Page Count
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- 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)
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