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* Required  
* Required  
* For the cover sequence only, this is the total number of pages for the entire book, including both sides of both covers, story pages, pin-up pages, text pages, ad pages and blank pages. Every side of every bound or stapled page should be counted.  Most current standard American comics are therefore 36 pages, most American Golden Age books are 68 pages, European albums don't tend to have a standard number of pages and trade paperbacks or Manga can run into the hundreds of pages.  
* For the issue this is the total number of pages for the entire book, including both sides of both covers, story pages, pin-up pages, text pages, ad pages and blank pages. Every side of every bound or stapled page should be counted.  Most current standard American comics are therefore 36 pages, most American Golden Age books are 68 pages, European albums don't tend to have a standard number of pages and trade paperbacks or Manga can run into the hundreds of pages.  
* Gatefold pages and covers should be counted based on the amount of content they add to the comic. Therefore if a front cover folds out to twice its normal size, it would count as 6 pages (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover, inside and outside of fold-out cover) rather than the standard 4 (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover).  Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the Cover sequence.  
* For the total number of pages in an issue, gatefold pages and covers should be counted based on the amount of content they add to the comic. Therefore if a front cover folds out to twice its normal size, it would count as 6 pages (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover, inside and outside of fold-out cover) rather than the standard 4 (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover).  Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the issue.
* Bound advertising or other matter stapled or glued into the center of a comic should be counted as if it is part of the total page count, even if the page size is different. Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the Cover sequence.  
* Bound advertising or other matter stapled or glued into the center of a comic should be counted as if it is part of the total page count, even if the page size is different. Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the Cover sequence.  
* Inserts which aren't bound in, such as trading cards, 3-D glasses or separate comics, do not count towards the total page count of the comic.  They should be noted in the Notes field for the Cover sequence and then added as their own sequence (with the "Insert" type)  
* Inserts which aren't bound in, such as trading cards, 3-D glasses or separate comics, do not count towards the total page count of the comic.  They should be noted in the Notes field for the issue and then added as their own sequence (with the "Insert" type).
* For hardcover books with dust jackets, the dust jacket is not included as part of the count.  Details about it should be added in the Notes field for the Cover sequence.  If it contains artwork that is somehow unique, it can be indexed separately (using the "Insert" type).  
* For hardcover books with dust jackets, the dust jacket is not included as part of the count.  Details about it should be added in the Notes field for the issue.  If it contains artwork that is somehow unique, it can be indexed separately (using the "Insert" type).  
* For all other sequences besides the cover, this is the page count of the sequence being indexed. Partial page counts are allowed, and should be expressed as decimals.  
* For all sequences, this is the page count of the sequence being indexed. Partial page counts are allowed, and should be expressed as decimals.
* Theoretically, if all contents of a comic are indexed, the page counts of the individual sequences (plus 1 for the cover) should add up to the total page count of the comic.
* The page count for any cover sequence is normally 1.  Count the number of sides of a page that images for the cover appear on, so a wrap-around comic would be 2.
* Theoretically, if all contents of a comic are indexed, the page counts of the individual sequences should add up to the total page count of the comic.




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Definition approved by Senior Editors (April 17, 2008)
Definition approved by Senior Editors (April 17, 2008), altered by Peter Croome on December 11, 2009 to match our new OI.


Current Schema: Stories table, Pg_Cnt field
Current Schema: Stories table, Pg_Cnt field


Comments:
Comments:
Variant Covers: Jim Vandore says: Variant covers aren't really covered in the page count section.  We have debated whether variant covers should have 1 in the page count or the total for the book, so the decision should be recorded in the format document.  Variant covers also throw off the total page count, so that sometimes the total number of pages indexed does not equal the total page count.  This last problem is also encountered in those Dells with variant back covers.  Mike Nielsen remembers having a discussion where variant covers got a count of 1.  The last part of the definition will have to be adjusted too (since it won't add up properly).
More on Variant Covers: Henry Andrews notes that a recent discussion established that variant covers are given their own page counts, not the total for the book, and that a wraparound cover (that is not a gatefold) may be counted as two pages in a front cover sequence rather than indexed separately as a front and back cover.  See Uncanny X-Men #500 for numerous examples.  By this rule, a gatefold wraparound variant cover with one page of fold-out would count as 3 pages (unless the inside of the gatefold is also counted with the cover sequence, in which case it would be 4 pages).
Dust Jackets: Need to be re-worked.  Under discussion by the senior editors (April 18, 2008)
Dust Jackets: Need to be re-worked.  Under discussion by the senior editors (April 18, 2008)
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Revision as of 10:53, 11 December 2009

  • Required
  • For the issue this is the total number of pages for the entire book, including both sides of both covers, story pages, pin-up pages, text pages, ad pages and blank pages. Every side of every bound or stapled page should be counted. Most current standard American comics are therefore 36 pages, most American Golden Age books are 68 pages, European albums don't tend to have a standard number of pages and trade paperbacks or Manga can run into the hundreds of pages.
  • For the total number of pages in an issue, gatefold pages and covers should be counted based on the amount of content they add to the comic. Therefore if a front cover folds out to twice its normal size, it would count as 6 pages (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover, inside and outside of fold-out cover) rather than the standard 4 (inside and outside of rear cover, inside and outside of front cover). Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the issue.
  • Bound advertising or other matter stapled or glued into the center of a comic should be counted as if it is part of the total page count, even if the page size is different. Details about this should be added in the Notes field for the Cover sequence.
  • Inserts which aren't bound in, such as trading cards, 3-D glasses or separate comics, do not count towards the total page count of the comic. They should be noted in the Notes field for the issue and then added as their own sequence (with the "Insert" type).
  • For hardcover books with dust jackets, the dust jacket is not included as part of the count. Details about it should be added in the Notes field for the issue. If it contains artwork that is somehow unique, it can be indexed separately (using the "Insert" type).
  • For all sequences, this is the page count of the sequence being indexed. Partial page counts are allowed, and should be expressed as decimals.
  • The page count for any cover sequence is normally 1. Count the number of sides of a page that images for the cover appear on, so a wrap-around comic would be 2.
  • Theoretically, if all contents of a comic are indexed, the page counts of the individual sequences should add up to the total page count of the comic.


(End of definition)


Definition approved by Senior Editors (April 17, 2008), altered by Peter Croome on December 11, 2009 to match our new OI.

Current Schema: Stories table, Pg_Cnt field

Comments: Dust Jackets: Need to be re-worked. Under discussion by the senior editors (April 18, 2008)


Back to the Formatting Documentation