Gerald G. Swan
1940
-
1960
- A-Z
- 1
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 2
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 3
- Total Number of Series:
- 50
- Total Number of Issues:
- 628
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Notes:
- Gerald G. Swan, owner and publisher (1902-1980) started his career selling used books and comics around 1921. Sensing the upcoming war and potential paper rationing, he began buying paper rights, thus being one of the few publishers to start during World War 2.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Giant Series [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Archie's Christmas Stocking [a] | 1955 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1955] |
| Birthday Fun [b] | 1948 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1948 |
| Buffalo Bill Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Bumper New Funnies | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | January 1950 |
| Comic Colour Album [b] | 1948 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1948 |
| Darling Romance | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 |
| Funnies Budget | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | June 1950 |
| Indian Warriors Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Jughead [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Mighty Comic Annual | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 |
| Picture Epics [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Schoolgirl | 1951 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1951 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1965 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1965 |
| Western Comic Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Comicute Budget | 1951 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1951 - 1952 |
| Extra Fun | 1952 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1952 - 1952 |
| Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica | 1950 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | 1950 - 1951 ? |
| Coloured Slick Fun Budget | 1950 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 - 1952 |
| Western Fun Album [b] | 1953 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 ? - ? |
| Comicolour | 1953 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1955 |
| Extra Fun | 1940 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1940 - 1940 |
| Pep [m] | 1955 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 3) | 1955 - [1956] |
| Picture Epics [m] | 1952 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1952 ? - 1952 ? |
| Scramble Annual [b] | 1950 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 3) | 1948 - ? |
| Western War Comic | 1949 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 4) | 1949 - 1950 |
| Cute Fun Annual [b] | 1950 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - ? |
| Western Fun Comic | 1953 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Western War Comic | 1952 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 5) | 1952 - 1953 |
| Slick Fun Album [a] | 1949 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 4) | 1949 - 1956 ? |
| Western Outlaws | 1954 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 7) | 1954 - 1954 ? |
| Archie [m] | 1950 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 8) | [1950] (see notes) - 1952 |
| Cute Fun Album [a] | 1947 | 10 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 6) | 1947 - 1956 |
| Dynamic Thrills | 1951 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 4) | January 1951 - 1952 |
| Archie [m] | 1955 | 11 issues (9 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 11) | [1955] (see notes) - [June 1958] |
| Comicolour | 1946 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 10) | 1946 - 1949 |
| Secrets of Love | 1954 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 9) | 1954 - ? |
| Kiddyfun | 1945 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1945 - 1951 |
| Kiddyfun Album [a] | 1945 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 6) | 1945 ? - 1956 ? |
| Confessions of Love | 1954 | 14 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1954 - 1955 |
| True to Life Romances | 1954 | 16 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 13) | 1954 - [undated] |
| Funnies Album [a] | 1942 | 18 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 9) | 1942 ? - 1959 ? |
| Slick Fun | 1940 | 21 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 21) | 1940 - 1945 |
| War Comics | 1940 | 21 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 13) | 1940 - 1943 |
| Blue Bolt [m] | 1950 | 22 issues (3 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 6) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Archie Annual [m] | 1951 | 27 issues (3 indexed) | Have 14 (Need 18) | [1951] - 1959 |
| Fresh Fun | 1940 | 32 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 31) | 1940 - 1951 |
| Thrill Comics | 1940 | 35 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 35) | 1940 - 1950 |
| Topical Funnies | 1940 | 36 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 34) | 1940 - 1951 |
| New Funnies | 1940 | 42 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 40) | 1940 - 1951 |
| Cute Fun [m] | 1946 | 43 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 41) | [June] 1946 - September 1951 |
| Scramble | 1947 | 57 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 55) | 1947 - 1950 ? |
| Coloured Slick Fun | 1945 | 69 issues (0 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 53) | 1945 - 1951 |
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