80-Page Giant

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80-Page Giant was the name used for a series of comic books published by DC Comics beginning in 1964. The series was named for its unusually high page count (32 pages being the norm for American monthly comics at this time). The cover price was typically 25 cents (other comics of the day which were rarely above twelve cents). Many of these Giant issues contained reprinted material, often including material from the Golden age era of comics. Each issue would focus upon a particular DC character or group, such as Superman, Batman, or Jimmy Olsen. The 80-Page Giant format and numbering would later be used for special extra-large, reprint-heavy issues of their regularly published titles.

In the late nineties, DC Comics began publishing 80-Page Giant specials which were special publications relating to a series (including Secret Origins, which had not been an ongoing title for years) and which were usually compilations.

[edit] Number of Pages

Originally, the Giant issues were all labeled "80 Page Giant".

When the number of pages was decreased (usually to 64 pages), the "80 Page" part of the title was dropped, and the title changed to "Giant" or "DC Giant".

[edit] Types of Giant Comics

There were 4 types of "Giant" comics

1.) Issues G1 to G15 were published under the "80 Page Giant" title.

These had "80 Page Giant G##" on the cover:

2.) Issues G16+

These were published under other series titles such as "Justice League of America #39". In other words, "80 Page Giant #16" is the same as "JLA 39" These had "80 Page Giant G##"or "DC Giant G##" or "Giant ##" on the cover (For example "80 page giant G16")

The following is a complete list of the issues, ordered by date:

3.) Annuals

The following "giant" issues were the forerunners of the 80 Page Giants (80 Page Giant 01 was originally advertised in DC titles as Superman Annual 09):

4.) The New 80-Page Giant (1998 to 2003)

DC published a number of "80 Page Giant" specials within various current series. These began numbering with #1 within each series

The following is a partial list of issues, sorted by title:

  • 1998-10 - Adventure Comics - 80 Page Giant 001
  • 1999-09 - All Star Comics 80-Page Giant 1 (JSA)
  • 1998-08 - Batman - 80 Page Giant #01
  • 1998-10 - Batman - 80 Page Giant #02
  • 2000-07 - Batman - 80 page Giant #03
  • 1998-08 - Flash 80 Page Giant #01
  • 1999-04 - Flash 80 Page Giant #02
  • 1998-12 - Green Lantern v3 - 80 page giant 01
  • 1999-06 - Green Lantern v3 - 80 page giant 02
  • 2000-08 - Green Lantern v3 - 80 page giant 03
  • 1998-07 - JLA 80-Page Giant #01-The Green Bullet-Revelations
  • 1999-11 - JLA 80-Page Giant #02
  • 2000-10 - JLA 80-Page Giant #03 - The Century War #01-03
  • 2000-01 - Legends of the DC Universe 80 Page Giant #2
  • 1998-09 - Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #1
  • 2000-12 - Nightwing 80-Page Giant
  • 2003-xx - Plastic Man 80-Page Giant 01
  • 2000-09 - Robin - 80 Page Giant #1
  • 2000-07 - Silver Age 80 page Giant 01
  • 1999-01 - Starman v2 80-Page Giant
  • 1999-xx - Superman 80-Page Giant #1
  • 1999-xx - Superman 80-Page Giant #2
  • 2000-11 - Superman 80-Page Giant #3
  • 2002-xx - Wonder Woman - 80-Page Giant
  • 1998-12 - Young Justice - Secret Origins 80-Page Giant
  • 1999-05 - Young Justice 80-Page Giant #1
  • 1999-08 - DC One Million 80 Page Giant