Comic Conditions
(Grading)
We use the following
system for grading the comics. The grades might be
indicated by a symbol and/or letter.
Sometimes more than one
grade might be given to a set. Please contact us for
additional details, but this normally indicates that
different parts of the set (year) are graded differently.
Dailies
Daily comic sizes
- generally listed in terms of the number of newspaper
columns the comic spans. For example, "5c" means
the strips run cross 5 newspaper columns and"3c" would
indicate a 3c comic which would likely indicate a panel
comic.
Comic count
- Exact count listed if available. 302, for example,
would means we have 302 strips from
that year (there are normally 313 weekdays in
a year--314 in leap years). These are listed and sold
as a set as indicated by the count. Counts do not
contain duplicate comics, at least intentionally
(occasionally find one mixed in). Some counts might
include copies, but these are generally listed separately (i.e,
"302 + 5").
Sundays
Color
- common color abbreviations used include:
Pages are
full-color unless otherwise specified.
"49(20 full, 22 2Th, 7
H)" would mean 49 comics in all, 20 of
them full pagers, 22 of the 2/3s of a page,
and 7 of them 1/2 of a page. Pages are
full-color unless otherwise specified.
Sunday Sizes
- common page size abbreviations include:
-
F = Full pages
-
H = Halves
-
Th = Thirds of page
-
O = Quarter page
-
T = Tabloid
-
HT = half tabloid
A Sunday listing might
be presented as "49 (20 full, 22 2Th, 7
H)." This would mean 49 comics in total, 20 of
them full page, 22 of the 2/3s of a page,
and 7 of them 1/2 of a page. Pages are
full-color unless otherwise specified.
We do not break up
complete years for certain dates. Also, there are incomplete
years and certain dates that are not always listed. If you
don't see it here, just ask. "Want List" always welcome! We
will be listing here the highest count we have.
