Michael R. Wagner

I didn't focus specifically on slabbed books being blue or yellow because my buying/selling and convention experiences have shown me that the impact of an autograph on an unslabbed book isn't much different than the impact on a slabbed book. r/MIke

I use a custom checkbox to track autographed issues and a custom text box to record details about that issue (when and where it was signed, etc.). I think the volatility of a signed book's value is too dynamic to maintain in the master database. There are several contributing factors that make it very difficult to adequately assess the value of such a book. Greg already mentioned some of these. Some others include the perception by many collectors that an autograph changes the "mint" status of a book because it's no longer in its pristine, unaltered condition. Another is the placement of an autograph, e.g., on the front cover, inside the cover, on the splash page, or somewhere else. r/MIke

In Comicbase, the 3rd menu choice across the top is "Items" and the first choice in this drop-down menu is "New Comic Book" (aka Ctrl-N). This will start the walk-you-through steps to enter your item. When you're finished, you can submit it for review and approval to be added to the central database, or keep it only in your personal database - though I would recommend submitting it to be included in the central database. r/MikeW

The holiday sale is currently ongoing, offering 33% off all prices. I'm not sure how long it'll last, though, so I recommend you go to the home page (comicbase.com) asap. r/MikeW

I think the message now is "never mind." I just installed v.26.0.5.2736 (a more recent update) and it downloaded and installed successfully. -Mike

I can't get this update to load. It appears to operate normally until the program downloads the updater file (29.3 MB); once the download is complete it immediately repeats downloading the updater file, and does so repeatedly. I let it run through at least five times before canceling the update. Anyone else experiencing this? -Mike

Update to v26.0.4.2571 fixed the problem. Thanks, Pete! r/Mike

That works, this isn't a critical problem. Thanks for the info update. r/Mike

I'm experiencing the same thing, and only after I loaded update #2559 and then ran the weekly update. -Mike

Doinggg! I re-checked my registrations and discovered that I had not downloaded the 2026 edition like I thought I did several weeks ago. Gee whiz, but that simple act seems to have brought my database to the current version - now running v26.0.4.2169. Thanks!

I'm stuck at v25.7.1.4630.

Just curious; these were popping up every couple of days for a while, but now it's been a month or more without one. I still have the "check for interim updates" box checked in my preferences. I checked with Peter, Paul and Mary, but they weren't any help! r/Mike

I finally found this issue by searching w/ the bar code. It doesn't belong under the "Detective Comics" title. There are lots of titles that contain reprints from other titles, and these are listed under their own titles (e.g., DC's Four Star Spectacular). This particular book has neither "Detective" nor "Comics" in its title. It's title - Batman Year Two - is already in the database. I believe this book should be located under that title. r/Mike

After failing to find this title in the database, I continued searching and eventually discovered it as "Dunc and Loo." Why? Is it because the Overstreet Price Guide decided to list it that way despite the title so prominently displayed across the top of the cover and in the indicia? This seems like an easy error to fix. The book lasted only eight issues and was already halfway through its run when Dell shortened the title to just Dunc and Loo. Given the limited run of this series and its negligible influence in the comic book universe, I recommend it's an appropriate fix to correct the title in the database. r/Mike

I've been encountering this problem (missing covers) for about two weeks now; in every instance I've found a title folder in the pictures folder with the missing covers. The name of this folder is nearly identical to the original folder that is missing those covers. In several instances there is punctuation in the title, sometimes added punctuation and sometimes what appears to be the same but isn't, e.g., the curved apostrophe instead of the straight 'tick' mark and the single character ellipsis (…) instead of the three consecutive periods that Steve described above. -Mike

I ran into this last week (early April) with several titles, mostly old, long-running DC titles. I found files in the picture folders with the covers I was missing - under folders with a near duplicate name of the title missing those pictures. This first occurred after the first time I selected the option to match titles in my collection to the "correct" version of that title. There seems to be some connection between the two. -Mike

Thanks again for the help here, Steve. Since it contains full reprints of 32 stories, I would vote for Comic Books as the appropriate media type. Also, Bonanza Books is the identified publisher, so that seems to be the one CB should use.

This doesn't appear to be in the database, I found only a 2003 Fantagraphics edition. I think this earlier edition, despite the same title, should be its own entry. Thoughts? Advice?

I thought I used the new drag-and-drop process correctly, though it wasn't successful. I just now tried it again - 30-40 minutes after my initial attempt, and this time it worked. Thanks for the help, Steve! r/Mike

BTW, the correct title of this book is "The Great Women Superheroes" not "... Super Heroes"

I changed the media type for this item from comic book to book based on its content - mostly text with snippets of various comic books scattered throughout to accompany the text. However, I can't seem to get the cover to display. I set Binding Type = Hardcover, Edition = Regular Edition, and unchecked "part of a numbered series" since it was a one-shot publication. Help correcting whatever mistake(s) I've made would be appreciated. r/Mike

Ditto - seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks!

Could the obscenity charges and subsequent litigation that took place possibly explain why the magazine isn't in the database?

Looks like b2847 did the trick 100% successfully. Thanks for the fast update and the info about it!

I just installed the latest update (update 2794) and now when I use CTRL<T> to search for a title, the first letter typed jumps to that part of the alphabet - as usual - but the second letter entered doesn't register, nor does a third letter if I go that far. I'm selecting from the "series in stock" set of titles. Example: Enter "a" and "A-1 Comics" is highlighted in the list, as it's the first title in my collection that starts with the letter A. At this juncture, that title is highlighted in the list, but doesn't fill in the title cell at the top of the list. Now, I want Adventure Comics, so next I type "d" but this keeps A-1 Comics highlighted and also now inserts it in the title cell at the top. When I press on and type the letter v, the logic that should jump to Adv(enture Comics) doesn't happen; instead the list jumps to the first title in my collection that starts with the letter V. This feature worked normally before I downloaded and installed the new update 2794. Any thoughts or advice? r/Mike