indication of date whatsoever, and are dated by the information provided by Western to The Comic Reader.

In 1982, comics produced by Western Publishing (also known as Whitman comics, thanks to the name in the large "W" colophon in the upper left corner of covers) were available in two variations: a yellow W and a white W, arguably to differentiate different distribution methods. It is claimed that the yellow logo was used on comics sold in bagged lots, while the white logos were used on non-bagged issues sold directly to comic shops. The white logos were not returnable while the bagged comics were. This claim needs to be confirmed and sourced.
Brand Emblem:

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Brand emblem belongs to the brand group:

Brand Group	Publisher	Issues	Year Began	Year Ended	Notes
Whitman	Western	521	1971	1984	In the 70s and 80s, Western labelled their non-returnable comics (as opposed to those sold on the newsstand market and returnable if unsold) as Whitman. Note that the dates of some Whitman comics produced after 1981 are more of a Western production convention and often do not coincide with the dates the comics were made available. Some comics of this period have no indication of date whatsoever, and are dated by the information provided by Western to The Comic Reader.

Brand emblem is in use at the following publishers:

Publisher	Year Began	Year Ended
Western	1971	1984
DC	1978	1980
Marvel	1977	1979

Number	Publication Date	On-sale Date	Indicia Publisher
Porky Pig (1965 series) #65 [Whitman]	February 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #67 [Whitman]	[June 1976]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #68 [Whitman]	July 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #69 [Whitman]	August 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #70 [Whitman]	September 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #71 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #73 [Whitman]	March 1977	—	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #74 [Whitman]	May 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #75 [Whitman]	[July 1977]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #76 [Whitman]	August 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #77 [Whitman]	September 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #78 [Whitman]	November 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #80 [Whitman]	March 1978	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #81 [Whitman]	[May 1978]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #82 [Whitman]	[July 1978]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #83 [Whitman]	[August 1978]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #84 [Whitman]	September 1978	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #85 [Whitman]	[November 1978]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #86 [Whitman]	January 1979	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #87 [Whitman]	March 1979	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #88 [Whitman]	[May 1979]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #89 [Whitman]	July 1979	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #91 [Whitman]	—	—	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #92 [Whitman]	[November 1979]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #93 [Whitman]	[January 1980]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #94	March 1980	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #95	May 1980	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #96	July 1980	1980-05-15	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #97	September 1980	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #98	November 1980	—	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #100	March 1981	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #101	June 1981	1981-06-18	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #102	September 1981	1981-07-09	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #103	November 1981	—	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #104 [White Whitman Logo]	February 1982	1981-12-01	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #104 [Yellow Whitman Logo]	February 1982	1981-12-01	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #105	April 1982	—	?
Porky Pig (1965 series) #105 [White Whitman Logo]	April 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #106	[1983]	1983-04-07	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Porky Pig (1965 series) #107	[1983]	1983-05-12	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Raggedy Ann and Andy (1971 series) #6 [Whitman]	September 1973	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #41 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #42 [Whitman]	[August] 1973	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #46 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #47 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #48 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #49 [Whitman]	[August] 1974	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #50 [Whitman]	[October 1974]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #52 [Whitman]	[February 1975]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #55 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #56 [Whitman]	[August] 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #58 [Whitman]	[October] 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #59 [Whitman]	December 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #60 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #64 [Whitman]	August 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #65 [Whitman]	October 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #69 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #70 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #71 [Whitman]	July 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #72 [Whitman]	August 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #73 [Whitman]	October 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #84 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965 series) #85 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Sgt. Rock (1977 series) #329 [Whitman]	June 1979	—	DC Comics Inc. (DC)
Shadow Play (1982 series) #1 [White Logo Variant]	June 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Shadow Play (1982 series) #1 [Yellow Logo Variant]	June 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Shazam! Double Trouble [Giant Comics to Color] (1975 series) #1715	1975	1975	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Shroud of Mystery (1982 series) #1 [Yellow Whitman Logo Variant]	June 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Shroud of Mystery (1982 series) #1 [White Whitman Logo Variant]	June 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Smokey Bear (1970 series) #9 [Whitman]	March 1972	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Smokey Bear (1970 series) #10 [Whitman]	June 1972	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Smokey Bear (1970 series) #11 [Whitman]	[September 1972]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson Lost in Space (1966 series) #37 [Whitman]	[October] 1973	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #39 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #41 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #43 [Whitman]	[April] 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #44 [Whitman]	August 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #45 [Whitman]	October 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #46 [Whitman]	January 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #47 [Whitman]	April 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #49 [Whitman]	October 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #52 [Whitman]	August 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #53 [Whitman]	—	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #55	March 1981	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #56	July 1981	1981-05-21	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #57	October 1981	1981	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #58 [Yellow Logo]	February 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #58 [White Logo]	February 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #59 [Yellow Logo]	May 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Space Family Robinson, Lost in Space on Space Station One (1974 series) #59 [White Logo]	May 1982	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #20 [Whitman]	September 1973	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #23 [Whitman]	March 1974	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #24 [Whitman]	[May 1974]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #25 [Whitman]	July 1974	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #27 [Whitman]	[November 1974]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #29 [Whitman]	[March] 1975	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #40 [Whitman]	September 1976	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #45 [Whitman]	July 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #47 [Whitman]	September 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Star Trek (1967 series) #48 [Whitman]	October 1977	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.

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