Late 50s and Early 60s Harveys - 28 Pages? 0

[Moondog]

I just picked up a Wendy the Good Little Witch 1-3 (1960).  Nice copies.  As I was counting the pages on #1 I was disappointed that it only had 7 interior wraps or 28 pages.  When I counted #2 the same.  #3 the same.  I then started counting the pages on 22 additional copies all from the same period (Spooky, Casper, etc.) and they too had 28 interior pages.  In 45 years of dealing I've never noticed that before.  Can someone confirm that Harveys from this period had 28 pages - they all can't be missing the centerfold, right?

Edited December 3, 2020 by Moondog

[october]

GCD lists tham all at 36, which would be 16 interior pages plus the covers. 16x2 front and back, plus each cover front and back = 36. Same as a Silver Age Marvel. 

I've never heard of a 14 page comic. That sucks.

https://www.comics.org/issue/265111/

[october]

Maybe the OO removed the ads or text stories?

[Jeffro.]

41 minutes ago, Moondog said:

I just picked up a Wendy the Good Little Witch 1-3 (1960).  Nice copies.  As I was counting the pages on #1 I was disappointed that it only had 7 interior wraps or 28 pages.  When I counted #2 the same.  #3 the same.  I then started counting the pages on 22 additional copies all from the same period (Spooky, Casper, etc.) and they too had 28 interior pages.  In 45 years of dealing I've never noticed that before.  Can someone confirm that Harveys from this period had 28 pages - they all can't be missing the centerfold, right?

I don't have a 1 or 2 but I do have Wendy 3 and 4. Just counted the pages on both and it's definitely 36, including covers, as October states above

Edited December 3, 2020 by Jeffro.

[aardvark88]

28 minutes ago, october said:

Maybe the OO removed the ads or text stories?

+1. I think the Harveys from that period had calendar and ad pages for the centerfold so that the stories would read complete, if centerfold out.

[Dick Pontoon]

I have a few from 1960, and one is missing the first wrap. Unless you count pages, it's not even noticeable. Typically, the first wrap contained a single page story and 3 ad pages, which coincides with what I found when checking GCD.

[Moondog]

I forgot to post here that the mystery was figured out.  The comics were clearly 36 interior pages with the centerfold being 4 ad pages.  Turns out the weird little kid who owned these pulled all the centerfolds out.  88 books with no centerfold.  Ha ha.  Chalk up another "weird thing that collectors do." 

I was about to buy an original golden age collection in 2002 but before the deal could get done, the basement where the books were stored flooded and they were all destroyed.  Batman 1-100.  Superman 2-100.  Cap 1-11.  And a bunch more.  What was "weird" is the owner and his brother clipped out every ad page of every book.  All .5s.  Crazy!