What's the exact Age sizes???

[Superheld]

Hello

maybe for the most here in this forum is this a dumb question,
but for me it would be really interesting what are exactly sizes
of the so called ages???
I read there should be the Golden Age and Silver Age and Platinum Age,
what are the exactly sizes of the comic books out of this ages?

Thanks
MfG

[dupont2005]

Current Plastic Comic Bags are 6-7/8 in. wide by 10-1/2 in. high
Regular Plastic Comic Bags are 7-1/4 in. wide by 10-1/2 in. high
Silver Age Comic Bags are 7-1/8 in. wide, by 10-1/2 in. high
Golden Age Comic Bags are 7-3/2 in. wide, by 10-1/2 in. high
Magazine Comic Bags are 8-1/2 in. wide, by 11 in. high

[MichikoS]

Perhaps you mean this? There are many definitions of the various "ages," but this is as good as any, I suppose.
--Michi

Excerpts below from the website ComicBookAges@ Everything2.com
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1422470

Always a hot topic of debate amongst comic book collectors, the exact start dates of each period are not firmly set in stone. Some widely accepted dates are sited as that start and end of particular periods.

* 1897 - 1937 Platinum or Pre-Golden Age
* 1938 - 1955 Golden Age
* 1956 - 1972 Silver Age
* 1973 - 1985 Bronze Age
* 1986 - now Modern Age (also called the Plastic, Tin or Iron Age)

Here is a summary of the milestone books that mark the beginning of the Ages:

Platinum or Pre-Golden Age
1897-1937
Begins with the first printed collections of weekly comic strips from newspapers. Ends with the Phantom in Ace Comics #11 and Superman in Action Comics #1. Debate over this point is heated.

Golden Age
1938-1955
Begins with Superman in Action Comics #1, June 1938 and Batman in Detective Comics #27, May 1939

Silver Age
1956-1972
Begins with the relaunch of The Flash in Showcase #4, October 1956

Bronze Age
1973-1985
Begins with Gwen Stacy's death in Amazing Spider-Man #121, March 1973 and the relaunch of X-Men in Giant Size X-Men #1, May 1975

Modern Age
1986-current
Begins with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, March 1986 and the Superman: Man of Steel miniseries, June 1986

[Paradox]

No, it's pretty clear he's asking about the size differences of comics from different eras.

[Superheld]

Hello

But my mean question is are the bag sizes 100% aligned to the comic sizes???
Comics getting more and more valuable and so I would like to know the exact
comic sizes,cause the modern printed or reprinted comics should be mostly
oversized in comparisation with the earlier ages???
So I think the first thing to avoid to get frauded is to know the exactly age sizes!!!
I found nowhere an exact information about it!!!

[dupont2005]

sizes vary. i really don't have anything older than late silver age but a regular bag will fit just about everything i have. the modern bags are a little snug sometimes, and i have maybe 5 comics too big for the regular sized bag but too small for a magazine sized bag, so they go in some old goofy oversized bags i got a while ago


the easy way to find out is measure your comics and see

[Superheld]

But I still not have any older comics,I'm trying to start a collection,so I
can't note any measurements,that's Why I'm asking here!!!

[dupont2005]

regular sized bags will be fine

[dan bailey]

Seems pretty clear to me that he's asking what the various comics' actual dimensions are, as opposed to what size bags will accommodate them. I can't answer that, offhand, but surely someone can.

[dan bailey]

From a U.S. Patent description at http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5375714/description.html for a storage device --


Golden Age books typically have approximate dimensions of 101/4 inches high by 75/8 inches
wide. Silver Age books typically have approximate dimensions of 101/8
inches high by 71/8 inches wide. Modern Age books typically have
approximate dimensions of 101/8 inches high by 65/8 or 67/8 inches wide.

[Superheld]

Thanks to Bailey for the good answer,it helps me really in the collectors jungle!!!

Here a little present for the good answer!!!
http://spirituosen-world.com/produkte/likoer/details/baileys_caramel_gr.jpg:biggrin:

[Paradox]

At one point during the '80s, didn't they shave a quarter inch or so off the height? I seem to remember that's when, although my time might be off. I remember a definite size change in the stuff in my boxes...

[MDG]

Don't know if it's relevant here, but there was never a standard size for the undergrounds of the 60s and 70s--they ranged from 8 1/2 x 11 to slightly smaller than bronze age books (and that's not even counting tabloids and digest-sized books like SNATCH). I discovered this the first time I tried to bag my collection using a pack of "regular" bags.