Hi Gang,
Considering all the Fawcett books that have been going up these days on DCM I figure the best place to continue this section is with Fawcett Publications. Let's start at the top and work our way down.
You can read a bio on Capt. Billy who started Fawcett at this link: http://www.mnopedia.org/person/fawcett-wilford-hamilton-captain-billy-1885-1940
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#1 - 1942-The Fawcett Brothers donating blood
A publicity photo of the brothers now in control of the company after the death of their father in 1940 shortly after the first issue of Whiz Comics came out.
Rosco (far left) was in charge of circulation in 1939 and decided the company should start publishing their own comics line. You can read a 1997 interview with him in TwoMorrows' 'Fawcett Companion'.
You can read a very detailed history of Capt Billy and the Fawcett titles on this site: http://www.captainmarvelculture.com/1capmaj.html
Many of these pictures came from TwoMorrows' 'The Fawcett Companion' and were found online.
You can find the book for sale here (and we highly recommend it)
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=207
#2 - 1940s-Fawcett executive retreat at Breezy Point Resort
Breezy Point Resort was created by Capt. Billy on land bought by Capt. Billy in 1921. It's still a going concern. https://breezypointresort.com/resort-history
#3 - 1942-Fawcett editorial meeting
From Writer's Digest 1946 article on Fawcett's methods and reprinted in 'The Fawcett Companion' starting on pg18.
#4 - 1942-Fawcett art staff
Also from 'The Fawcett Companion'
#5 - 1942-1942-Fawcett art staff 2
Originally from FCA #54
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#6 -Otto Binder, writer
(26 August 1911 - 14 October 1974)
A prolific writer of all types he also wrote in collaboration with his brother, Earl, under the pen name Eando Binder. He started working in comics in 1939 at the Harry 'A' Chesler shop before ending up with Fawcett as the main scripter for 'Captain Marvel Adventures'. He wrote 451 of the 618 stories, according to Jim Steranko.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/binder_otto.htm
#7 - 1940s-Fawcett Capt Marvel staff
(L to R) Jack Binder, CC Beck, and Otto Binder say cheers.
From https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/turoksonofstone/blog/turoksonofstones-terrible-time-machine-special-edi/64137/
#8 - CC Beck, artist
(9 June 1910 - 22 November 1989)
He began as a humor illustrator for Fawcett's pulp magazines in 1933. In 1939 Beck was assigned to design the character which was to become 'Captain Marvel'. The strip became the best-selling comic feature on the American market, and Beck was promoted to chief artist.
In 1941 C.C. Beck opened his own comicbook studios, drawing not only for 'Captain Marvel', but for 'Spy Smasher' and 'Ibis, the Invincible' as well. Beck opened a second studio in 1944, but in 1954 he had to close both studios due to lagging sales and a copyright infringement lawsuit against 'Captain Marvel' which was won by DC and forced Fawcett to close its comic division.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beck_cc.htm
#9 - Pete Costanza, artist
(May 19, 1913 - June 28, 1984)
is best known for his work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family..
He was one of CC Beck's chief assistant on the Capt. Marvel feature.
When Fawcett stopped publishing comics Costanza freelanced for Gilberton, Charlton, the American Comics Group (ACG), for which he was widely known for his work on "Magicman" and "Forbidden Worlds,"
In 1967, Costanza succeed Curt Swan as artist of 'Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'. Over for the next three years, until retiring due to a stroke in 1971,
He taught himself to oil paint left-handed, and produced over 400 paintings during the remainder of his life.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/costanza_peter.htm
#10 - Charles Tomsey, artist
Charles Tomsey (?)
Artist that worked for Fawcett in the 40s and 50s and as an Art Associate at Marvel in the 40s. He would also in for Trojan, Hillman and Aviation Press at some point.
He worked on Spy Smasher, Ibis, Mr. Scarlet, Phantom Eagle, Bulletman, Captain Midnight and several Lance O’Casey stories for Fawcett.
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#11 - Kurt Schaffenberger, artist
(15 December 1920, Germany - 24 January 2002)
Is best known for his work on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family during both the Golden Age and Bronze Age of comics, as well as his work on the title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane during the 1950s and 1960s. He would also work on ACG's 'Adventures into the Unknown', Cracked Magazine and romance titles for Harvey and Marvel.
#12 - Mac Raboy, artist
(April 17, 1914 – December 12, 1967)
Legendary artist of Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio before moving to Fawcett. In 1944, he left Fawcett to join Spark Publications, where he drew the 'Green Lama' until 1946.
In the spring of 1946, King Features hired Raboy to continue the Sunday page adventures of Flash Gordon, which he continued to work on until his death.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raboy_mac.htm
#13 - Marc Swayze, writer and artist
(July 17, 1913 – October 14, 2012)
Worked from 1941 to 1953 for Fawcett Comics as an artist on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. He was the co-creator of Mary Marvel and wrote many Captain Marvel scripts and continued to do so while he served in the United States Army during WW2. After the war he arranged to produce art and stories on a freelance basis. He worked on The Phantom Eagle (Wow Comics), as well as drawing the "Flyin' Jenny" newspaper strip for Bell Syndicate. His last work for Fawcett was on romance comics.
His final comics work was for Charlton until he quit comics in the middle 1950s. He was hired by Olin Matheson to establish the art department for the company's packaging division.
Swayze wrote a column of his memoirs in 'Alter Ego' magazine, from 1996 until his death, under the title, We Didn't Know It Was the Golden Age!
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/swayze_marc.htm
#14 - Jack Binder, artist
(11 August 1902 - 6 March 1986)
He joined the Harry "A" Chesler comic shop in 1937 as the shop art director. In 1940 he left the Chesler studio and formed his own shop. After three years Binder closed his shop and went to work for the studio of C.C. Beck where he drew 'Mr. Scarlett' and 'Mary Marvel' for Fawcett. In 1946 he resigned the studio to pursue his personal art career.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/binder_jack.htm
#15 - Sheldon Moldoff, artist
This one might surprise some to find him here. But read on...
(April 14, 1920 – February 29, 2012)
Moldoff is easily best known for his early work on the DC Comics creating Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Black Pirate, and as one of Bob Kane's primary 'ghost artists' for decades.
After WW2 he was also drawing for Standard, Fawcett, Marvel and EC Comics. He recalled in a 2000 interview that, "I had shown 'This Magazine Is Haunted' and 'Tales of the Supernatural' to [Fawcett Comics'] Will Lieberson before I showed them to [EC Comics'] Bill Gaines, because I trusted Will Lieberson much more." Fawcett turned them down. EC made a deal but Gaines reneged on it. Fawcett reconsidered and started 'This Magazine Is Haunted' and 'Worlds of Fear' and then 'Strange Suspense Stories.' Moldoff got as much work as he could handle until the horror trend finally ended.
http://charm-of-charlton.de/
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moldoff_sheldon.htm
That's it for this batch, hope you liked them,
-Yoc