Whiz Comics

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.