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Fawcett Comics (Publisher)

Years: 1919 - 1953


Fawcett Comics- a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications- was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel- a property later to be purchased by DC Comics (not to be confused with Marvel Comics' character of the same name). Captain Marvel was the alter ego of boy radio reporter Billy Batson- who transformed into the hero whenever he spoke the magic word 'SHAZAM!'. Fawcett Publications began in 1919 with the magazine Captain Billy's Whiz Bang and eventually expanded into a line of periodicals with a combined circulation of ten million monthly. The company joined in the explosion of comic book publications in the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Series Count:  56   Total Issue Count:  1179

Cover Details
Americas Greatest Comics
Issues:  8
Animal Fair
Issues:  5
Battle Stories
Issues:  11
Beware! Terror Tales
Issues:  7
Bill Battle
Issues:  4
Bill Boyd Western
Issues:  9
Billy the Kid
Issues:  2
Bob Swift Boy Sportsman
Issues:  3
Bulletman
Issues:  15
Captain Marvel Adventures
Issues:  149
Captain Marvel Jr
Issues:  113
Captain Marvel Story Book
Issues:  3
Captain Midnight
Issues:  28
Captain Video
Issues:  6
Comic Comics
Issues:  4
Don Winslow of the Navy
Issues:  19
Down With Crime
Issues:  5
Exciting Romances
Issues:  11
Fawcett Movie Comic
Issues:  8
Fawcett One-Shots
Issues:  10
Funny Animals
Issues:  27
Gabby Hayes
Issues:  15
George Pals Puppetoons
Issues:  2
Golden Arrow
Issues:  6
Hopalong Cassidy
Issues:  22
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Issues:  5
Hot Rod Comics
Issues:  3
Ibis the Invincible
Issues:  5
Joe Louis
Issues:  1
Love Mystery
Issues:  3
Marvel Family
Issues:  88
Mary Marvel
Issues:  24
Master Comics
Issues:  122
Mighty Midget
Issues:  10
Mike Barnett
Issues:  2
Minute Man
Issues:  3
Monte Hale Western
Issues:  15
Motion Picture Comics
Issues:  10
Negro Romance
Issues:  1
Nickel Comics
Issues:  8
Nyoka the Jungle Girl
Issues:  73
Real Western Hero
Issues:  6
Rocky Lane Western
Issues:  18
Slam-Bang Comics
Issues:  7
Soldier Comics
Issues:  11
Spy Smasher
Issues:  11
Strange Stories from Another World
Issues:  4
Strange Suspense Stories
Issues:  5
Suspense Detective
Issues:  5
Tex Ritter Western
Issues:  6
This Magazine is Haunted
Issues:  14
Underworld Crime
Issues:  7
Whiz Comics
Issues:  145
Worlds of Fear
Issues:  9
Wow Comics
Issues:  63
Young Eagle
Issues:  3