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Fawcett Comics

Fawcett Publications 1940-1954 --- 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 and Woman's Day. 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. -From GCD and Wikipedia NOTE - Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. You can read more about it on the forums at this link: https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,8604.msg65581.html#msg65581

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America's Greatest Comics

(1941 Series) Each issue is 100pgs! Published: Mar. 1941 - Summer 1943 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 1-8 Featuring: Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Captain Marvel, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet.

Animal Fair

(1946 Series) March 1946 to February 1947 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 11 (#1 - #11)

Battle Stories

(1952 Series) January 1952 to September 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 11 (#1 - #11)

Beware Terror Tales

(1952 Series) May 1952 to July 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 8 (#1-8)

Bill Battle, One Man Army

(1952 Series) Oct. 1952 to Apr. 1953 Fawcett Publications Issues: 4

Bill Boyd Western

1950 series Feb 1950 to Jun 1952 Issues published: 23

Bob Colt

(1950 Series) November 1950 to May 1952 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 10 (#1 - #10)

Bob Steele

( 1950 Series) Dec 1950 to Jun 1952 Issues Published: 10 (#1 - #10)

Bob Swift

(1951 Series) May 1951 to Jan 1952 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 5 (#1 - #5)

Bulletman

(1941 Series) Summer 1941 to Fall 1946 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 15 (#1 - #16) Note - no #13? Bulletman, debuting just under two years after Superman, was part of the first wave of comic book superheroes — just one of a throng that already included The Flash, Hourman, The Human Torch and dozens of others. But Bulletman had a gimmick that made him stand out from the crowd — whereas readers had to shell out an entire dime for most comics, Bulletman's cost only five cents. With a cover date of May, 1940, he debuted in the first issue of Nickel Comics.

Captain Marvel Adventures

(1941 Series) March 1941 to November 1953 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 3-6, 46-129, 131-141 and 143-150 Issues published: 150 (#1 - #150) The Big Red Cheese! The only book to seriously challenge Superman as the most popular superhero comic of its day. Died only after DC finally wore down Fawcett after a years long court battle.

Captain Marvel Jr.

(1942 Series) Nov 18, 1942 to June 1953 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 29-34, 36-106, 108-117 and 119 Issues published: 118 (#1 - #119) Filled with masterful art by Mac Raboy!

Captain Marvel Story Book

(1946 Series) 1946 - 1949 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 1, 2 Issues Published: 4 (#1 - #4) Notes- Text with illustrations.

Captain Midnight

(1942 Series) Sept 1942 to Fall 1948 Issues published: 67 (#1 - #67) Tracking- Series continues with issue #68 as SWEETHEARTS. Fawcett introduced its own version of Captain Midnight here, with a different look than in his previous comic appearances in The Funnies and elsewhere -- the standard aviator look gave way to a more superhero-like outfit reportedly designed by Mac Raboy

Captain Video

(1951 Series) Feb 1951 to Dec 1951 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 6 (#1 - #5) Based on the very early TV series.

Comic Comics

(1946 Series) April 1946 to February 1947 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 10 (#1 - #10)

Cowboy Love

(1949 Series) July 1949 to 1955 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 11 (#1 - #11) #10 Powell story V2#7-Williamson/Evans art

Don Winslow of the Navy

(1943 Series) February 17, 1943 to September 1951 Issues published: 69 1-69 Tracking: continued as a Charlton title with #70.

Down With Crime

(1952 Series) November 1952 to November 1952 Issues Published: 7 (#1 - #7)

Exciting Romances

(1949 Series) 1949 to January 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 12 (#1 - #12)

Fawcett's Funny Animals

(1942 Series) Dec 1942 to 1953 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 31-79 Issues published: 83 (#1 - #83) Tracking: numbering continues in Funny Animals (Charlton, 1953 series)

Fawcett Movie Comic

1950 Series 1950 - December 1952 Issues Published: 14 (#7 - #20) - upload #1-7 oneshots here as well. Series preceded by seven Fawcett movie adaptation one-shots. See: Dakota Lil, Copper Canyon, Destination Moon, Montana, Pioneer Marshal, Powder River Rustlers, and Singing Guns which will be kept in this folder as well.

Gabby Hayes Western

1948 series Nov 1948 to Jan 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 50 Tracking Continued in Gabby Hayes Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #51 onwards.

Gene Autry Comics

(1941 Series) [December] 1941 to September 1943 Issues Published: 10 (#1 - #10) Tracking- numbering continues with Gene Autry Comics (Dell, 1943 series) #11

George Pal's Puppetoons

(1945 Series) Dec 1945 to Dec 1947 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 18 (+1) (#1 - #18),19 Tracking Continues as George Pal's Puppetoons (1950 series) #19. Note - #19 will be included here as well.

Gift Comics

(1942 - 1949) Issues Published: 4 (#1 - #4) Fawcett's holiday giant annuals.

Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow (-- Western #6) 1942 #6 - Spring 1947 Fawcett Publications Issues: 6 #6-Krigstein story

Hopalong Cassidy

(1946 Series) 1946 to November 1953 Issues published: 84 (#2 - #85) NOTE - please do NOT upload issues beyond #77. They are NOT in the public domain. Tracking- Numbering continued from Hopalong Cassidy (1943). Then continued in Hopalong Cassidy (1954) from DC.

Hot Rod Comics

(1951 series) 1951 to February 1953 Issues Published: 7 (#[1] - #7) Notes- Indicia title: HOT ROD COMICS, Featuring Clint Curtis (per check of #1 & #6)

Ibis, The Invincible

(1943 Series) 1943 - Spring 1948 Issues published: 6 (#1-6) Ibis the Invincible is a comic book superhero, created by Bill Parker and Bob Kingett for Whiz Comics #2. Like many magician superheroes of the era, Ibis owes much to the popular comic strip character Mandrake the Magician.

Jackie Robinson

(1949 Series) 1949 to 1952 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 6 (#nn [1] - #6)

Ken Maynard Western

(1950 Series) September 1950 to February 1952 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 8 (#1 - #8) Notes- Indicia title is KEN MAYNARD for at least issues #3, 5, and 7.

Lash LaRue Western

(1949 series) Summer 1949 to Jan 1954 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 46 Tracking: Continues as Lash Larue Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #47 onwards.

Life Story

(1949 series) April 1949 to Oct. 1952 Issues Published: 47 (#1 - #47) Powell stories.: #13,23,26,28,30,32 V8#43-Evans stories.

Marvel Family

(1945 Series) Dec 1945 to Jan 1954 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 1-3, 5-80, 82-89 Issues published: 89 (#1 - #89)

Master Comics

(1940 Series) Mar 1940 to Apr 1953 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 61-126, 128-132 Issues published: 133 (#1-133) Issues 1-6 were oversized at 10.5 x 14 inches. 7-133 were standard newsstand comic books.

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime

(1952 series) December 1951 to October 1952 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues: 6 (#1 - #6) #5-"Market for Morphine" Notes- Based on TV show.

Minute Man

(1941 series) 1941 to Spring 1942 Issues: 3

Monte Hale Western

(1948 Series) October 1948 to June 1953 Issues published: 54 (#29 - #82) Tracking- Continued from Mary Marvel (Fawcett, 1945 series) #28. Continues as Monte Hale Western (Charlton, 1955 series) #83 onwards.

Negro Romance

(1950 Series) June 1950 to October 1950 Issues Published: 3 Tracking: numbering continues with Negro Romance (Charlton, 1955 series) #4 at this link: https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=32525

Nickel Comics

(1940 Series) May 1940 to August 1940 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 8 (#1-8) Nickel Comics was an experiment on the part of its publisher, Fawcett to see if a comic half as thick, costing half as much, and coming out twice as often, could make it in the marketplace. It didn't. Nickel Comics lasted only eight issues.

Nyoka The Jungle Girl

(1945 Series) Winter 1945 to June 1953 Issues published: 76 (#2 - #77) Tracking- Numbering continues from Jungle Girl. Krigstein stories: #11,13,14,17,18

Ozzie and Babs

(1947 Series) December 1947 to Fall 1949 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 13 (#1 - #13) Tracking Numbering continues with TV Teens (Charlton, 1954 series) #14 [1] Notes- Characters first appeared in Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #59 (October 1947).

Real Western Hero/Western Hero

Real Western Hero September 1948 to February 1949 Issues Published: 6 (#70 - #75) Continues from Wow Comics #1-69. Continues as Western Hero #76 onwards. --- Western Hero March 1949 to March 1952 Issues Published: 37 (#76 - #112) COMPLETE SERIES!

Rocky Lane Western

(1949 Series) May 1949 - January 1954 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 1-55 Tracking: Continues as Rocky Lane Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #56 onwards.

Rod Cameron Western

Feb. 1950 #1 - #20 April 1953 Fawcett Publications Issues: 20

Romantic Secrets

1949 series September 1949 - April 1953 Issues published: 39 Tracking: Title continues as Romantic Secrets (Charlton, 1955 series), with different numbering, #5 onwards

Romantic Story

( 1949 Series) Nov 1949 to Summer 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 22 (#1 - #22) Tracking- numbering continues with Romantic Story (Charlton, 1954 series) #23 . Evans Stys. - #15 Powell art - #7,8,16,20

Six-Gun Heroes

(1950 series) Mar 1950 - Nov 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 23 Tracking: Continues as Six-Gun Heroes (Charlton, 1954 series) #24 onwards.

Slam Bang Comics

(1940 Series) Mar 1940 to Sep 1940 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 7 (#1-7) Almost all of these are fiche scans - if you have paper for these Please scan and share them!

Soldier Comics

(1952 series) Jan. 1952 to Sept. 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues: 11 (#1 - #11)

Spy Smasher

(1941 Series) 1941 - February 26, 1943 COMPLETE SERIES! Some are still fiche scans - if you have paper for these Please scan and share them! Issues published: 1-11

Strange Suspense Stories

(1952 series) Jun 1952 to Feb 1953 Issues published: 5 (#1 - #5) COMPLETE SERIES! Tracking notes: Charlton numbering begins with #16

Suspense Detective

(1952 Series) June 1952 to March 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 5 (#1 - #5)

Sweetheart Diary

(1949 Series) Winter 1949 to January 1953 Issues Published: 14 (#1 - #14) #3 6/50 - #5 10/50; #6 1951 (nd); #7, 9/51 - #14, #32, 10/55; #33, 4/56 - #65, 8/52 (photo-c) Notes- Title continues in Sweetheart Diary (Charlton, 1955 series), but with a different numbering #32 onwards.

Sweethearts

(1948 Series) October 1948 - May 1953 Issues published: 68-121 Tracking: Continues from Captain Midnight (1942 series) #1-67. Continues on as Sweethearts (1953 series, Charlton) #122, V2 #23 onward.

Tex Ritter Western

(1950 series) Oct. 1950 - May 1959 Fawcett #1-20 (1/54)/ Charlton #21 on Issues - 46 #39 Williamson art (1/58)

Tom Mix Western

1943 series Jan 1948 - May 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Of those safe for sharing. Issues published: 61 NOTE: #61 is NOT in the public domain. Copyright renewal #RE0000095065

True Sweetheart Secrets

(1950 series) May 1950 to January 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues: 11 1-Photo-c; Debbie Reynolds? 2-Wood-a (11 pgs) 3-11: 4,5-Powell-a 8-Marcus Swaye-a 11-Evans-a

Underworld Crime

(1952 Series) June 1952 to Sept. 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues Published: 7 (#1-7) #7-Bondage/torture cover

Whiz Comics

(1940 Series) Feb 1940 to Jun 1953 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 3-6, 64-98, 105-118, 130-153 and 155 Issues published: 155 (#2 - #155)

Worlds of Fear

(1952 Series) January 1952 to June 1953 COMPLETE SERIES! Issues published: 9 (#2 - #10) Tracking: Series continued from Worlds Beyond #1

Wow Comics

(1940 Series) Winter 1940-41 - Aug 1948 Warner Brothers (current owners of Fawcett copyrights) legal representation has informed us several Fawcett books on DCM were in fact not in the public domain and must come down. The following issues are not allowed on the site: 36-69 Issues published: 1-69

Young Eagle

(1950 Series) December 1950 to June 1952 Issues Published:10 (#1 - #10) Tracking- Young Eagle as a title is continued by Charlton but under a different numbering (1956 series) #3-5. #10-Origin Thunder, Young Eage's horse

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