badback83 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi, This is my copy of USA Comics 12. I’m having an issue figuring out if it’s actually incomplete or not. I was under the impression that it was, but after some basic research I’m not quite sure anymore. Sounds dumb, I know. I have counted 28 pages, including front and back cover, which would mean a 56-page book. GCD lists this as a 52-page book, which would mean 26 individual pages. What is going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 USA 12 has 56 interior pages, not counting the cover. It's one of those war time issues where they use 4 half pages if I remember correctly. Sounds like your copy might be missing the centerfold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Electron said: USA 12 has 56 interior pages, not counting the cover USA 11 does. USA 12 does not. USA 12 has 52 pages inclusive of the cover as stated in the GCD and in Keltner - https://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/media/Golden Age Index.pdf USA 12 is on page 192 of the PDF. I would recount and not assume to multiply by 2 but count every single page. It's always weird to have too many pages instead of having an incomplete book. Edited August 23, 2020 by Scrooge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Interesting. I counted 3 times, just to make sure pages weren’t sticking together or whatnot. Counting the front cover as “page” 1, ending with the back cover page as “page” 28. That’s what I have. So, I have no clue what’s happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 @Scrooge I’ve never seen that index before. That is pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, DocHoppus182 said: Interesting. I counted 3 times, just to make sure pages weren’t sticking together or whatnot. Counting the front cover as “page” 1, ending with the back cover page as “page” 28. That’s what I have. So, I have no clue what’s happening. How many pages to the centerfold on your copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Electron said: How many pages to the centerfold on your copy? I’ll check tomorrow. I have some books at my buddy’s house and that’s one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Cool. I no longer have a copy of 12, but I believe below are the stories in that issue, which total 56 pages. Not inclusive of the cover of course. For what it's worth I also think GCD and Keltner may be incorrect on the page count. GCD's own index totals up to 55 interior pages! 18 page Cap 7 page Destroyer 1 page Sentinels of Liberty 8 page Jap Buster Jones 2 page Decision by proxy 5 page Jeep Jones 7 page Sgt Dix 7 page Whizzer 1 page ad Total of 56 pages. Scrooge and badback83 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_rotation Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Electron is right, book is 60 pages, counted thusly: 1-2: cover, inside front cover 3-20: Cap story "Toll of Death" (18 pgs) 21-27: Destroyer story (7 pgs) 28: Sentinels of Liberty ad (1 pg) 29-36: Jap Buster Johnson (8 pgs) 37-38: "Decision By Proxy" text story (2 pgs) 39-43: Jeep Jones (5 pgs) 44-50: Sergeant Dix (7 pgs) 51-57: The Whizzer (8 pgs) 58: Clarinet ad (1 pg) 59-60: inside back cover/back cover badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 10 hours ago, Electron said: How many pages to the centerfold on your copy? Should be 16-12 not including the cover. 16 page folios to the left of the stapes and 12 to the right. badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 This is what it should look like in a CGC holder... Primetime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks guys! My buddy was supposed to check and get sick with me today but I haven’t heard from him yet. Hopefully soon and I’ll report back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 10 hours ago, DocHoppus182 said: Thanks guys! My buddy was supposed to check and get sick with me today but I haven’t heard from him yet. Hopefully soon and I’ll report back! I hope that is a typo or auto-correct snafu. If not, maybe time to get a new friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, telerites said: I hope that is a typo or auto-correct snafu. If not, maybe time to get a new friend Ahh crud. Correct. I meant to type “get back with me”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
