Western,
1978 Series
Series Timeline
See series details by issue (displays one row per issue with no gaps, by the regular issue sort order)
This page attempts to show how the issues in this series were published over time by laying them out in a timeline with alternately gray or white rows roughly corresponding to months. The correspondence is less accurate for bi-monthly, quarterly or annual books. Weekly or other more-frequent-than-monthly issues are simply grouped into the same color row by month.
The timeline feature depends on the key date field to order issues into a timeline. Please note that if the key dates are not filled out to correspond to the publication months of the issues, then the timeline will not be accurate.
Not all issues in this series have key dates, so not all can be sorted into a timeline. The following issues can be sorted:
| Key Date | Pub. Date | On-sale date | Number | Indicia Publisher | Brand | Pages | Price | Frequency | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-05-00 | May 1978 | 1978-03 | 139 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | Five times a year in January, May, July, September, and November | 0335009006905 |
| 1978-05-00 | May 1978 | 139 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | Five times a year in January, May, July, September, and November | 0335009006905 | |
| 1978-06-00 | |||||||||
| 1978-07-00 | July 1978 | 1978-05-25 | 140 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | Five times a year in January, May, July, September, and November. | 0335009006907 |
| 1978-07-00 | July 1978 | 140 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | Five times per year: January, May, July, September, and November. | 0335009006907 | |
| 1978-08-00 | |||||||||
| 1978-09-00 | September 1978 | 141 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | five times a year in January, May, July, September, and November | 0335009006909 | |
| 1978-09-00 | September 1978 | 141 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | Five times a year in January, May, July, September, and November | 0335009006909 | |
| 1978-10-00 | |||||||||
| 1978-11-00 | November 1978 | 1978-09 | 142 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | bi-monthly | 0335009006911 |
| 1978-11-00 | November 1978 | 142 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | bi-monthly | 0335009006911 | |
| 1978-12-00 | |||||||||
| 1979-01-00 | January 1979 | 1978-11-30 | 143 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | bi-monthly | 0335009006901 |
| 1979-01-00 | January 1979 | 143 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | bi-monthly | 0335009006901 | |
| 1979-02-00 | |||||||||
| 1979-03-00 | March 1979 | 144 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.35 USD | monthly | 0335009006903 | |
| 1979-03-00 | March 1979 | 144 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.35 USD | monthly | 0335009006903 | |
| 1979-04-00 | April 1979 | 1979-02-22 | 145 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | Monthly | 0335009006904 |
| 1979-04-00 | April 1979 | 145 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006904 | |
| 1979-05-00 | May 1979 | 146 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006905 | |
| 1979-05-00 | May 1979 | 146 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006905 | |
| 1979-06-00 | June 1979 | 147 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006906 | |
| 1979-06-00 | June 1979 | 147 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006906 | |
| 1979-07-00 | July 1979 | 1979-05-31 | 148 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006907 |
| 1979-07-00 | July 1979 | 148 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006907 | |
| 1979-08-00 | August 1979 | 1979-06-28 | 149 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006908 |
| 1979-08-00 | August 1979 | 149 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006908 | |
| 1979-09-00 | September 1979 | 150 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006909 | |
| 1979-09-00 | September 1979 | 150 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006909 | |
| 1979-10-00 | October 1979 | 1979-08-23 | 151 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006910 |
| 1979-10-00 | October 1979 | 151 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006910 | |
| 1979-11-00 | November 1979 | 152 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006911 | |
| 1979-11-00 | November 1979 | 152 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006911 | |
| 1979-12-00 | December 1979 | 1979-10-25 | 153 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006912 |
| 1979-12-00 | December 1979 | 153 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006912 | |
| 1980-01-00 | January 1980 | 154 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006901 | |
| 1980-01-00 | January 1980 | 154 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006901 | |
| 1980-02-00 | February 1980 | 155 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006902 | |
| 1980-02-00 | February 1980 | 155 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | monthly | 0335009006902 | |
| 1980-03-00 | March 1980 | 156 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | bi-monthly | 0335009006903 | |
| 1980-04-00 | |||||||||
| 1980-05-00 | May 1980 | 157 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | bi-monthly | ||
| 1980-06-00 | |||||||||
| 1980-07-00 | |||||||||
| 1980-08-00 | |||||||||
| 1980-09-00 | September 1980 | 1980-07 | 158 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | ||
| 1980-10-00 | |||||||||
| 1980-11-00 | November 1980 | 159 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.40 USD | |||
| 1980-12-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-01-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-02-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-03-00 | March 1981 | 162 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.50 USD | |||
| 1981-04-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-05-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-06-00 | June 1981 | 163 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.50 USD | |||
| 1981-07-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-08-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-09-00 | |||||||||
| 1981-10-00 | [October] 1981 | 164 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.50 USD | |||
| 1981-11-00 | November 1981 | 165 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.50 USD | |||
| 1981-12-00 | |||||||||
| 1982-01-00 | |||||||||
| 1982-02-00 | February 1982 | 166 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.60 USD | |||
| 1982-03-00 | March 1982 | 167 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.60 USD | |||
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| 1982-10-00 | |||||||||
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| 1983-05-19 | [1983] | 1983-05-19 | 169 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.60 USD | ||
| 1983-06-00 | [June 1983] | 1983-03-24 | 168 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.60 USD | ||
| 1983-07-00 | |||||||||
| 1983-08-00 | |||||||||
| 1983-09-00 | |||||||||
| 1983-10-00 | |||||||||
| 1983-11-00 | |||||||||
| 1983-12-22 | [1983] | 1983-12-22 | 170 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W | 36 | 0.60 USD | ||
| 1984-01-00 | |||||||||
| 1984-02-00 | |||||||||
| 1984-03-08 | [1984] | 1984-03-08 | 171 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W | 36 | 0.60 USD |
These issues have no key date and cannot be placed in a timeline:
| Key Date | Pub. Date | On-sale date | Number | Indicia Publisher | Brand | Pages | Price | Frequency | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171 [Canadian] | ? | ? | 36 | ? | ? |
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