Years in Operation:
1919 - ?
Detail
Country:
United States
Web Site:
Brands:
4
Indicia Publishers:
10
Series:
177
Printings:
2763 (2762 Issues)
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
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