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Series: Whiz Comics

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1940 - 1953

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Fawcett Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #2 - #155 (155 Issues)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: According to the Fawcett Companion: The Best of FCA, Whiz Comics magazine sold 500,000 per issue its 1st year (eleven issues published this year). Information on Fawcett Comics' annual sales of Whiz Comics from 1941 to the mid-1950s is taken from the book "Juvenile Delinquency" (from 1950).

CIRCULATION DATA
1941 - 3,963,535
1942 - 4,686,658
1943 - 7,773,028
1944 - 8,269,958
1945 - 6,657,661
1946 - 7,149,869
1947 - 4,852,948
1948 - 4,149,523
1949 - 3,270,005
1950 (First 6 months) - 1,406,254

CIRCULATION DATA: Data from Audit Bureau of Circulations via Russ Mahera
Jan 1944 – 788,950
Feb 1944 – 779,982
Mar 1944 – 779,956
Apr 1944 – 775,477
May 1944 – 762,936
Jun 1944 – 757,022
Jul 1944 – 696,768
Aug 1944 – 735,369
Sep 1944 – 739,481
Oct 1944 – 732,536
Nov 1944 – 721,481
Dec 1944 – No issues published

Jan 1945 – 735,862
Feb 1945 – 722,717
Mar 1945 – 711,973
Apr 1945 – 718,553
May 1945 – 718,500
Jun 1945 – No issues published
Jul 1945 – 744,004
Aug 1945 – No issues published
Sep/Oct 1945 – 733,461
Nov/Dec 1945 – 708,659
Dec 1945 – 863,932

Jan 1946 – 877,653
Feb 1946 – 846,413
Mar 1946 – 705,670
Apr 1946 – 570,403
May 1946 – 572,724
Jun 1946 – 471,777
Jul 1946 – 525,686
Aug 1946 – 497,724
Sep 1946 – 534,975
Oct 1946 – 516,786
Nov 1946 – 535,045
Dec 1946 – 495,013

CONTRIBUTORS AND INDEXERS:
Some of these issues were provided on microfiche by Pat Iacovone for indexing. Thanks also to Jerry Bails and Mike Tiefenbacher for their support and contributions to indexing this series.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#132	April 1951	52	14/11/1
#2	February 1940	68	9/7/1
#3	March 1940	68	9/8/1
#4 (3)	April 1940	68	11/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#5 (4)	May 1940	68	10/9/1	2 Issue Images total
#5	June 1940	68	10/9/1	2 Issue Images total
#6	July 1940	68	9/8/1
#7	August 1940	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#8	September 1940	68	10/9/1	2 Issue Images total
#9	October 1940	68	10/9/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	November 1940	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#11	December 1940	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#12	January 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#13	February 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#14	March 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#15	March 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#16	April 1941	68	9/8/1
#17	May 1941	68	9/8/1
#18	June 1941	68	9/8/1	3 Issue Images total
#19	July 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#20	August 1941	68	9/8/1	3 Issue Images total
#21	September 1941	68	11/9/1	2 Issue Images total
#22	October 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#23	October 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	November 1941	68	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total