Fawcett Comics
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Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word "Shazam!".
Other characters published by Fawcett include
Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived
History
In addition to Beck, the line-up of artists who contributed to Fawcett Comics include Al Allard, Harry Anderson,
The whimsical adventures of Captain Marvel and the
Facing a declining comics market, in 1953 Fawcett Comics ceased publication of its superhero titles and settled the ongoing case (the non-comic book divisions of Fawcett continued to publish). Several of Fawcett's completed stories and artwork, as well as a few characters, were sold to
In 1967
Titles published
- All-Hero Comics (1 issue, 1943)
- America's Greatest Comics (8 issues, 1941–1943)
- Andy Devine Western (2 issues (1950–1951)
- Animal Fair (11 issues, 1946–1947)
- Battle Stories (11 issues, 1952–1953)
- Beware! Terror Tales (8 issues, 1952–1953)
- Bill Battle, The One Man Army (4 issues, 1952–1953)
- Bill Boyd Western (23 issues, 1950–1952)
- Billy the Kid (3 issues, 1945–1946)
- Bob Colt (10 issues, 1950–1952)
- Bob Steele Western (10 issues, 1950–1952)
- Bob Swift, Boy Sportsman (5 issues, 1951–1952)
- Bulletman (16 issues, 1941–1946)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (150 issues, 1941–1953)
- Captain Marvel Jr. (118 issues, 1942–1953)
- Captain Marvel Story Book (4 issues, 1946–1949)
- Captain Midnight (67 issues, 1942–1948)
- Captain Video (6 issues, 1951)
- Comic Comics (10 issues, 1946–1947)
- Cowboy Love (11 issues, 1949–1951)
- Don Winslow of the Navy (69 issues, 1943–1951) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Down with Crime (7 issues, 1951–1952)
- Exciting Romances (12 issues, 1949–1953)
- Fawcett's Funny Animals (83 issues, 1942–1954) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series Funny Animals
- Gabby Hayes Western (50 issues, 1948–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comicsseries of the same name
- Gene Autry Comics (10 issues, 1941–1943) – numbering continues in Dell Comics series of the same name
- George Pal's Puppetoons (18 issues, 1945–1947)
- Girls in Love (2 issues, 1950)
- Golden Arrow/Golden Arrow Western (6 issues, 1942–1947)
- Hopalong Cassidy (84 issues, 1946–1953) — numbering continued in DC Comics series of the same name
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny(15 issues, 1945–1947)
- Hot Rod Comics (7 issues, 1951–1953)
- Ibis (6 issues, 1943–1948)
- Jackie Robinson (6 issues, 1949–1952)
- Joe Louis (2 issues, 1950)
- Jungle Girl / Nyoka the Jungle Girl (77 issues, 1945–1953)
- Ken Maynard Western (8 issues, 1950–1952)
- Lance O'Casey (4 issues, 1946–1948)
- Lash Larue Western (46 issues, 1949–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comicsseries of the same name
- Life Story (47 issues, 1949–1953)
- Love Memories (4 issues, 1949–1950)
- Love Mystery (3 issues, 1950)
- The Marvel Family(89 issues, 1945–1954)
- Mary Marvel (28 issues, 1945–1948)
- Master Comics (133 issues, 1940–1953)
- Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime (6 issues, 1951–1952)
- Minute Man (3 issues, 1941–1942)
- Monte Hale Western (54 issues, 1948–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Motion Picture Comics (14 issues, 1950–1953)
- Negro Romance (3 issues, 1950)
- Nickel Comics (8 issues, 1940)
- Ozzie and Babs (13 issues, 1947–1949)
- Pinhead and Foodini (4 issues, 1951–1952) – based on the television show Foodini the Great
- Real Western Hero / Western Hero (43 issues, 1948–1952)
- Rocky Lane Western (55 issues, 1949–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comicsseries of the same name
- Rod Cameron Western (20 issues, 1950-1953)
- Romantic Secrets (39 issues, 1959-1953) – series continues in re-numbered Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Romantic Story (22 issues, 1949-1953) – numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Romantic Western (3 issues, 1949-1950)
- Six-Gun Heroes (23 issues, 1950-1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Slam-Bang Comics (7 issues, 1940)
- Smiley Burnette Western (4 issues, 1950)
- Soldier Comics (11 issues, 1952-1953)
- Spy Smasher (11 issues, 1941-1943)
- Strange Suspense Stories (5 issues, 1952–1953) — continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Suspense Detective (5 issues, 1952-1953)
- Sweetheart Diary (14 issues, 1949-1953) – series continues in re-numbered Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Sweethearts (54 issues, 1948–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- Tex Ritter Western (20 issues, 1950-1954) — numbering continued in Charlton Comics series of the same name
- This Magazine is Haunted (14 issues, 1951–1953) — numbering continued in Charlton Comicsseries of the same name
- Tom Mix Western (61 issues, 1948–1953)
- True Confidences (4 issues, 1949-1950)
- True Stories of Romance (3 issues, 1950)
- True Sweetheart Secrets (11 issues, 1950-1953)
- True Tales of Romance (1 issue, 1950)
- Underworld Crime (7 issues, 1952-1953)
- Unknown World / Strange Stories from Another World (5 issues, 1952-1953)
- Whiz Comics (155 issues, 1940–1953)
- Worlds Beyond / Worlds of Fear (10 issues, 1951-1953)
- Wow Comics (69 issues, 1940–1948) - numbering continued in Real Hero Western.
- Xmas Comics (7 issues, 1941-1952)
- Young Eagle (10 issues, 1950-1952) – series continues in re-numbered Charlton Comics series of the same name
1970s iteration
- Dennis the Menace and His Friends Series(42 issues, 1970–1980)
- Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series(119 issues, 1970–1979)
- Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun(50 issues, 1969–1980)
Fawcett Movie Comic
Fawcett also published several comic book adaptations of Hollywood films under the banner Fawcett Movie Comic. The publications ranged from 1949 to 1952 and were released bi-monthly. Early issues were simply labeled with A Fawcett Publication on the covers with no numbering nor date (other than the copyright year inside). It was not until issue No. 7 (actually the eighth adaptation) that the series started numbering each comic book and using the Fawcett Movie Comic series title. Starting with issue No. 9, the series also printed the month of publication on the covers.
The majority of the comic books were adapted from westerns, with few known exceptions; Ten Tall Men was a French Foreign Legion story taking place in the African desert, The Brigand was a Napoleonic-era swashbuckler and Destination Moon and The Man from Planet X were science fiction space stories.
- Dakota Lil
- Copper Canyon
- Destination Moon (1950)
- Montana
- Pioneer Marshal
- Powder River Rustlers (1949)
- Singing Guns
- No. 7: Gunmen of Abilene (1950)
- No. 8: King of the Bull Whip (December 1950)
- No. 9: The Old Frontier (February 1951)
- No. 10: The Missourians (April 1951)
- No. 11: The Thundering Trail (June 1951)
- No. 12: Rustlers on Horseback (August 1951)
- No. 13: Warpath (October 1951)
- No. 14: The Last Outpost (December 1951)
- No. 15: The Man from Planet X (February 1952)
- No. 16: Ten Tall Men (April 1952)
- No. 17: Rose of Cimarron (June 1952)
- No. 18: The Brigand (August 1952)
- No. 19: Carbine Williams (October 1952)
- No. 20: Ivanhoe (December 1952)
See also
References
- ^ Tom Heintjes (2015-07-04). "An Interview with C. C. Beck | Hogan's Alley". Cartoonician.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ^ "Thrill Comics [ashcan] #1". Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Steranko, Jim. The Steranko History of Comics vol 2. (Supergraphics, 1972).
- ^ 191 F.2d 594 NATIONAL COMICS PUBLICATIONS, Inc. v. FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, Inc. et al.
- ^ Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #12 Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Comics Should Be Good, Comic Book Resources, August 18, 2005
- ^ Shazam! #1 (Feb. 1973).