Western,
1973 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-04-00 | April 1973 | 1 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.15 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1973-05-00 | ||||||||
| 1973-06-10 | June 1973 | 2 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | Bi-monthly | |
| 1973-07-00 | ||||||||
| 1973-08-00 | August 1973 | 3 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1973-08-00 | August 1973 | 3 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.20 USD | ? | |
| 1973-09-00 | ||||||||
| 1973-10-00 | October 1973 | 4 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1973-11-00 | ||||||||
| 1973-12-00 | December 1973 | 5 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 52 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1974-01-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-02-00 | February 1974 | 6 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1974-03-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-04-00 | April 1974 | 7 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1974-04-00 | April 1974 | 7 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.20 USD | ? | |
| 1974-05-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-06-00 | June 1974 | 8 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.20 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1974-06-00 | June 1974 | 8 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.20 USD | ? | |
| 1974-07-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-08-00 | August 1974 | 9 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1974-08-00 | [August 1974] | 9 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | ||
| 1974-09-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-10-00 | October 1974 | 1974-08-08 | 10 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly |
| 1974-11-00 | ||||||||
| 1974-12-00 | December 1974 | 11 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1975-01-00 | ||||||||
| 1975-02-00 | February 1975 | 1974-12-12 | 12 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly |
| 1975-02-00 | [February 1975] | 12 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | ||
| 1975-03-00 | ||||||||
| 1975-04-00 | April 1975 | 13 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | monthly except January, March, May, July and November | |
| 1975-05-00 | ||||||||
| 1975-06-00 | June 1975 | 14 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | monthly except January, March, May, July and November | |
| 1975-07-00 | ||||||||
| 1975-08-00 | August 1975 | 15 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | monthly except January, March, May, July and November | |
| 1975-08-00 | [August 1975] | 15 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | ||
| 1975-09-00 | September 1975 | 16 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | monthly except January, March, May, July and November | |
| 1975-10-00 | October 1975 | 17 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | monthly except January, March, May, July and November | |
| 1975-10-00 | October 1975 | 17 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | ? | |
| 1975-11-00 | ||||||||
| 1975-12-00 | December 1975 | 18 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | six times a year, in April, June, August, September, October and December | |
| 1975-12-00 | December 1975 | 18 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | ? | |
| 1976-01-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-02-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-03-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-04-00 | April 1976 | 19 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-05-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-06-00 | June 1976 | 20 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-07-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-08-00 | August 1976 | 21 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-08-00 | August 1976 | 21 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.25 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-09-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-10-00 | October 1976 | 22 [Gold Key] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.30 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-10-00 | October 1976 | 22 [Whitman] | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | 0.30 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1976-11-00 | ||||||||
| 1976-12-00 | December 1976 | 23 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.30 USD | bi-monthly | |
| 1977-01-00 | ||||||||
| 1977-02-00 | February 1977 | 24 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Gold Key | 36 | 0.30 USD | bi-monthly | |
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| 1982-05-00 | May 1982 | 25 | Western Publishing Company Inc. | Whitman W [with Face] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 [Whitman] | ? | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | ? | ||||
| 10 [Whitman] | ? | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | ? | ||||
| 16 [Whitman] | ? | Whitman W [with Face] | 36 | ? |
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