Comic bag and board size finder: which bags and boards fit by year or size
Type the year on a comic's cover, pick its age, or type its size. See which bag and board size fits, with the maker's own sizes in inches.
Comic bag and board sizes
| Size | Cover years (BCW) | Bag, inches | Board, inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current/Modern | 1970 to now | 6 7/8 x 10 1/2 | 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 |
| Silver | 1956 to 1969 | 7 1/8 x 10 1/2 | 7 x 10 1/2 |
| Golden | 1938 to 1955 | 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 | 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 |
| Magazine | No years; by format | 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 | 8 1/2 x 11 |
| Treasury | No years; by format | 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 | 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 |
- The years are the ones in BCW's own size guide, which it gives as circa: Golden 1938 to 1955, Silver 1956 to 1969, Current/Modern 1970 on. They meet the ages on this site at the same years. BCW names no size for comics before 1938.
- BCW's Silver bag page says it fits Silver and Bronze Age comics; its guide puts 1970 on in Current/Modern. A wider Bronze Age comic can need the Silver bag.
- BCW also sells a Modern board (6 5/8 x 10 1/2) for the Current/Modern bag; a Regular board (6 7/8 x 10 1/2) for the Silver bag.
- BCW's magazine bag page gives its size as 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 and, further down, 8 7/8 x 11 1/8.
- For thick comics BCW sells Thick versions of the Current, Silver and Golden bags, a little wider: for annuals and prestige comics (Current), and annuals and 80 page giants (Silver and Golden).
Sizes vary: measure the comic
Publishers have not always made comics one size, so two comics from the same year can need different bags. When you are not sure, measure it:
- Lay the comic flat on a table, front cover up.
- Measure the width across the front cover, from the spine to the right edge, in inches.
- Measure the height from the top edge to the bottom edge.
- Type both above. The comic takes the smallest bag it is no wider and no taller than.
BCW gives today's comics as normally 6 5/8 x 10 3/16 inches; its Current bag is 6 7/8 x 10 1/2. These are BCW's sizes; another maker's can differ, so check the size on the pack.
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