Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1922 · page 66 of 67
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #35 — page 66: what you’re looking at
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This is a title page for a 1922 magazine advertisement, not a cartoon. It announces the launch of *True Confessions*, a Fawcett publication debuting August 1922. The ad promotes the magazine's focus on romantic stories aimed at young women, emphasizing "love and adventure" and the "snares and pitfalls" facing girls. Notably, it advertises alongside *Whiz Bang*, suggesting Fawcett was expanding its magazine portfolio. The generous prize money ($10,000 total) and purchase rates for non-winning manuscripts indicate an attempt to attract story submissions and build readership. At 25 cents, the magazine targeted working- and middle-class readers. This reflects the 1920s commercial magazine boom and emerging "confessional" genre targeting female audiences with sensational romantic content.
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True Confessions (A FAWCETT PUBLICATION) The first issue of America's Magazine of Real Life— the August, 1922—will be on sale at all live news stands. JULY 15th Thrilling, throbbing stories of love and adventure, of the snares and pitfalls that await the young girl; stories that run the gamut of the emotions; that show the various facets of ROMANCE—that's what we will give you in America's Magazine of Real Life. True Confessions will contain approximately 60,000 words of thrilling stories—double the size of the Whiz Bang—and a kick in every line. 60,000 Words of Romance Winners in the $10,000 Prize Story contest will not be known in time for announcement in the initial num- ber but one or more of them will probably appear in that number. The second section of the Short Story contest closes October 1, 1922. The following prizes will be given for this section: $1,000 Grand Prize. 300 Second Prize. 200 Third Prize. Ten prizes of $100 each. Twenty-five prizes of $50 each. Fifty prizes of $25 each. All manuscripts not prize winners will be purchased at space rates upon acceptance. DON'T MISS IT! 25c in the United States. 30c in Canada. Address W. H. FAWCETT, Editor Robbinsdale, Minn.