Page count

[Black Lantern]

When it comes to inspecting comics after buying them, I realized that in the past, I have neglected the page count of comics too much. Ok, I flipped through every book I bought but i never really counted pages. And just flipping through a book doesn't guarantee anything.

 

How many pages do comics have in every Age? A long time it was 32 if I'm correct.

 

I feel like a newcomer at the moment

[Mutant Manatee]

Golden Age varies a lot. Some had 68, some 52, some 48, etc. Some even have a different number of pages before the centerfold and after the centerfold.

 

Almost every regular-sized US comic from about 1952-present has 36 pages including the covers.

[skypinkblu]

When it comes to inspecting comics after buying them, I realized that in the past, I have neglected the page count of comics too much. Ok, I flipped through every book I bought but i never really counted pages. And just flipping through a book doesn't guarantee anything.

 

How many pages do comics have in every Age? A long time it was 32 if I'm correct.

 

I feel like a newcomer at the moment

 

I've posted this before , recently. This is THE best reference, you get used to it after a bit. . Comics.org is good as well. The tough ones are the ones that have a varied page count, different pages on each side of the staple, usually 28 pages.

 

Good luck:)

 

Golden Age Index

[skypinkblu]

Golden Age varies a lot. Some had 68, some 52, some 48, etc. Some even have a different number of pages before the centerfold and after the centerfold.

 

Almost every regular-sized US comic from about 1952-present has 36 pages including the covers.

 

Actually Tony, I believe there are a few in 1952 that had that same split page count, and some with 40 pages. They are DCs.

[Stronguy]

When it comes to inspecting comics after buying them, I realized that in the past, I have neglected the page count of comics too much. Ok, I flipped through every book I bought but i never really counted pages. And just flipping through a book doesn't guarantee anything.

 

How many pages do comics have in every Age? A long time it was 32 if I'm correct.

 

I feel like a newcomer at the moment

 

I've posted this before , recently. This is THE best reference, you get used to it after a bit. . Comics.org is good as well. The tough ones are the ones that have a varied page count, different pages on each side of the staple, usually 28 pages.

 

Good luck:)

 

Golden Age Index

 

Thank you so much SPB. I've been looking for this for years. I was at a shop looking at some beat GA books and the owner pulled out a hardcopy of this. I've been looking for it ever since.

[skypinkblu]

My pleasure, I used to call a friend all the time who had one, and he looked up the pages...but someone else showed me the online vers[ion:) so I share it:)

[Black Lantern]

Thanks for the infos!

 

Golden Age is not the problem, I only have a few of them. Silver and Bronze are my main collecting areas.

[seank]

I'll ditto the thank you to Sharon. I've been using the online GCD, but this is a great resource to have on the computer.

[rodan57]

When I inspect a book (I collect Silver Age Marvel), I just count 8 pages to the centrefold (check staples) and then 8 to the back. "8 counts" while inspecting for flaws does not overtax my mathematical brain.

[Forsythe P Jones]

Not counting the cover, its always going to be divisible by eight, no matter the age, no matter the size. 32.40.48.56.64.72.80.96.112

 

the 100 page giants count the cover, the 80 page giants do not. the books marked 52 pages count the cover

 

[Primetime]

Golden Age varies a lot. Some had 68, some 52, some 48, etc.

those numbers include the covers (front/inside front, back/inside back)

[Black Lantern]

Thanks to all of you, that was helpful!