Note: Ashcan created to secure trademark of title and logo. Precursor to Nickel Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series). The inside story in ashcan corresponds to the first four pages of Dan Dare's adventure from Whiz Comics #3 (pages 52-55) of March 1940.

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of America's Greatest Comics from 1941 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1941 - 276,354 1942 - 1,821,232 1943 - 931,512

Note: Covers read "Andy Devine Western" but the indicia simply reads "Andy Devine".

Note: The indicia for the first issue reads "FAWCETT'S FUNNY ANIMALS"; for the remaining issues it's just "FUNNY ANIMALS" Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Animal Fair from 1946 to the 1947 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 1,645,158 1947 - 189,843

Note: Giant anthology; there is no indicia, title and issue number taken from the cover; the contents were remaindered copies from three different Fawcett romance comics, minus original covers, rebound under a new photo cover; contents may vary, issue to issue; There are adverts for other Fawcett titles as follows: inside front cover: Exciting Romances (#1, 1949), Romantic Western (#1, 1949) and Sweetheart Diary (#1, 1949) inside back cover: Sweethearts #79 (September 1949) back cover: True Confessions, November 1949 (non-comics magazine) Contents of known issue: Sweethearts #71, January 1949 Life Story #9, December 1949 Romantic Secrets #1, September 1949

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Bill Boyd from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,032,360

Note: Cover title is Billy The Kid and Oscar but indicia says just Billy The Kid. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Billy The Kid Comics from 1946 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 611,630

Note: Apparently, there was no #13. It was to have been printed in the winter of 1945. A few possible reasons for its not being published are WW2 ending, or Fox's trouble with bankruptcy at his company including his printing press company (if he did own it). The cover was printed at Central Printing Company in Pennsylvania, but never used. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Bulletman from 1941 to the 1946 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1941 - 574,794 1942 - 1,544,298 1943 - 245,678 1946 - 680,434

Note: While a World War I Army captain, Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett's experience with the Army publication Stars and Stripes gave him the notion to get into publishing. His bawdy cartoon and joke magazine, Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, became the launchpad for a vast publishing empire embracing magazines, comic books and paperback books. The title Captain Billy's Whiz Bang combined Fawcett's military moniker with the nickname of a destructive World War I artillery shell. According to one account, the earliest issues were mimeographed pamphlets, typed on a borrowed typewriter and peddled around Minneapolis by Captain Billy and his four sons. However, in Captain Billy's version, he stated that when he began publishing in October 1919, he ordered a print run of 5,000 copies because of the discount on a large order compared with rates for only several hundred copies. Distributing free copies of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang to wounded veterans and his Minnesota friends, he then circulated the remaining copies to newsstands in hotels. The publication, delivered in a 64-page, saddle-stitched, digest-sized format, soon saw a dramatic increase in sales. By 1923, the magazine had a circulation of 425,000 with $500,000 annual profits. With the rising readership of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Fawcett racked up more sales with Whiz Bang annuals, and in 1926, he launched a similar publication, Smokehouse Monthly. The popularity of Whiz Bang peaked during the 1920s. It continued into the 1930s, but circulation slowed as readers graduated to the more sophisticated humor of Esquire, founded in 1933. It had an influence on many other digest-sized cartoon humor publications, including Charley Jones Laugh Book, which was still being published during the 1950s.

Note: These indexes incorporate information from Ray Miller's Captain Marvel Adventures index in RBCC #96-99. Thanks to Pat, Jerry, Mike, and Murray. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Captain Marvel Adventures magazine from 1941 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1941 - 2,631,934 1942 - 6,447,715 1943 - 11,834,535 1944 - 14,067,800 1945 - 11,547,728 1946 - 9,974,702 1947 - 9,024,563 1948 - 8,959,717 1949 - 7,041,329 1950 (First 6 months) - 3,023,220 1944 Jan 1944 – 1,245,638 Feb 1944 – 1,340,438 Mar 1944 – 1,364,263 Apr 1944 – 1,339,950 May 1944 – 1,360,524 Jun 1944 – 1,288,428 Jul 1944 – 1,157,573 Aug 1944 – 1,250,692 Sep 1944 – 1,264,726 Oct 1944 – 1,239,400 Nov 1944 – 1,216,168 Dec 1944 – No issue published 1945 Jan 1945 – 1,233,413 Feb 1945 – 1,231,833 Mar 1945 – 1,184,315 Apr 1945 – 1,267,811 May 1945 – 1,272,721 Jun 1945 – No issue published Jul 1945 – 1,342,174 Aug/Sep 1945 – 1,347,037 Oct/Nov 1945 – 1,284,867 Dec 1945 – 1383,557 1946 Jan 1946 – 1,384,993 Feb 1946 – 944,849 Mar 1946 – 936,605 Apr 1946 – 745,323 May 1946 – 696,401 Jun 1946 – 534,752 Jul 1946 – 712,161 Aug 1946 – 802,495 Sep 1946 – 793,582 Oct 1946 – 755,027 Nov 1946 – 852,635 Dec 1946 – 815,889

Note: A giveaway distributed by Bestmaid/Samuel Lowe Co.

Note: Bond Bread giveaway.

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Captain Marvel Jr from 1942 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1942 - 618,367 1943 - 4,395,907 1944 - 5,245,696 1945 - 4,069,797 1946 - 4,439,413 1947 - 3,973,738 1948 - 3,992,980 1949 - 3,287,756 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,471,435

Note: A giveaway distributed by Bestmaid/Samuel Lowe Co.

Note: Bond Bread Giveaway

Note: Text with comic pages and comic illustrations. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Captain Marvel Storybook from 1946 to the 1949 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 158,075 1947 - 219,755 1948 - 202,873 1949 - 215,757

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Captain Midnight from 1942 to the 1948 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1942 - 777,193 1943 - 3,754,631 1944 - 2,933,700 1945 - 2,316,893 1946 - 3,110,396 1947 - 2,765,160 1948 - 1,683,353

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Comic Comics from 1946 to the 1947 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 1,463,453 1947 - 205,177

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Cowboy Love from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 1,770,626 1950 (First 6 months) - 858,130

Note: See also Fawcett Movie Comic. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Dakota Lil from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 284,196

Note: Publishing hiatus between #64 (December 1948) and #65 (January 1951). Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Don Winslow from 1943 to the 1948 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1943 - 2,134,879 1944 - 2,692,717 1945 - 2,320,867 1946 - 2,742,138 1947 - 3,333,378 1948 - 2,847,479

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Exciting Romance from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 226,737 1950 (First 6 months) - 348,045

Note: 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.

Note: The indicia for this series is as follows: Issues #1-26: Funny Animals Issues #27-79: Fawcett's Funny Animals Issues #80-83: Funny Animals Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Funny Animals from 1942 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1942 - 191,741 1943 - 3,174,042 1944 - 4,146,988 1945 - 4,239,912 1946 - 4,282,458 1947 - 2,341,351 1948 - 1,118,290 1949 - 766,684 1950 (First 6 months) - 315,910

Note: One of two ashcan produced that did not secure the trademarks. The other is Thrill Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series). This title has two known issues. One version features the Golden Arrow. The other version features early version of Captain Marvel named Captain Thunder. Unable to secure trademarks for Thrill, Flash, or Captain Thunder, Captain Thunder would be renamed as Captain Marvel. Thrill and Flash renamed as Whiz Comics with issue #2. The eight-page origin story of Captain Thunder essentially corresponds to the first seven pages as published in the first issue of Whiz Comics (#2) with the 13th and final page of the full story.

Note: These were distributed as a mail-in premium as a single set. There is no publisher information on these comics. Our selection of Fawcett as publisher is because they were publishing the regular Gabby Hayes comic at the time -- Gabby Hayes Western (Fawcett, 1948 Series).

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Gabby Hayes from 1948 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1948 - 451,538 1949 - 4,665,263 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,796,502

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Gene Autry from 1941 to the 1943 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1941 - 292,640 1942 - 1,070,071 1943 - 2,309,850

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Geo. Pal's Puppetoons 1946 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 947,139 1947 - 2,237,003 1950 (First 6 months) - 180,000

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Gift Comics from 1942 to the 1943 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1942 - 132,791 1943 - 73,739

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Girls In Love from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 311,574

Note: A giveaway distributed by Bestmaid/Samuel Lowe Co.

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Hapalong Cassidy from 1943 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1943 - 305,903 1946 - 878,595 1947 - 4,333,843 1948 - 8,582,681 1949 - 8,050,054 1950 (First 6 months) - 3,650,087

Note: A Bond Bread premium.

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Hoppy Marvel from 1946 to the 1947 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 908,409 1947 - 1,531,283

Note: A giveaway distributed by Bestmaid/Samuel Lowe Co.

Note: Indicia title: HOT ROD COMICS, Featuring Clint Curtis (per check of #1 & #6).

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of I Love You from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 159,000

Note: Many thanks to Pat Iacovone and Murray Ward for materials used in this index. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Ibis from 1942 to the 1948 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1942 - 208,890 1943 - 271,061 1946 - 667,796 1948 - 212,735

Note: This 8 page ashcan contains the text story "Unmarried Bride" as well as a page of poetry, the last two pages are blank.

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Jackie Robinson from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 316,239 1950 (First 6 months) - 228,430

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Joe Louis from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 170,250

Note: Thanks to Pat Iacovone for the fiche from which part of this index was constructed.

Note: Cover and splash page title is KEN MAYNARD WESTERN, indicia title is KEN MAYNARD

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Lance O'Casey from 1946 to the 1948 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 644,465 1948 - 204,230

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Lash La Rue from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 640,289 1950 (First 6 months) - 981,522

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Life Story from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 3,259,992 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,686,199

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Love Memories from 1949 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1949 - 290,545 1950 (First 6 months) - 568,406

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Love Mystery from mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1950 (First 6 months) - 160,995

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Marvel Family from 1945 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 1,843,985 1947 - 4,217,828 1948 - 4,821,353 1949 - 4,259,444 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,978,441

Note: Mary Marvel Comics on cover of #1 and #2 and in indicia of #1 only. Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Mary Marvel from 1946 to the 1948 is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1946 - 1,548,938 1947 - 3,047,807 1948 - 2,135,682

Note: Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Master Comics from 1941 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950). CIRCULATION DATA 1941 - 1,552,197 1942 - 2,698,077 1943 - 5,390,246 1944 - 5,933,851 1945 - 4,448,897 1946 - 4,231,471 1947 - 3,696,499 1948 - 3,703,703 1949 - 2,692,960 1950 (First 6 months) - 1,105,408