Anyone know how many issues the Silver Age consists of?

[143ksk]

Just off the top of my head I can think of Millie the Model, Kathy, Gunsmoke Western, Rawhide Kid and Kid Colt, all of which were long runs, and also My Love, Our Love, Peter the Pest, Lil Kids, Homer the happy ghost, which were short runs, but all had some books before the arrival of the 25 centers. I'm pretty sure all the early bronze stuff like Tower of shadows and Chamber of Darkness would meet your definition as well.

 

 

Also there was a long run of Patsy Walker. Oh yeah, and Patsy and Hedy, Modeling with Mille, A Date with Millie, etc, etc.

[Stronguy]

Here's what I've got. The version I was looking at had a calculation error in it. The actual number I have is 1450.

 

I think this version has a couple of small errors on the Bronze Age stuff but the Silver Age is good as far as I know...

Marvel Timeline

[valiantman]

Here's what I've got. ...Silver Age is good as far as I know...

Marvel Timeline

Stronguy... I hope this helps...

Here's a file I created comparing your counts to CGC's counts.

Stronguy vs. CGC counts

(The titles used in the file are CGC's titles for those books...)

 

I assume that wherever CGC is "too low" it means that books haven't been

submitted yet. Where you are "too low", I'm not sure what is different.

I'm hoping you'll be able to investigate any differences worth checking...

[blowout]

On my Marvel Timeline spreadsheet I have 1443 issues published between 11/61 and 12/69.

That looks about right...

The CGC census is showing 1,561 Marvel books from 1/61 to 12/69.

67 are UK Editions

10 are Canadian

1 is Mexican

4 are Golden Record reprints

1 is a 12cent price variant

...leaving 1,478 'regular' Marvel books.

I believe 43 of those are between 1/61 and 10/61...

so... 1,435 'regular' Marvel books on the CGC census between 11/61 and 12/69.

(Any ideas on what books haven't been graded yet?

Or did your 1,443 include 'non-regular' issues, too?)

 

I knew we could rely on you VM. Good work.

[Stronguy]

I didn't include magazines or Golden Record Reprints.

 

Amazing Spider-Man -- 79 is correct -- #79 is 12/69 -- CGC may include the GRR

Captain Savage -- 17 is correct -- #17 is 11/69, #18 is 1/70

Chilli -- 8 is correct -- #8 is 12/69

Chili Annual (Special) did not come out until 12/71

Journey Into Mystery -- 52 is correct -- CGC may include the GRR

Kid Colt -- 41 is correct -- #101 is 11/61, #141 is 12/69

Love Romances -- 11 is correct -- #96 is 11/61, #106 is 7/63

Mad A/b Millie -- 6 is correct -- #1 is 4/69, #6 is 12/69

MCIC -- 24 is actually correct -- #1 is 1965, #24 is 12/69

Marvel Tales -- 23 is correct -- #1 is 1964, #23 is 11/69

Our Love Story -- 2 is correct -- #1 is 10/69, #2 is 12/69

Patsy and Hedy -- 32 is correct -- #79 is 12/61, 110 is 2/67

Patsy Walker -- 27 is correct -- #98 is 12/61, #124 is 12/65

Rawhide Kid -- 49 is correct -- #25 is 12/61, #73 is 12/69

Sgt. Fury Annual -- 5 is correct -- #1 is 1965, #5 is 1969

TTA -- 77 is correct -- #25 is 11/61, #101 is 3/68

 

Ok, I'm going to bed...

[shadroch]

Great stuff,and thanks to all....BUT......

Does anyone consider 12/69 the end of the Silver Age?

[Stronguy]

Great stuff,and thanks to all....BUT......

Does anyone consider 12/69 the end of the Silver Age?

 

Not to dig up that horse and beat it some more but for bookkeeping purposes I track everything in 10 year blocks since that's approximately how long comic eras last.

 

Let's not get into the actual date so and so appeared topic. Let's just focus on the raw data.

[shadroch]

Focus on raw data? Whats next? Sticking to facts and ignoring rumors and innuendos?NEVER!!!!!

[blowout]

Focus on raw data? Whats next? Sticking to facts and ignoring rumors and innuendos?NEVER!!!!!

 

That would require a huge board overhaul.

[valiantman]

Here's the result of my further investigation into the differences...

 

Amazing Spider-Man -- the 80th issue in I'm showing is this one.

Chili -- #8 is 12/69 - this must be a typo.

Chili Annual (Special) did not come out until 12/71 - Another date discrepancy.

Journey Into Mystery -- There are two #78s (A) and (B)

Sgt. Fury Annual -- There are two #2s (A) and (B)

 

The other cases where CGC is lower means that books haven't been submitted yet.

Looks like CGC had a couple of corrections for you, too, so I hope this helped!

[shadroch]

What does that mean?

Are there two different JIM 78s or is it a glitch in the census software?

[valiantman]

What does that mean?

Are there two different JIM 78s or is it a glitch in the census software?

 

It's a data entry error at the time of grading/input, but easily corrected.

 

It means that someone entered "Journey Into Mystery 78" in the past,

then later they entered "Journey into Mystery 78" as if it was a new book.

(Notice the second one has a little 'i' on the word 'into')

 

The database has two records for the same book, with different identification numbers.

(When you look up JIM 78 on the CGC website, you get the sum of both entries,

so the census numbers are correct... they just need to consolidate the actual records.)

 

If it's not automatically caught during data entry...

it can be fixed periodically if someone happens to be in the database looking for it.

(I just happened to be counting Silver Age JIMs when I found it.)

 

As I mentioned above, there's no problem with the regular CGC census lookup...

It is correct because the page automatically adds both together.

(A) and (B) total 13 graded copies.

13 is what you get with a "normal" search in the CGC census.

[Stronguy]

What does that mean?

Are there two different JIM 78s or is it a glitch in the census software?

 

Wasn't JIM 78 one of those with the 12¢ over-print? There are actually 10¢ and 12¢ versions. Looks like this Gunsmoke Western....

[The Vengeance-migration]

1500 does sound a little low. Remember... the late 50s and all of the 60s, comics were a big thing. Kids from the ages of 8-15 were reading them all over the place and talking about them with their friends. It was a great age for comics and there were many different series coming from many different publishers.