Batman #100...how many pages should it have?

[Inhuman Fiend]

I'm pretty new to buying GA stuff and am not sure how many pages books from different years have. Normally I buy Silver and Bronze stuff which of course all have 32 pages. Anyway, I just received a copy of Batman #100 I bought off eBay. It looks pretty decent but I am almost certain it is missing at least one wrap as it only has 28 pages. I don't notice anything obviously torn out, but one of the stories abruptly ends at the centerfold so I am assuming that wrap became detached and is missing...possibly more than just one wrap if this comic is supposed to have more than 32 pages?

[Point Five]

According to GCD, #100 should be 36 pages. So if yours has 28, it's sounds like it's missing 2 wraps.

 

Sorry to hear it. Believe me, we've all been there...

[Bat-Hound]

Sounds like you are missing two wraps. Send the book back and ask for a refund

[Inhuman Fiend]

Thanks guys, I have emailed the seller asking to return it.

 

Should have known the deal was too good to be true ($163 for an otherwise VG-ish copy)...

[Aman619]

doesnt the 36 include the covers?

there should be 8 sheets of 4 pages each in every 32 page comic book. Adding 4 cover pages = 36

The next size up are 52 pages: 12 sheets of 4 pages plus the covers is 52

then comes 64 pagers: 16 sheets of 4 plus 4 covers = 68.

then 80 page Giants which were 20 sheets of 4 plus the covers = 84

and finally 100-pagers: 24 sheets of 4 plus the covers = 100

 

For some reason, only the 52-pagers and 100-pagers were marketed including the covers in the page county. Probably to make the increased price (25 cents up from 12 and a DOLLAR! from 20 cents!) palatable by exaggerating the page count you got for the extra dough.

[Point Five]

Makes sense, Aman. So probably just one center wrap missing.

[Silver]

If it was Superman 100 we were talking about I could help you out by opening mine up to the centerfold and taking a digital photo to post. Maybe someone could do that with a BM 100 so you dont send back a book with nothing wrong with it.