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	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Fawcett Publications" (A-Z titles)
		Ibis, the Invincible [microform] -- Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications, 1943-1948.
		Ibis the Invincible [microform] -- Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett, 1943-1948.
		Lance O'Casey [microform] -- Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications, 1946-1948.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/frri/fawc_p.htm (3247 words)

	Fawcett Comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s.
		Its most popular character was Captain Marvel (not to be confused with Marvel Comics' character of the same name), the alter ego of boy radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he spoke the magic word "SHAZAM!".
		Fawcett Publications began in 1919 with the magazine Captain Billy's Whiz Bang and eventually expanded into a line of periodicals with a combined circulation of ten million a month.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fawcett_Comics (354 words)

	FAWCETT COMICS STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		First of all, Fawcett seems to appear only until 1940, when Captain Marvel first appeared on a comic book (talking of Fawcett Comics is unavoidably, talk of the World's Mightiest Mortal), and the problems they ever have since the creation of such a powerful icon.
		Fawcett decided to quit the fight, even though they had a great chance of winning once more the case.
		Fawcett decided to stop one of the most successful and great inventions of the Comics Iconography, for $400,000, that DC paid, but not only for Captain Marvel, but some other characters of the Publishing House, such as, Shazam, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Uncle Dudley, Mr.
	www.angelfire.com /comics/eternity0/captainmarvel03.html (1019 words)

	Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management: Can magazine publishing operate within a large corporate environment? - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Roger Fawcett was the only brother directly involved in running the company by then, and the only brother to attend the party.
		Fawcett had never been considered a particularly generous company, but it always paid suppliers--writers, photographers and other freelance talent-- within 30 days and often sooner.
		For it seemed that the computer service heretofore allotted to CBS Publications was programmed to handle such mundane editorial expenses as the purchase of articles and illustrations-- and little else.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3065/is_n11_v16/ai_6082281 (1405 words)

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		He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family had virtually excluded him from public office until his consulship with his nephew Caligula in 37.
		Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/Main_Page.wikipedia (725 words)

	Carlisle v. Fawcett Publications, Inc. (1962) 201 CA2d 733
		Furthermore, there is a public interest which attaches to people who by their accomplishments, mode of living, professional standing or calling, create a legitimate and widespread attention to their activities.
		Such public figures have to some extent lost the right of privacy, and it is proper to go further in dealing with their lives and public activities than with those of entirely private persons.
		[16] It is further contended that the article is fictionalized and that because the publication is not restricted to a cold recital of the skeletal facts of the marriage and the annulment but fills in the gaps with the supposed conversations and thoughts of the participants, the article moves from the permitted to the improper.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/CA2/201CA2d733.htm (4077 words)

	CHS: Comics: Heroes, Heartthrobs & Horrors
		Fawcett runs into copyright troubles with Max Gaines of National Periodicals Publications (DC) who published a comic book of the same name, with a similar-sounding hero.
		Fawcett stories are reproduced in Canadian comic books, with the artwork retouched to produce Canadian versions of the Fawcett characters.
		Fawcett discontinues all of its superhero titles, as a result of over a decade of lawsuits from National/DC and dwindling interest in the superhero genre.
	www.chs.org /comics/fawcett.htm (1166 words)

	Meeropol v Nizer
		Fawcett moved to stay the Connecticut action and sought leave to intervene in the New York action.
		It held that because they were the sons of the Rosenbergs, Michael and Robert were "public figures" and that in order to recover plaintiffs would have to establish that defendants' book was published with reckless disregard for the truth.
		Thus, even if we assumed arguendo that Robert and Michael Meeropol were not "public figures" at the time this book was published, the book could not have defamed them or invaded their privacy since the book never referred to them by the Meeropol name or in any way linked the Rosenbergs to the Meeropols.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/FTRIALS/Rosenb/ROS_CT5.HTM (4353 words)

	CHS: Comics: Heroes, Heartthrobs & Horrors
		A Greenwich, Connecticut publisher, Fawcett Publications, was one of the most prominent comic book publishers during the 1940’s.
		Fawcett’s comic books were circulated worldwide: Captain Marvel, despite being a Superman imitation himself, spawned several imitators, including uniquely Canadian and English versions of the character.
		In 1938, future Fawcett artist Chad Grothkopf drew his character Willie the Worm for an experimental animated film clip, one of the first examples of animation to be shown on television.
	www.chs.org /comics/influence.htm (2013 words)

	POSTING: Greenwich Renovation; A Freshened Face for Fawcett Building - New York Times
		The former headquarters of Fawcett Publications - a onetime publisher, printer and distributor of magazines and books in Greenwich, Conn. - is being renovated into an office and retail building.
		The four-story structure at the corner of Fawcett Place and Greenwich Avenue will contain 66,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of retail space when the $20 million project is completed this June.
		Fawcett, which put out popular magazines with circulations in the millions, such as Woman's Day and Mechanix Illustrated, as well as several lines of paperback books, was sold in 1977 to Diamadis Communications, the American subsidiary of Hachette Publications, a French publishing conglomerate.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DF1E3FF93BA35757C0A966958260 (277 words)

	The Short But Happy Life of Captain Marvel
		Fawcett rose to the rank of captain during World War I, and his hobby was collecting off-color jokes.
		The digest-size Whiz-Bang sold for 25 cents and, according to one historian, "found its humor in the predicaments of the farmer's daughter, whose virtue was constantly in peril, in pictures of privies and in the escapades of Pedro, the Whiz-Bang bull.
		The original name of Fawcett's vanguard superhero was Captain Thunder, and he was going to be the leader of a pack of heroes.
	cagle.msnbc.com /hogan/features/marvel.asp (2844 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Also stemming from the Fawcett Publications house was other well known magazines as McCall’s and the Redbook.
		The Fawcett Publications building stood in Robbinsdale for many years, and was torn down roughly 10 years ago.
		With the war going on at the same time and Billy Fawcett’s publication business in Robbinsdale, it made sense that they would tie into the magazine and its title “Whiz Bang” and thus our community celebration of “Whiz Bang Days” was created.
	www.whizbangdays.com /history.htm (269 words)

	Publications Unbound Featured in Amazon Ebook Store
		Publications Unbound, a provider of ebooks for travel and outdoor activities, announced that it has been selected by Amazon as an official supplier of ebooks for the launch of its ebook store.
		Starting with the launch of the store, Publications Unbound will be the exclusive supplier of titles in the Travel Boutique on the Amazon ebook store.
		Fawcett said Publications Unbound made its initial focus exclusively on the travel guide niche because they feel that this sector will be one of the first to take off because of the benefits the travel ebook provides the consumer.
	www.writenews.com /2001/041101_amazon_publicationsunbound.htm (303 words)

	The Origin of Marvelman
		In 1939, Roscoe K. Fawcett's editorial director, Ralph Daigh, asked editor Bill Parker, "to supply a written description of a unique superhero to be featured in a comic book," so that Fawcett publications could capitalize on the growing demand for superheroes.
		Fawcett agreed to cease publication of all Captain Marvel related titles.
		However, Fawcett's decision to give up the legal battle came when all of the company's superhero titles were reporting greatly diminished sales was no circumstance.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/6569/marvelman (2107 words)

	William A. "Bill" Owens - Finding Guide #1: Physical Description of the Papers
		The correspondence with Maurice Crain concerns the publication procedures and business aspect of his writings while the boxes of letters specifically concerning the books deal primarily with the writing and development of the books.
		The boxes are arranged chronologically according to the publication date from the earliest to the last.
		The miscellaneous publications are divided into three categories: literary publications, college publications, and remaining miscellaneous publications.
	library.tamu.edu /cushing/collectn/lit/owens/find1.html (943 words)

	Fawcett - Fawcett: new law must end institutional sexism in criminal justice system (24/07/06)
		To be introduced in April next year, it follows the introduction in 2001 of a similar public sector race equality duty after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and the introduction of a disability equality duty, which will come into force in December this year.
		It fails to protect victims of rape and domestic violence, does not address the causes of women’s offending and has led to a doubling of the women’s prison population in the past ten years.
		The gender equality duty will apply to every organisation providing a public service, even if it is in the private or voluntary sector.
	www.fawcettsociety.org.uk /index.asp?PageID=340 (474 words)

	Fawcett Boat Supplies, Inc.
		For over 50 years Fawcett has been dedicated to providing the best selection of quality marine products, with the highest level of service available in the industry.
		Quality is the reason why Fawcett is one of only 16 Harken distributors in the US, and why we are proud to have earned the designation as one of Gill's 5-Star dealers.
		At Fawcett, you'll find the most extensive selection anywhere for any boating project, whether it's electrical, rigging, maintenance, performance hardware, or an upgrade to your galley or cabin.
	www.fawcettboat.com /aboutUs.asp (648 words)

	Fawcett Comics
		Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s.
		Its most popular character was Captain Marvel (not to be confused with Marvel Comics' character of the same name), the alter ego of boy radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he spoke the magic word "SHAZAM!".
		Fawcett Publications began in 1919 with the magazine Captain Billy's Whiz Bang and eventually expanded into a line of periodicals with a combined circulation of ten million a month.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Fawcett_Comics.php (384 words)

	Fawcett Publications
		The only trully successful rival to DC's Superman character, the similarities lead to legal entaglements that contributed to the comics line's demise- though not before turning Fawcett Comics into one of the biggest four-color money-makers of the 1940's, and bringing forth a stable of other hit characters.
		They ceased publication on the Marvel Family and it's remaining books; subsequently settling out of court with DC.
		Remaining in the magazine publishing business for many years, Fawcett kept a hand in the comics market from 1958 to 1980, producing and distributing a line starring Hank Ketcham's Dennis The Menace.
	www.accomics.com /accomicsgoldenage/fawcett.htm (397 words)

	Captain Marvel (DC Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, due in part to a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was an illegal infringement of Superman.
		Fawcett Comics' executive director Ralph Daigh decided it would be best to combine the team of six into one hero who would embody all six powers.
		Fawcett Publications case went to trials court in 1948.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics) (5918 words)

	Cultivating the Public Domain - Creative Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The point is that the burden has shifted to the author who prefers public domain status, and that many of the authors who can now self-publish their work on the Internet likely fall into the newly-burdened category.
		And we intend to develop mechanisms for attaching “public domain” labels to digital works in a way that computer applications can recognize and process-enabling easy location and retrieval of digital works in the public domain.
		Some copyright holders may be unwilling to free their work to the public domain before their copyright expires, but happy to relinquish some of the rights that copyright affords them.
	creativecommons.org /about/legal/cultivating (1159 words)

	PULP CULTURE column for November 18, 1999: Captain Marvel has odd origin
		Fawcett Publications rechristened its hero "Captain Marvel," and prepared to go to press once again.
		One story is that Fawcett decided to count the aborted "Thrill Comics" as the first issue.
		Fawcett successfully stalled until the early 1950s, when superhero comics went into a funk and Fawcett had made all the money it was going to off Captain Marvel and the rest of the Marvel Family.
	home.hiwaay.net /~tfharris/pulpculture/columns/991118.shtml (767 words)

	Inventory of the William A. Owens Papers (Part One): 1922-1979 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The correspondence with Maurice Crain concerns the publication procedures and business aspect of his writings while the boxes of letters specifically concerning the books deal primarily with the writing and development of the books.
		The boxes are arranged chronologically according to the publication date from the earliest to the last.
		The miscellaneous publications are divided into three categories: literary publications, college publications, and remaining miscellaneous publications.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/tamucush/00088/tamu-00088.html (9174 words)

	Funk & Fawcett - TIME
		Fawcett's "pocketbook of knowledge," "is all right if you have a solid base from which to jump.
		Fawcett colleagues trace this most cultural of the 20 Fawcett Publications to "Captain Billy's" own life.
		Last October Publisher Fawcett got to thinking during a transcontinental train trip, stopped at Santa Fe and dispatched to Fawcett Publications Managing Editor Ralph Daigh a day-letter naming and outlining the structure of Photo-Facts.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,758284-2,00.html (558 words)

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		A bizarre case of kidnapping, extortion, and murder attracts Travis McGee to Chicago to have a crack at solving the case, even though the trail is nineteen months old.
		Chicago public relations man Jake Harrison accepts the job of whitewashing the image of industrialist Dan Riordan accused of manufacturing and selling inferior weapons for military use during World War II.
		Authentic details of the functioning of a large city hospital, along with petty jealousies, personal feuding, public and private affairs, and routines of employees give But the Patient Died appeal to a larger audience than many run-of-the-mill mysteries.
	mccoy.lib.siu.edu /illinois/chap5-mn.htm (1983 words)

	Pulp Pix: The Bizarre Case of Photography Noir - American Museum of Photography
		Fawcett Publications was a multi-million dollar media empire that began in 1919 with a joke book called
		Fawcett was an innovative company, creating the mass market for paperback books and launching a lucrative line of comic books (including those featuring "Captain Marvel.") Some of its true-crime and detective magazines outlasted the Great Depression, World War II, and the Korean War.
		So it is perhaps a little ironic that when Fawcett Publications was sold in 1977, the buyer was the broadcast company CBS.
	www.photographymuseum.com /noir/pulppix10.html (467 words)

	Fawcett - The gender equality duty and the criminal justice system
		The Gender Equality Duty is the most radical change to sex discrimination law for 30 years, and follows the introduction in 2001 of a similar public sector race equality duty after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and the introduction of a disability equality duty in December 2006.
		The central component of the duty is that it imbues a positive and proactive obligation to take preventative action on gender discrimination, not just a duty to address individual cases of discrimination once they have taken place.
		Specific duties placed upon listed public authorities to meet the general duty.
	www.fawcettsociety.org.uk /index.asp?PageID=341 (364 words)

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