Captain Billy's Whiz Bang began in a similar fashion after World War I.

Profits and Circulation Rise By the mid-1920's the bawdy pamphlet, called Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang, had far outgrown the mimeograph machine.

The developers hope to compete with Times Square's street attractions with a feature called the Whiz Bang.

Fawcett's earliest magazine was titled Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, which inspired the title Whiz Comics.

Profits from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang were the foundation of the business.

Meredith Wilson mentioned Whiz Bang in "The Music Man," but I suspect the reference is meaningless to today's baby boomers.

Distributing free copies of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang to wounded veterans and his Minnesota friends, he then circulated the remaining copies to newsstands in hotels.

Is he starting to memorize jokes from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang?

The popularity of Whiz Bang peaked during the 1920s.

Fawcett Publications was founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale with the publication of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang.