CGCdata.com - Selected Census Data

Results for: title/:Short:Stories:/pub/:Doubleday:/label/all/orderby/year -edit search-
(click on a book to isolate the current CGC Census information)

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
1. Short Stories 486 (March 10, 1926, Doubleday) Cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack H. Bedford-Jones, Sax Rohmer, Edgar Wallace, Vincent Starrett s	Universal	1	6.00													1
2. Short Stories 595 (October 10, 1930, Doubleday) Cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack	Universal	2	4.50														1				1
3. Short Stories 690 (September 25, 1934, Doubleday)	Universal	1	2.50																				1
4. Western Novel and Short Stories 7 (October 1934, Red Circle) Cover by Sidney H. Riesenberg	Universal	1	7.50										1
5. Short Stories 692 (October 25, 1934, Doubleday) Cover by William Reusswig H. Bedford-Jones story	Universal	1	6.50												1
6. Short Stories 738 (September 25, 1936, Doubleday) Skull cover. Cover by Fred W. Small	Universal	1	7.00											1
7. Detective Short Stories 1 (August 1937, Red Circle) Cover by J. W. Scott Hugh B. Cave story	Universal	2	4.00														1						1
8. Detective Short Stories 2 (November 1937, Red Circle) Cover by J. W. Scott	Universal	2	3.75																	1	1
9. Detective Short Stories 3 (February 1938, Red Circle) Hugh B. Cave story	Universal	4	6.00											1		2		1
10. Detective Short Stories 4 (April 1938, Red Circle) Cover by J. W. Scott Hugh B. Cave story	Universal	2	5.25												1					1
11. Mystery Novels and Short Stories 1 (September 1939, Columbia) 1st issue. Vernon James Vernon James story Creig Flessel art	Universal	6	4.67												1		2	1				1	1
12. Mystery Novels and Short Stories 1 (September 1939, Columbia)	Qualified	1	4.00																	1
13. Mystery Novels and Short Stories 2 (December 1939, Columbia) Classic torture wheel cover. Frank Belknap Long story	Universal	4	4.33														1	2							1
14. Mystery Novels and Short Stories 3 (July 1940, Columbia)	Universal	1	3.50																		1
15. Detective Short Stories 14 (April 1941, Red Circle)	Restored	1	3.00																			1
16. Detective Short Stories 17 (November 1941, Red Circle) Cover by Norman Saunders	Universal	3	4.17														1				2
17. Short Stories 869 (March 10, 1942, Short Stories) Cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack	Universal	1	3.00																			1
18. Detective Short Stories 19 (April 1942, Red Circle) Cover by Norman Saunders	Universal	1	5.00															1
19. Detective Short Stories 20 (July 1942, Red Circle)	Universal	1	3.00																			1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
20. Detective Short Stories 24 (April 1943, Red Circle) Cover by Norman Saunders Fredric Brown story	Universal	1	7.50										1
21. Short Stories 921 (May 10, 1944, Short Stories) Hooded Death cover. Cover by A. R. Tilburne Manly Wade Wellman story	Universal	2	3.00																	1				1
22. Short Stories 921 (May 10, 1944, Short Stories)	Restored	1	3.00																			1
23. Short Stories 946 (May 25, 1945, Short Stories) Cover by Frank C. Herbst H. Bedford-Jones story	Universal	1	3.50																		1
24. Short Stories 986 (January 25, 1947, Short Stories) Classic skeleton horror cover. Cover by Charles Wood	Universal	2	3.00																			2
25. Short Stories 986 (January 25, 1947, Short Stories)	Restored	1	6.50												1
26. Short Stories 986 Argentinian Edition (December 1947, S.A. Editorial Bell) Classic skeleton horror cover.	Universal	1	4.00																	1
27. Sports Short Stories 2 (March 1948, Red Circle)	Universal	1	5.50														1
28. Short Stories 1074 (June 1952, Short Stories)	Universal	1	4.00																	1
29. Short Stories 1079 (November 1952, Short Stories)	Restored	1	3.50																		1
30. SF Short Stories 1 (1991, Webb Graphics) Barbara Austin, Danny Grigsby, Stan Webb & Scott Winnagle stories Grigsby, Webb & Winnagle art	Universal	1	9.60				1

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8
25 BOOKS	Universal	44	4.70	1 2.3%	0 2.3%	0 2.3%	0 2.3%	0 2.3%	0 2.3%	2 6.8%	2 11.4%	3 18.2%	3 25.0%	7 40.9%	5 52%	0 52%	5 64%	6 77%	5 89%	3 95%	1 98%	1 100%
4 BOOKS	Restored	4	4.00	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 25.0%	0 25.0%	0 25.0%	0 25.0%	0 25.0%	0 25.0%	1 50%	2 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%
1 BOOK	Qualified	1	4.00	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%

Results for: title/:Short:Stories:/pub/:Doubleday:/label/all/orderby/year -back to top-

New Search:
(all fields are optional)


SEARCH WORD(S):	(searches title)
SEARCH DESCRIPTION ALSO:	(find any mention of search word(s))
ISSUE NUMBER:	(leave blank for up to 5,000 results)
PUBLISHER:
ORDER BY:	(alphabetical, submissions, or year)
COMIC YEAR START:	(example: 1964, leave blank for all)
COMIC YEAR END:	(example: 1975, leave blank for all)
LABEL TYPE:
SHOW VARIANTS:
CGC CENSUS DATE:	(recent and six-month intervals)
PRIOR CENSUS DATE:	(only if comparing two dates)

QUICK LINKS:
Highest Counts - MOST RECENT 7 DAYS - 30 DAYS - 90 DAYS
Highest Counts All-Time - TOP 2,500 ALL-TIME - MARVEL - D.C. - OTHER
Highest Grades - CGC 10.0 LIST - CGC 9.9 LIST - UPGRADES AND INCREASES
Summary Totals - GRAND TOTALS - BY DECADE - BY PUBLISHER - BY TITLE
Summary total calculations can take up to 20 seconds

Articles and analysis written about the CGC data...

"CGC Census Analysis" is provided by Greg Holland (©2003-2025).
Data is sourced from the public CGC census (© Certified Guaranty Company, LLC.)
Used with permission of CGC since 2003. Data is from July 01, 2001 to August 19, 2025.
A visual of CGC label changes through the years is available here.
Support this website by using
This page loaded in 1.1673 seconds - return to the home page