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	Indicia Publisher
Tim McCoy, Police Car 17 (1934 series) #674-1933	[January] 1934	Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Mickey's Dog Pluto All Picture Comics [Tall Comic Book] (1943 series) #532	1943	Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #79	[1983]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #78	April 1982	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #77	[March 1982]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #76	[February 1982]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #75	[January 1982]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #74	[October 1981]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #73	[September 1981]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #72	July 1981	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #71	February 1981	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #70	December 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #69	October 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #68	September 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #67	July 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #66	June 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #65 [Whitman]	February 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #63 [Whitman]	September 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #62 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #61 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #60 [Whitman]	June 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #59 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #58 [Whitman]	February 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #57 [Whitman]	December 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #56 [Whitman]	October 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #55 [Whitman]	September 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #54 [Whitman]	August 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #53 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #51 [Whitman]	April 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #50 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #48 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #47 [Whitman]	September 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #46 [Whitman]	August 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #45 [Whitman]	July 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #44 [Whitman]	June 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #43 [Whitman]	April 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #42 [Whitman]	February 1977	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #41 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #39 [Whitman]	September 1976	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #38 [Whitman]	August 1976	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #37 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #36 [Whitman]	June 1976	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #34 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #33 [Whitman]	December 1975	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #32 [Whitman]	[October 1975]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #31 [Whitman]	[September] 1975	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #30 [Whitman]	[August 1975]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #29 [Whitman]	[July 1975]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #28 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #25 [Whitman]	[December 1974]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #24 [Whitman]	[October 1974]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #23 [Whitman]	[September 1974]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #22 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #21 [Whitman]	[June] 1974	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #20 [Whitman]	[April] 1974	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #18 [Whitman]	[December] 1973	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #17 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #16 [Whitman]	September 1973	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #15 [Whitman]	August 1973	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #13 [Whitman]	[April] 1973	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #12 [Whitman]	1972 [February 1973]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #9 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #8 [Whitman]	[June] 1972	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #7 [Whitman]	[April 1972]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #6 [Whitman]	March 1972	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Yosemite Sam (1970 series) #5 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Woodsy Owl (1973 series) #10 [Whitman]	February 1976	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Woodsy Owl (1973 series) #5 [Whitman]	November 1974	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Woodsy Owl (1973 series) #4 [Whitman]	[August] 1974	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Woodsy Owl (1973 series) #3 [Whitman]	[May] 1974	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Woodsy Owl (1973 series) #1 [Whitman]	November 1973	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Wonder Woman Faces "The Menace of the Mole Men" [Giant Comics to Color] (1975 series) #1714	1975	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #200	[1983]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #199	[1983]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #198	[June 1983]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #197	[April 1982]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #196	[February 1982]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #195	November 1981	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #194	October 1981	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #191	November 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #189	[July 1980]	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #188	March 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #187 [Whitman]	February 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #186 [Whitman]	January 1980	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #185 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #182 [Whitman]	September 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #181 [Whitman]	August 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #180 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #179 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #178 [Whitman]	May 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #177 [Whitman]	April 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #176 [Whitman]	March 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #175 [Whitman]	February 1979	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #174 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #172 [Whitman]	November 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #171 [Whitman]	October 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #170 [Whitman]	September 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #169 [Whitman]	August 1978	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #166 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker (1962 series) #165 [Whitman]	—	Western Publishing Company Inc.

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