Fawcett Comics 0

[Electricmastro]

An appreciation thread for Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications who started off with Whiz Comics in 1940 and had halted many of their titles by 1953, their longest-running series having been Whiz Comics, Captain Marvel Adventures, and Master Comics.

Their comics include:

America's Greatest Comics (1941-1943)

Andy Devine Western (1950-1951)

Animal Fair (1946-1947)

Baseball Heroes (1952)

Battle Stories (1952-1953)

Beware! Terror Tales (1952-1953)

Big Book Romances (1950)

Bill Battle, the One Man Army (1952-1953)

Bill Boyd Western (1950-1952)

Billy the Kid (1945-1946)

Bob Colt (1950-1952)

Bob Steele Western (1950-1952)

Bob Swift, Boy Sportsman (1951-1952)

Bulletman (1941-1946)

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953)

Captain Marvel Adventures Wheaties Giveaway (1947)

Captain Marvel and the Good Humor Man (1950)

Captain Marvel and the Lieutenants of Safety (1950-1950)

Captain Marvel, Jr. (1942-1953)

Captain Marvel Story Book (1946-1949)

Captain Marvel Thrill Book (1941)

Captain Midnight/Sweethearts (1942-1953)

Captain Video (1951-1951)

Comic Comics (1946-1947)

Comics Novel (1947)

Copper Canyon (1950)

Cowboy Love (1949-1952)

Crime Smasher (1948)

Dakota Lil (1949)

Destination Moon (1950)

Don Newcombe (1950)

Don Winslow of the Navy (1943-1951)

Down with Crime (1952-1953)

Eddie Stanky (1951)

Exciting Romances (1949-1953)

Fawcett Movie Comic (1950-1952)

Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1954)

Gabby Hayes Western (1948-1953)

Gene Autry Comics (1941-1943)

George Pal's Puppetoons (1945-1950)

Girls in Love (1950-1950)

Golden Arrow (1942-1947)

Hopalong Cassidy (1943-1953)

Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (1945-1947)

Hot Rod Comics (1951-1953)

I Love You (1950)

Ibis the Invincible (1942-1948)

Jackie Robinson (1949-1952)

Joe Louis (1950-1950)

Jungle Girl/Nyoka the Jungle Girl (1942-1953)

Ken Maynard (1950-1952)

Lance O'Casey (1946-1948)

Larry Doby (1950)

Lash Larue Western (1949-1954)

Life Story (1949-1953)

Love Memories (1949-1950)

Love Mystery (1950-1950)

The Marvel Family (1945-1954)

Mary Marvel/Monte Hale Western (1945-1953)

Master Comics (1940-1953)

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime (1951-1952)

Minute Man (1941-1942)

Montana (1950)

Motion Picture Comics (1950-1953)

Negro Romance (1950-1950)

Nickel Comics (1940-1940)

Nutty Comics (1946)

On the Spot (1948)

Ozzie and Babs (1947-1949)

Phil Rizzuto (1951)

Pinhead and Foodini (1951-1952)

Pioneer Marshall (1950)

Powder River Rustlers (1950)

Ralph Kiner (1950)

Rocky Lane Western (1949-1954)

Rod Cameron Western (1950-1953)

Romantic Secrets (1949-1953)

Romantic Story (1949-1953)

Romantic Western (1949-1950)

Roy Campanella (1950)

Singing Guns (1950)

Six-Gun Heroes (1950-1953)

Slam-Bang Comics (1940-1940)

Smiley Burnette Western (1950-1950)

Soldier Comics (1952-1953)

Special Edition (1940)

Spy Smasher (1941-1943)

Strange Stories from Another World (1952-1953)

Strange Suspense Stories (1952-1953)

Suspense Detective (1952-1953)

Sweetheart Diary (1949-1953)

Tex Ritter Western (1950-1954)

This Magazine Is Haunted (1951-1953)

Thrilling True Stories of the Baseball Giants (1952)

Tom Mix Western (1948-1953)

True Confidences (1949-1950)

True Stories of Romance (1949-1950)

True Sweetheart Secrets (1950-1953)

True Tales of Romance (1950)

Underworld Crime (1952-1953)

Unknown World (1952)

Vic Torry and His Flying Saucer (1950)

Whiz Comics (1940-1953)

Whiz Comics Wheaties Giveaway (1947)

Worlds Beyond (1951)

Worlds of Fear (1951-1953)

Wow Comics/Real Western Hero/Western Hero (1940-1952)

X-Mas Comics (1941-1942)

Yogi Berra (1951)

Young Eagle (1950-1952)

Young Marriage (1950)

Edited December 26, 2019 by Electricmastro

[Robot Man]

I think you also need to add the Capt. Marvel Thrill Book to the list...

[fifties]

I'll bet you think I actually like Fawcett comics;

[Marty Mann]

Here's one more for your list.

 

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[Electricmastro]

From Whiz Comics #100 (August, 1948). Art by Kurt Schaffenberger.

[jimbo_7071]

[jimbo_7071]

Monte Hale Western was a Fawcett title; I don't see that one on the list.

[Electricmastro]

5 minutes ago, jimbo_7071 said:

Monte Hale Western was a Fawcett title; I don't see that one on the list.

It was formerly Mary Marvel, having transitioned from Mary Marvel #28 (September, 1948) to Monte Hale Western #29 (October, 1948).

 

Edited December 25, 2019 by Electricmastro

[AJD]

I like Fawcetts. I don't have a whole lot of them, but there are a fair few in my war bonds collection:

And I have this Australian edition

Oh, and the Mighty Midgets are cool too

[aardvark88]

Fawcetts had grey-tones too: Funny Animals:

[Frisco Larson]

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