Gerald G. Swan
1940
-
1960
- A-Z
- 1
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 2
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 3
- Total Number of Series:
- 50
- Total Number of Issues:
- 628
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Notes:
- Gerald G. Swan, owner and publisher (1902-1980) started his career selling used books and comics around 1921. Sensing the upcoming war and potential paper rationing, he began buying paper rights, thus being one of the few publishers to start during World War 2.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie [m] | 1950 | 10 issues (10 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 8) | [1950] (see notes) - 1952 |
| Archie [m] | 1955 | 11 issues (9 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 11) | [1955] (see notes) - [June 1958] |
| Archie Annual [m] | 1951 | 27 issues (3 indexed) | Have 14 (Need 18) | [1951] - 1959 |
| Archie Giant Series [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Archie's Christmas Stocking [a] | 1955 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1955] |
| Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica | 1950 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | 1950 - 1951 ? |
| Birthday Fun [b] | 1948 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1948 |
| Blue Bolt [m] | 1950 | 22 issues (3 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 6) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Buffalo Bill Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Bumper New Funnies | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | January 1950 |
| Coloured Slick Fun | 1945 | 69 issues (0 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 53) | 1945 - 1951 |
| Coloured Slick Fun Budget | 1950 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 - 1952 |
| Comic Colour Album [b] | 1948 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1948 |
| Comicolour | 1946 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 10) | 1946 - 1949 |
| Comicolour | 1953 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1955 |
| Comicute Budget | 1951 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1951 - 1952 |
| Confessions of Love | 1954 | 14 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1954 - 1955 |
| Cute Fun [m] | 1946 | 43 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 41) | [June] 1946 - September 1951 |
| Cute Fun Album [a] | 1947 | 10 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 6) | 1947 - 1956 |
| Cute Fun Annual [b] | 1950 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - ? |
| Darling Romance | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 |
| Dynamic Thrills | 1951 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 4) | January 1951 - 1952 |
| Extra Fun | 1940 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1940 - 1940 |
| Extra Fun | 1952 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1952 - 1952 |
| Fresh Fun | 1940 | 32 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 31) | 1940 - 1951 |
| Funnies Album [a] | 1942 | 18 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 9) | 1942 ? - 1959 ? |
| Funnies Budget | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | June 1950 |
| Indian Warriors Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Jughead [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Kiddyfun | 1945 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1945 - 1951 |
| Kiddyfun Album [a] | 1945 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 6) | 1945 ? - 1956 ? |
| Mighty Comic Annual | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 |
| New Funnies | 1940 | 42 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 40) | 1940 - 1951 |
| Pep [m] | 1955 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 3) | 1955 - [1956] |
| Picture Epics [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Picture Epics [m] | 1952 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1952 ? - 1952 ? |
| Schoolgirl | 1951 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1951 |
| Scramble | 1947 | 57 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 55) | 1947 - 1950 ? |
| Scramble Annual [b] | 1950 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 3) | 1948 - ? |
| Secrets of Love | 1954 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 9) | 1954 - ? |
| Slick Fun | 1940 | 21 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 21) | 1940 - 1945 |
| Slick Fun Album [a] | 1949 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 4) | 1949 - 1956 ? |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1965 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1965 |
| Thrill Comics | 1940 | 35 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 35) | 1940 - 1950 |
| Topical Funnies | 1940 | 36 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 34) | 1940 - 1951 |
| True to Life Romances | 1954 | 16 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 13) | 1954 - [undated] |
| War Comics | 1940 | 21 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 13) | 1940 - 1943 |
| Western Comic Album [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Western Fun Album [b] | 1953 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 ? - ? |
| Western Fun Comic | 1953 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Western Outlaws | 1954 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 7) | 1954 - 1954 ? |
| Western War Comic | 1949 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 4) | 1949 - 1950 |
| Western War Comic | 1952 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 5) | 1952 - 1953 |
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