Fawcett Publications

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comic book publisher magazine publisher publishing company

Fawcett Publications was a major American magazine and comic book publisher best known for producing popular titles such as Captain Marvel (Shazam) and a wide range of pulp magazines and paperbacks in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf comic book publisher ⓘ
magazine publisher ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ
acquiredBy CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
brand Fawcett Crest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gold Medal Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceasedComicBookPublishing 1953 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1970s ⓘ
distributedBy Independent News Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robbinsdale, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Gordon Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roscoe Kent Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warren Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilford Hamilton Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime comics ⓘ
humor magazines ⓘ
men's adventure magazines ⓘ
pulp fiction ⓘ
romance comics ⓘ
superhero comics ⓘ
headquartersLocation Greenwich, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1919 ⓘ
industry publishing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalDispute DC Comics copyright infringement lawsuit over Captain Marvel ⓘ
notableMagazine Mechanix Illustrated NERFINISHED ⓘ
True Confessions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woman's Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSeries Gold Medal paperback line NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Captain Marvel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Captain Marvel Adventures NERFINISHED ⓘ
Captain Marvel Jr. stories ⓘ
Mary Marvel stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Master Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whiz Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wow Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany CBS Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ
product comic books ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
paperback books ⓘ
pulp magazines ⓘ
publicationPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
publishedCharacter Captain Marvel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Captain Marvel Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary Marvel NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Fawcett Books NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Golden Age of Comic Books → notablePublisher → Fawcett Publications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawcett Comics
Billy Batson → originalPublisher → Fawcett Publications ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fawcett Comics
DC Comics characters (Billy Batson) → originallyPublishedBy → Fawcett Publications ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Batson
this entity surface form: Fawcett Comics
The Executioners → publisher → Fawcett Publications ⓘ