Randall J. Paske

As stated earlier, I have a physical copy of the earlier "comic." Its title in the indicia is just as I entered it in ComicBase: Oldguy. Superhero I could not find an image that exactly matched the cover of my copy. The one I submitted is very close, but it includes a colon where the real thing has none. I will provide a correct image in a couple of weeks after I scan the cover of my copy. Changing the binding type to "Staple" is fine. It makes me think of a single staple up in the corner, though, instead of the "floppy comic" format. Maybe a new binding type with a more accurate description is needed for items like this. I do not have the later 2019 publication. It would certainly help if the publisher were consistent.

I added that one. I found the cover image on the Internet, but on the actual publication there is no punctuation on the cover. The image may have been a preliminary cover; I submitted it as a placeholder until I can make a scan of my own copy, because I couldn't find an image that matched mine exactly. The title I entered is how it's shown in the indicia, weird as it is. I'd prefer the colon, but that's not what they ended up using. As to whether it is a book or magazine, it's one of those items that looks like a floppy comic but doesn't contain any comics. There's only one issue, so it's not a periodical. It also doesn't have articles of the kind that most magazines consist of. It has poems with accompanying text. To me, the contents and the one-time publication suggested it should be listed in the Books category. (Poetry magazines didn't cross my mind at the time.) Then I had to select a binding type, and "single issue magazine" seemed to be the closest available option to describe the binding. Why there is a "single-issue magazine" binding type in the Books category, I cannot say. But it is there, and it was the best descriptor I saw, so I used it. I'm not sure how to classify these odd cases sometimes. It's fine with me if the binding type is changed or if it's moved to the Magazines category, even though that doesn't seem right to me. But please trust me on the title. I'd take a picture of the indicia for proof, but I'm hundreds of miles away from my copy right now. And I'm a couple of weeks away from submitting a true cover scan.

Yes, I've noticed some of those "Walt Disney's" titles before. But there are more than I realized. I assumed, without looking too closely, that those titles were grandfathered in with those titles. I would personally have a hard time with Walt Disney's Comics and Stories rendered as Comics and Stories (Walt Disney's...). I'm so used to the full title that it would seem very wrong if it followed the usual ComicBase standard, consistent or not. But I would think they'd want new titles to follow the standard.

The new title Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean doesn't adhere to the usual standard that would make it Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean (Walt Disney's...), either. There are also some titles that contain capitalized articles (Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus is one of them), but nobody seems to care about that.

As another user, I don't know anything about your submissions, of course. But I would note that sometimes a content update will erase information I've submitted, only for it to show up in the next content update. This happens when I am submitting close to the cut-off for the new content update, or when there is a backlog of submitted info that the editors are trying to work through. You're probably already aware of this occasional lag, but I thought it might be worth a mention. I agree that the Notes field can be irksome when it gets cluttered with junk. Often there are multiple versions of the same comment with some minor change or correction applied; sometimes there is info that is flat-out wrong that is difficult to get removed. My idea of pertinent information to put in that field sometimes differs wildly from the ideas of other users. My understanding is that this field clutter is part of the reason the Item Description field was added, so info could be controlled by the editorial team and not get all gunked up. I'm not sure what the answer is for the Notes field (though perhaps the program could add others' notes after our own notes instead of before them); I just do my best to ignore the clutter.

Fair enough--I know you defer to the indicia these days. But there are around 35 other titles using "Hack/Slash" in their names, "Hack/Slash" is the official name of the property, and "Hack/Slash" is what's on the cover of this new series. So I would regard the lack of a forward slash in the indicia to be an oversight on the part of the publishers. Indicia are not always correct.

Also, the new title Hack Slash: Body Bags is missing the forward slash that appears in all the other Hack/Slash titles.

This week's update also added Batman: The Animated Series Official Coloring Book to the Comic Books category. This item likely belongs under Books instead.

Android version 14 on Samsung Galaxy S22

Yes, it's the updated version on Android.

When I'm out somewhere and thinking about buying a comic, I often use the app to check on whether I already have it and, if so, in what condition. If I don't have it, I like to check what the guide says the value is, and additionally, if copies are for sale on Atomic Avenue, I like to click through and see what's being offered. It seems that, with the latest update, I am unable to take that last step. When I use the app to look up a title and then click on an issue to see details about that particular issue, there is a link that might say "2 copies on Atomic Avenue." Then when I click the link to Atomic Avenue, the bottom third of my phone screen is occupied by an Add section with four fields and an Add button. This section covers up the Atomic Avenue inventory details and I can't find a way to dismiss it. For an example, see the image below. I do not yet sell on Atomic Avenue and do not want the Add section to be displayed automatically. I would really like to see the Atomic Avenue cost and condition details instead. At the very least, I would like the Add section to have a Cancel or Dismiss button to make it go away and let me view the obscured information.

Once again, the correct style for DuckTales is one word, camel case with a capital T in the middle.

The update also adds Ducktales (Dynamite). Disney officially uses camel case for this title, with a capital T in the middle--it should be DuckTales (Dynamite). And it's minor, but the word "The" in Sonic The Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition should not be capitalized.

None of the mentioned titles are showing in the app for me, either. Here are a few other ones that I noticed were missing: John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America Helen of Wyndhorn Black Widow & Hawkeye Six Fingers, The One commonality among all these titles is that they began in 2024. But not all titles that began in 2024 are missing.

It's working for me intermittently now. I've gotten a couple different error messages, so it might not be the same problem. But it did appear to be the same problem at first.

@Mark J. Castaneda -- It was working for me again yesterday, but now the same problem appears to be back.

Thanks for verifying that.

Yep, I came to report the same thing. It was kind of a bummer not to have it working at the little comic-con I went to today. I wondered if it might have something to do with the latest Android update. My phone was just updated, and the ComicBase app problem seems to coincide with that. But that might just be happenstance.

It turns out that it is not possible to submit them the way I outlined earlier, because the "Hardcover" designation is at the same level as "Variation A," "Variation B," etc. That makes numbers like Bk 1/HC-B impossible to form. So some tweaking was necessary to what I outlined before. Please see below for how I submitted them. Bk 1/HC is now the regular Mass Market version of the book. Bk 1/DM (Direct Market Edition) is the old Bk 1/HC. I don't know if the "DM" tag is used much anymore, but it seemed to be the best option. Someone had already added Bk 1/DLX as such, though I added more data to the entry. Bk 1/A is now the upcoming Oversized Hardcover Reserve Edition. There wasn't really another designation that worked. Bk 1/DM (Direct Market Edition) could instead be called Bk 1/A, and Bk 1/A (Oversized Hardcover Reserve Edition) could instead be called Bk 1/B, if the editorial team prefers. But I submitted them as above.

Oh, I suggested that the Playboy calendar be moved to Magazines. I haven't added or inventoried any calendars, so that was an assumption based on the idea that many calendars are a kind of periodical, with new editions coming out annually. But certainly it should be moved to Books if that's where other calendars are categorized. I should have checked.

The August 7 update added the following erroneous titles: DD Finest: Justice League of America Man Goat & The Bunnyman: Beware The Pigman ODB: Oddities Discord and B Sides Lyrical Ruckus in the City Playboy Playmate Wall Calendar Rick And Morty: Finals Week: Old Man Morty Teen Titans Go! On Tv! Voices n My Head You Can Be A Scout And A Winner These should be corrected as follows: DC Finest: Justice League of America Man Goat & the Bunnyman: Beware the Pigman ODB: Oddities, Discord, and B-Sides—Lyrical Ruckus in the City Playboy Playmate Wall Calendar [move from Comic Books to Magazines] Rick and Morty: Finals Week: Old Man Morty Teen Titans Go! On TV! Voices n My Head [remove this, as Voices in My Head was also added] You Can Be a Scout and a Winner

Respectfully, what I will outline below is how I think the Somna book versions should be listed in ComicBase. None of them have been there for long yet, so I hope they can be changed to keep the listing sensible. Bk 1/HC — This should NOT be the $75 Direct Market Exclusive version of the book currently shown. This should instead be the book @Scott J. Promish has, the regular Mass Market version of the book, with the Becky Cloonan cover and a retail price of $30. This is the most basic and widely available version of the book. Diamond has this version of the book here: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR241460 . Dstlry has it here: https://dstlry.co/products/somna-hc . Bk 1/HC-A — This SHOULD be the $75 Direct Market Exclusive version of the book presently shown as Bk 1/HC, with the Tula Lotay cover. It has more pages and some bonus material. Diamond has this version of the book here: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR241461 . Dstlry depicts it here: https://dstlry.co/products/somna-direct-market-exclusive-hc . Bk 1/HC-B — This should be the $200 Deluxe version, not currently in ComicBase at all. It has a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. It's limited to 400 copies and has a signed tip-in plate, but the Dstlry website shows it has the same page count as the Direct Market Exclusive. Diamond doesn't seem to have it; it may be a Dstlry website exclusive, although they don't explicitly say that. They show it here: https://dstlry.co/products/somna-deluxe-hardcover. Bk 1/HC-C — This should be the $40 Oversized Hardcover Reserve Edition that comes out in September. It uses the same Becky Cloonan cover artwork (recolored) as the Mass Market edition, but it sounds like it will be larger and perhaps have some more bonus material. This is the one currently in ComicBase as Bk 1/A, a potentially problematic designation if softcover versions are forthcoming. And it should come after what I've called Bk 1/HC-A and Bk 1/HC-B, since it is being published later than those (which are already available). Diamond's listing for it is here: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL241588. Dstlry does not seem to have info on their website about this version yet.

On the Dstlry website, there are three versions of the Somna book. The regular hardcover comes in two covers. The MASS MARKET cover is the one @Scott J. Promish posted above, with a cover price of $30. The other cover, currently depicted in the database, is a DIRECT MARKET EXCLUSIVE with a cover price of $75. They say it has more interior pages and stuff than the mass market version, and it will be (or has been) printed to order. The DELUXE hardcover is VERY expensive at $200 (not the $40 shown in ComicBase) and has yet another different cover. It is limited to 400 copies. See https://dstlry.co/products/somna-hc for the full details as provided by Dstlry.

If Walmart has been selling DC books with UPCs like that, my guess is that the one Alan found in an Ollie's multipack is a wayward Walmart variant. Those packs at Ollie's sometimes contain store variants (from other stores), incentive covers, and other stuff you wouldn't expect.

While I agree with your point about characters with diacritics being more searchable, the problem is ameliorated somewhat by auto-correction. That is, if you type "Jose Gonzalez" without using the alt-code character é, or even if you type "jose gonzalez" without capitals, when you leave the field, ComicBase automatically changes it to "José Gonzalez." I don't know if this particular auto-correction is new since the time of your post, and there may be examples of names for which this does not work, but it probably applies to a lot of the names that might be troublesome. But I also found two related issues while looking at this: ComicBase has credits for "José Gonzales" (note the final character) in addition to "José Gonzalez." Checking all the items with "José Gonzales" in the Artist field, they all appear to be misspellings of "José Gonzalez." I don't know if there is actually a José Gonzales in comics that has credits other than artwork, but it's likely that the "s" spelling should auto-correct to the "z" spelling of the name. Several credible online sources also put an accent over the "a" in "Gonzales," so the name should really be "José González." @Mark J. Castaneda -- can you get those issues in the queue, or should I send a message to Support?