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Publisher: Gerald G. Swan
Years in Operation: 1940 - 1960
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Country: Flag United Kingdom Web Site: Brands: 1 Indicia Publishers: 2 Series: 61 Printings: 586 (661 Issues) Disclose Notes: Gerald G. Swan, owner and publisher (1902-1980) started his career selling used books and comics around 1921. Sensing the upcoming war and potential paper rationing, he began buying paper rights, thus being one of the few publishers to start during World War 2.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Ah Wong Versus The Cobra {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 4
Archie {Comic Books} 1950 - 1953 2
Archie {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: A gap in publication seems to have occurred between issues #2 and #3 because the page count drops to 28 pages from #3 which is published in late 1957.
1955 - 1958 11 (0)
Archie Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The issues in the series are annuals in name only. While it is uncertain as to exactly when each issue was published since none contain dates, what is certain is that they were not published annually. It appears that publisher Swan retained the word "annual" as it appeared on the covers of the American source issues. Start date based on when first mentioned in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1950 series), listing in Bookseller's Publications of the Week (Saturday 17 November 1951) as October 1951, and promotion in 1952 albums. Issue #20 dated November 1958 according to promo in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #11, so final issues in 1959.
1951 - 1959 16
Archie Giant Series {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Archie's Christmas Stocking {Comic Books} 1955 - 1958 1
Archie's Christmas Stocking {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Dates uncertain because no specific advertising seen for paperback editions.
1957 - 1958 2 (0)
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica {Comic Books} 1955 - 1958 3
Archie's Joke Book {Comic Books} 1956 - 1958 10 (0)
Archie's Pal Jughead {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Start date based on advertising for The Practical Hearth and Home Book, which was published in 1956 according to the British Library.
1956 - 1958 1
Back from the Dead {Comic Books} 1940 - 1940 1
Birthday Fun {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Blue Bolt {Comic Books} 1952 - 1954 22
Buffalo Bill Album {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Bumper New Funnies {Comic Books} 1950 - 1
Coloured Slick Fun {Comic Books} 1945 - 1951 69
Coloured Slick Fun Budget {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Remaindered copies of Coloured Slick Fun and Scramble. More combinations may exist.
1950 - 1952 3
Comic Colour Album {Comic Books} 1948 - ? 1
Comicolour {Comic Books} 1946 - 1949 11
Comicolour {Comic Books} 1953 - 1955 4
Comicute Budget {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Remaindered comics, with new covers.
1951 - 1952 2
Confessions of Love {Comic Books} 1954 - 1955 14
Cute Fun {Comic Books} 1946 - 1951 43
Cute Fun Album {Comic Books} 1947 - 1956 10
Cute Fun Annual {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 6
Darling Romance {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may exist.
1950 - 1950 1
Dynamic Thrills {Comic Books} 1951 - 1952 10
Extra Fun {Comic Books} 1940 - 4
Extra Fun {Comic Books} 1952 - 2
Fresh Fun {Comic Books} 1940 - 1951 32
Funnies Album {Comic Books} 1942 - 1959 11
Funnies Budget {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Remaindered copies of New Funnies (Gerald G. Swan, 1940 series).
1950 - 1
Indian Warriors Album {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Kiddyfun {Comic Books} 1945 - 1951 12
Kiddyfun Album {Comic Books} 1945 - 1956 8
Mighty Comic Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Rebound remaindered comics, with new cover. Contents may vary.
1952 - 1
New Funnies {Comic Books} 1940 - 1951 42
Old Hooky Buccaneer {Comic Books} 1940 - 1940 1
Pep {Comic Books} 1956 - 1958 4
Picture Epics {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Picture Epics {Comic Books} 1952 - 1952 4 (0)
Picture Epics {Comic Books} 1952 - ? 0
Schoolgirl {Comic Books} 1951 - 1
Scramble {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Boy's paper
1947 - 1950 57
Scramble Annual {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 3
Secrets of Love {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may remain to be documented.
1954 - ? 11
Slick Fun {Comic Books} 1940 - 1945 21
Slick Fun Album {Comic Books} 1949 - 1956 5
Space Conquerors {Comic Books} 1940 - ? 1
Tales of Wells Fargo {Comic Books} 1965 - 1 (0)
Thrill Comics {Comic Books} 1940 - 1950 35
Topical Funnies {Comic Books} 1940 - 1951 36
True to Life Romances {Comic Books} 1954 - 1955 16
War Comics {Comic Books} 1940 - 1943 21
Western Comic Album {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Western Fun Album {Comic Books} 1953 - ? 3
Western Fun Comic {Comic Books} 1953 - 1954 6
Western Outlaws {Comic Books} 1954 - 1954 8
Western War Comic {Comic Books} 1949 - 1950 5
Western War Comic {Comic Books} 1952 - 1953 7
Wilbur Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may remain to be documented.
1950 - 1950 1

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