Whiz Comics
#4 (3)
Apr 1940
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First appearances, origins and turning points, led by the debuts of the characters who appear most across the catalog.

#50
Jan 1944
1st appearance of Old Man of the Mountains
Whiz Comics
#2
Feb 1940
Origin of Billy Batson

#15
Mar 1941
Origin of Beautia Sivana

#18
Jun 1941
1st appearance of Nero

#49
Dec 1943
1st appearance of Aka

#20
Aug 1941
1st appearance of Anita

#122
Jun 1950
1st appearance of Moloch

#31
Jun 1942
1st appearance of Mike Bellew

#17
May 1941
1st appearance of King Richard

#22
Oct 1941
1st appearance of Whitey Murphy

#7
Aug 1940
1st appearance of Maxinya

#3
Mar 1940
1st appearance of Taki
Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.
Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.
Characters who debut here, led by those who appear most across the catalog. 47 in all.
According to the Fawcett Companion: The Best of FCA, Whiz Comics magazine sold 500,000 per issue its first year (eleven issues published that 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 January 1944 – 788,950 February 1944 – 779,982 March 1944 – 779,956 April 1944 – 775,477 May 1944 – 762,936 June 1944 – 757,022 July 1944 – 696,768 August 1944 – 735,369 September 1944 – 739,481 October 1944 – 732,536 November 1944 – 721,481 December 1944 – No issues published
January 1945 – 735,862 February 1945 – 722,717 March 1945 – 711,973 April 1945 – 718,553 May 1945 – 718,500 June 1945 – No issues published July 1945 – 744,004 August 1945 – No issues published September/October 1945 – 733,461 November/December 1945 – 708,659 December 1945 – 863,932
January 1946 – 877,653 February 1946 – 846,413 March 1946 – 705,670 April 1946 – 570,403 May 1946 – 572,724 June 1946 – 471,777 July 1946 – 525,686 August 1946 – 497,724 September 1946 – 534,975 October 1946 – 516,786 November 1946 – 535,045 December 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.
From the Grand Comics Database.