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Series: Captain Marvel Adventures

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1941 - 1953

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Fawcett Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #4 - #150 (147 Issues)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: 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

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color cover; color interiors

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series; anthology

Format Notes:

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#4	October 1941	68	8/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#5	December 1941	68	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#6	January 1942	68	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#7	February 1942	68	9/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#8	March 1942	68	7/6/1
#9	April 1942	68	8/7/1
#10	May 1942	68	9/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#11	May 1942	68	8/6/1
#12	June 1942	68	8/6/1
#13	July 1942	68	8/6/1
#14	August 1942	68	8/6/1
#15	September 1942	68	8/6/1
#16	October 1942	68	10/6/1
#17	November 1942	68	12/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#18	December 1942	68	14/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#19	January 1943	68	13/6/1	4 Issue Images total
#20	January 1943	68	12/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#21	February 1943	68	13/7/1
#22	March 1943	68	14/7/1
#23	April 1943	68	16/6/1
#24	June 1943	68	13/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#25	July 1943	68	13/8/1
#26	August 1943	68	18/8/1
#27	September 1943	68	14/6/1
#28	October 1943	68	12/7/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

October 1941

8/7/1