Gregory Hecht

There are two comics from Free Comic Book Day that I can't find in the database: • Dreamscape Publishing First Issue Sampler (no UPC, no indicia) • The Cimmerian: Xuthal of the Dusk (no UPC; indicia states Free Comic Book Day The Cimmerian: Xuthal of the Dusk ) Are these in the database and I am just not finding them, or do they need to be added?

Bump. A bunch of views for this post, but nobody on these boards has any insights on this one?

It looks to me like Energon Universe 2026 Special issue #FCBD 1/A and #FCBD 2026 are both trying to be the same thing. Although the database says that #FCBD 1/A claims to have a $3.99 cover price, both listings show what appear to be the same cover with the Free Comic Book Day logo on them. They also have the same UPC. I think one of the two listings needs to be deleted.

It's probably not in the database yet. I think there are around 15 books (so far) in the Marvel Premier line, and I can only find three of them in the database. The book you have is not among those that I have found.

There might need to be some clean-up for Love & Rockets #1. Some discrepancies worth noting: • The facsimile edition of issue #1 recently came out. The indicia gives a date January 2026 and notes that it is the 5th printing. The database has this cataloged as #1/A rather than #1 (5th printing). • That may be because there is already a 5th printing listed in the database. Oddly, both the 4th and 5th printings are listed as having May 1995 cover dates. Were there actually two separate printings in the same month? • The database says that the 4th and 5th printings both have cover prices of $4.95. However, the cover scan for #1 (4th printing) has a cover price of $3.95. • The database says that the 2nd printing has a cover price of $3.95, but the cover scan shows a cover price of $3.50. Is there anybody out there who help clean up the above?

The kinds of "not necessarily intended to be shared" data that you are talking about should ideally be kept in the custom fields, not the Notes field. Contents of the custom fields don't get sent to CB AFAIK. Pete talked about the Submit All Corrections command in a couple of the Livestreams, starting with #218 (starting around or just past the 30 minute mark). The command sends all changes you have made in certain (for lack of a better term) "universally shared fields" since the last time you submitted corrections from that database. Only certain users are "white listed" to use the command.

Is this a title for which you have issues with Quantity In Stock > 0 ? Also, after deleting the title, have you tried running Rebuild Lists? (when doing this, check all of the boxes except for the Rebuild Pictures List) Not sure if that will help, but rebuilding lists does help with some types of CB problems.

Probably. Yes, definitely.

I think that these are two different series in the sense that EroTech came out in 2022 and EroTech (2nd series) is coming out currently. I believe the second series is a reprint of the first, but there are different cover variants for the two series. So my advice would be to keep the series separate. (Also, I know that there is a back-up story in the currently running series, but I don't know for sure if that was present in the issues for the first series... but if the contents of the issues are different, then that is another argument for keeping the series separate)

Try rebuilding lists (check off everything except for rebuilding pictures list) and then immediately afterwards force the latest content download to run again. This has worked for a few people (including myself). EDITED TO ADD: Just saw your other (related issue) in the other thread. I don’t know if my suggestion will fix that or not, but it is worth a shot anyway. At the very least you will also get a database check as part of the rebuilding lists, which should probably also be done given your overall situation.

First, verify that your database is currently set to show all issues, not just the issues that you own. Second, try the Rebuild Lists function under File Tools.

I'll just chime in here to say that my experience is similar to Robert's. Last fall I transitioned from a 2020 MacBook Pro that used Parallels to run ComicBase in the Windows 10 environment to a new M4 processor MacBook Pro running Windows 11 in the Parallels environment. I haven't had any issues running the ComicBase program on the new machine. Pete expects that a subset of his customers will be running the program using Parallels on their MacBooks, so if problems do arise you should be able to reach out to tech support and get assistance.

But based on Jeff's reply, he's actually looking for a standardized way to place a value on slabbed signed issues (CGC blue label vs. CGC yellow label). I don't know enough about the the slabbed comics market to know to whether that market values signed comics in the way that Jeff is asking for. I agree with Mike that the master database shouldn't attempt to track the values of signed comics... although having said that (and admittedly in the absence of CGC yellow label market data) I'm less opposed to having a function in the database where a user can peg a value to CGC yellow label comics as a derivative of a similarly graded issue that received a CGC blue label. But I would still have a question as to the usefulness of a user-generated valuation. If the valuation is to be used for selling the issue, then the marketplace will make a determination of the value independently of what is in the user's database. If the valuation is for insurance purposes, I would assume that the firm writing the policy would use market data to determine how to place a value on CGC yellow label issues, not necessarily the user's self-determined formula.

This assumes a couple of things. First, that all signatures are all equal. Does a Chuck Austen autograph on a comic raise its value by the same amount as a Jack Kirby or John Buscema autograph? Second, that a signature by the same creator will have an equal effect on the value of all comics that they sign, even if those comics are of equal grade. Does a Stan Lee signature on a NM copy of Ravage 2099 #1 raise the value of that book by the same number of dollars as a Stan Lee signature on a NM copy of, say, Silver Surfer #1? What about a John Byrne autograph on a copy of Uncanny X-Men #137 and a copy of Lab Rats #1? Also, while autographs on a comic may increase that issue's sentimental value to its owner, autographs frequently don't raise the cash value of that comic by very much without a certificate of authenticity. My suggestion would be to use the custom fields and check boxes to keep track of which items in your collection are autographed and by whom.

Use the “Submit New or Corrected Information” command in the ComicBase program. That command sends information from any highlighted/selected issues (including cover scans) to the CB editorial team. They will review the submission and, for each acceptable issue, approve its inclusion into the database. That is the easiest process for the editors and will ensure that your new issues get looked at much faster than if you submit here. More complicated edits (such as incorrect scans, watermarked scans, misspellings, incorrect publisher, titles in the wrong media category, duplicate issues and other items that require deletion etc etc etc) and things that need actual discussion should be posted to these message boards.