Fawcett

1919 -
Country:
United States
Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
10
Brand Groups:
1
Brand Emblems in Use:
6
Total Number of Series:
168
Total Number of Issues:
2612
Number of Current Series:
0
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:
Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940). It kicked off with the publication of the bawdy humor magazine Captain Billy's Whiz Bang and expanded into a magazine empire with the first issue of Mechanix Illustrated in the 1920s, followed by numerous titles including True Confessions, Family Circle, Woman's Day, and True. Fawcett Comics, which began operating in 1939, led to the introduction of Captain Marvel. The company became a publisher of paperbacks in 1950 with the opening of Gold Medal Books.

In 1953, the company abandoned its roster of superhero comic characters in the wake of declining sales and a lawsuit for infringement by the Captain Marvel character on the copyright of the Action Comics character Superman, and ended its publication of comic books. It was purchased by CBS Publications in 1977 and subsequently underwent dismantling and absorption by other companies.

Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales from 1941 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950).

CIRCULATION DATA
1941 - 10,636,362
1942 - 23,432,926
1943 - 46,916,824
1944 - 47,664,305
1945 - 38,917,348
1946 - 53,456,885
1947 - 52,612,264
1948 - 61,029,202
1949 - 71,110,970
1950 (First 6 months) - 42,508,650
Series Year Issues Covers Published
5 Cent Comics [ashcan] [m] 1940 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery February 1940
64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures [m] 1941 3 issues (3 indexed) Gallery [March] 1941 - August-September 1941
All Hero Comics 1943 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery March 1943
America's Greatest Comics [m] 1941 8 issues (8 indexed) Gallery 1941 - Summer 1943
Andy Capp Special 1962 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1962
Andy Devine [Andy Devine Western] [m] 1950 2 issues (2 indexed) Gallery December 1950 - February 1951
Animal Fair [m] 1946 11 issues (11 indexed) Gallery March 1946 - February 1947
B. C. Color Me Sunday 1977 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1977
Baseball Heroes [m] 1952 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1952
Battle Stories [m] 1952 11 issues (11 indexed) Gallery January 1952 - September 1953
Beware! Terror Tales [m] 1952 8 issues (8 indexed) Gallery May 1952 - July 1953
Big Book Romances 1950 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery [February 1950]
Bill Battle, the One Man Army [m] 1952 4 issues (4 indexed) Gallery October 1952 - April 1953
Bill Boyd Western [m] 1950 23 issues (23 indexed) Gallery February 1950 - June 1952
Billy the Kid [m] 1945 3 issues (3 indexed) Gallery Winter 1945 - Summer 1946
Bob Colt [m] 1950 10 issues (10 indexed) Gallery November 1950 - May 1952
Bob Steele [m] 1950 10 issues (10 indexed) Have 10 (Need 1) December 1950 - June 1952
Bob Swift, Boy Sportsman [m] 1951 5 issues (5 indexed) Gallery May 1951 - January 1952
Boloney [m] 1932 1 issues (0 indexed) Have 1 (Need 1) Summer 1932
The Boy Who Never Heard of Captain Marvel [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Bulletman [m] 1941 15 issues (15 indexed) Gallery Summer 1941 - Fall 1946
Bulletman the Flying Detective [Well Known Comics] 1942 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery [1942]
Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang Winter Annual [m] 1921 6 issues (0 indexed) Have 3 (Need 4) 1927 - 1936 ?
Capt. Marvel and the Horn of Plenty! [Fawcett Miniature] [m] 1946 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1946
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang [m] 1919 214 issues (0 indexed) Have 184 (Need 79) October 1919 - August 1936
Captain Marvel Adventures [m] 1941 147 issues (147 indexed) Have 147 (Need 1) October 31, 1941 - November 1953
Captain Marvel Adventures [Well Known Comics] 1944 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1944
Captain Marvel Adventures [Wheaties Miniature Edition] [m] 1947 1 issues (1 indexed) Have 1 (Need 1) [1947]
Captain Marvel and the Good Humor Man [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Captain Marvel and the Lieutenants of Safety [m] 1950 3 issues (3 indexed) Gallery 1950 - 1950
Captain Marvel and the Raiders from Space [Fawcett Miniature] [m] 1946 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery [1946]
Captain Marvel and the Stolen City [m] 1950 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery [1950]
Captain Marvel Jr. [m] 1942 118 issues (118 indexed) Gallery November 18, 1942 - June 1953
Captain Marvel Jr. [Well Known Comics] 1944 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1944
Captain Marvel Meets the Weather Man 1950 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1950
Captain Marvel Story Book [m] 1946 4 issues (4 indexed) Gallery Summer 1946 - 1949
Captain Marvel Thrill Book [m] 1941 1 issues (1 indexed) Have 1 (Need 1) [September 9] 1941
Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Poison Press" [Fawcett Miniature] [m] 1946 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1946
Captain Midnight [m] 1942 67 issues (67 indexed) Gallery September 30, 1942 - September 1948
Captain Video [m] 1951 6 issues (6 indexed) Gallery February 1951 - December 1951
Comic Comics [m] 1946 10 issues (10 indexed) Gallery April 1946 - February 1947
Comics Novel [m] 1947 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1947
Confucius Say [m] 1940 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1940
Copper Canyon [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Cowboy Love [m] 1949 11 issues (11 indexed) Gallery July 1949 - 1951
Cpt. Billy's Whiz Bang Winter Annual [m] 1922 14 issues (0 indexed) Have 1 (Need 13) 1922 ? - ?
Crime Smasher [m] 1948 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery Summer 1948
Dakota Lil [m] 1949 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1949
Delecta of the Planets [m] 1946 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1946
Destination Moon [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Dick Tracy Presents the Family Fun Book [m] 1940 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery [1940]
Don Newcombe [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Don Winslow of the Navy [m] 1943 69 issues (69 indexed) Gallery February 17, 1943 - September 1951
Down with Crime [m] 1952 7 issues (7 indexed) Gallery November 1951 - November 1952
Eddie Stanky [m] 1951 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1951
Exciting Romances [m] 1949 12 issues (12 indexed) Have 12 (Need 1) 1949 - January 1953
Fawcett Movie Comic [m] 1950 14 issues (14 indexed) Gallery 1950 - December 1952
Fawcett's Funny Animals [m] 1942 83 issues (83 indexed) Have 83 (Need 3) December 1942 - January 1954
Flash Comics [ashcan] [m] 1940 2 issues (1 indexed) Have 2 (Need 1) January 1940 - January 1940
For the Love of Peanuts [b] 1974 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1974
Gabby Hayes Western [m] 1948 50 issues (50 indexed) Gallery November 1948 - January 1953
Gabby Hayes [Quaker Oats giveaway] [m] 1951 5 issues (3 indexed) Gallery 1951 - 1951
Gene Autry Adventure Comics and Play-Fun Book [m] 1947 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery [1947]
Gene Autry Comics [m] 1941 10 issues (10 indexed) Gallery [December] 1941 - September 1943
George Pal's Puppetoons [m] 1945 19 issues (19 indexed) Gallery December 1945 - 1950
Gift Comics 1942 4 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1942 - 1949
Girls in Love [m] 1950 2 issues (2 indexed) Gallery May 1950 - July 1950
Golden Arrow [m] 1942 5 issues (5 indexed) Gallery 1942 - Fall 1946
Golden Arrow Western [m] 1947 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery Spring 1947
Golden Arrow [Well Known Comics] 1944 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1944
Guess Who, Charlie Brown? [b] 1992 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery June 1992
Holiday Comics [m] 1942 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery [December] 1942
Hooey [m] 1931 56 issues (2 indexed) Have 54 (Need 7) 1931 - August 1936
Hooey Album 1942 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1942
Hooey Annual [m] 1932 12 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1932 - 1942
Hopalong Cassidy [m] 1943 85 issues (85 indexed) Gallery [February] 1943 - November 1953
Hopalong Cassidy [Bond Bread] [m] 1951 3 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1951 - 1951
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny [m] 1945 15 issues (15 indexed) Gallery December 1945 - September 1947
Hoppy, the Marvel Bunny [Well Known Comics] 1944 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery 1944
Hot Rod Comics [m] 1951 7 issues (7 indexed) Gallery [November] 1951 - February 1953
I Love You [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery June 1950
Ibis [m] 1943 6 issues (6 indexed) Gallery 1943 - Spring 1948
Intimate Confessions [ashcan] [m] 1942 1 issues (0 indexed) Gallery February 1942
It's All Yours, Snoopy [b] 1975 1 issues (0 indexed) Have 2 (Need 1) November 1975
Jackie Robinson [m] 1949 6 issues (6 indexed) Gallery [Summer ?] 1949 - 1952
Joe Louis [m] 1950 2 issues (2 indexed) Gallery September 1950 - November 1950
Jungle Girl [m] 1942 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery [November] 1942
Ken Maynard [m] 1950 8 issues (8 indexed) Gallery September 1950 - February 1952
Lance O'Casey [m] 1946 4 issues (4 indexed) Gallery Spring 1946 - Summer 1948
Larry Doby, Baseball Hero [m] 1950 1 issues (1 indexed) Gallery 1950
Lash LaRue Western [m] 1949 46 issues (46 indexed) Gallery Summer 1949 - January 1954
Life Story [m] 1949 47 issues (47 indexed) Have 47 (Need 1) April 1949 - April 1953
Love Memories [m] 1949 4 issues (4 indexed) Gallery 1949 - July 1950
Love Mystery [m] 1950 3 issues (3 indexed) Gallery June 1950 - October 1950
The Marvel Family [m] 1945 89 issues (89 indexed) Gallery December 1945 - January 1954
Mary Marvel [m] 1945 28 issues (28 indexed) Gallery December 1945 - September 1948
Master Comics [m] 1940 133 issues (133 indexed) Have 133 (Need 2) March 1940 - April 1953
Mechanix Illustrated [m] 1938 6 issues (0 indexed) No Covers June 1938 - April 1939
Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime [m] 1951 6 issues (6 indexed) Gallery December 1951 - October 1952
Minute Man [m] 1941 3 issues (3 indexed) Gallery [May 14] 1941 - Spring 1942

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