Gregory Hecht

This week's update added the title Betty and veronica Best Friends Forever (Miramax) to the Books category. Note that "Veronica" should be capitalized. And kudos to whoever did the work of moving all of those Light Novel titles out of the Comics category!

Prior to ComicBase 2025, the program was not handling valuations of slabbed comics very well. That formula has been updated and has been shown to more accurately match actual realized sale prices for specific slabbed comics as compared to the old formula. Pete talks about this in a couple of the Livestream videos, but a good one to check out would be this one.

This week's update added Betty and Veronica Best Friends Forever to the Book category. I am pretty sure that this is a graphic novel (i.e., a comic book). Can anybody verify? The title 5 Minute Spidey & His Amazing Friends Stories was added to the Comic category. Based on the Amazon listing, however, this looks like it should be in the Books category. (I also recommend double-checking to see if the pre-existing 5-Minute Batman Stories comic title should be moved to the Books category.) The following titles were added to the Comics category, but since they are supposed to be light novels, I believe that they really should go into the Books category: • Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky (Light Novel) • Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days (Light Novel) If the Villainess and Villain Met and Fell in Love (Light Novel) is not a newly added title, but I noticed that new issues were added to this title this week. It is currently located in the Comics category. It should be moved to the Books category. [I recommend doing a search in the Comics category for anything that includes the phrase "light novel" in the title... those titles probably all need to be moved to the Books category.]

The database includes the comic book title The Horizon Experiment. The indicia of this book actually states The Manchurian #1. "The Horizon Experiment" is apparently just a branding for several one-shots from Image Comics.

This week's update added the title Marvel Art Of Michael Turner, The. Should the "Of" should really be "of" to be in keeping with CB's adopted style standard? Similarly, should Cap’n Crunch In The Center Of The Earth really be Cap’n Crunch in the Center of the Earth ? There are several other titles this week with similar capitalizations, such as (but not necessarily limited to): • Driving The Torture Track • Fire Puts The Squeeze On Mr. Halfinsured • Beware The Booby Trap Another capitalization situation, but this one is a little different: the "K" in Motherfu*Kin Monsters: The Horizon Expiriement should really be lowercase since it is in the middle of the word. Also, "Experiment" is spelled incorrectly, so I think that the correct title should be Motherfu*kin Monsters: The Horizon Experiment .

I recently received a copy of the latest printing of Incredible Hulk Epic Collection vol. 1. The indicia in my copy states that it is "third edition, first printing". I am going to submit it as #1-C, reserving #1-B for "second edition" issues since I *assume* those exist. LMK if this isn't the proper way forward. BTW, the notes field for issue #1 of this series could use some clean-up as there is a lot of repeated information in there.

CB 2025 updated its formulas for determining the values of certain comics, particularly those that were and were not seeing big surges in value when placed inside a CGC holder. Depending on the particular comics in your collection, this may be the cause of your collection’s change in total value. There was a recent Livestream on this, you can get a more detailed explanation there. (I think it was in the show that discussed the debut of CB 2025… try episode #180) Not sure what to make of the “scrambled” collection statistics without knowing more specifics about what changed in your report and the contents of your collection.

This week's update added the title Uncle Scrooge: Duck Tales-Messes Become Successes. Is that the correct type of dash that should be used for this title? (I'm thinking that it should be an em dash) Similar question for the comic title Alberta-Land of Freedom and Opportunity that was added this week. Should that be an em dash there as well? The update deleted The Magic Order 5 and replaced it with The Magic Order VI. "VI" is the Roman numeral for "6" not "5", so my spidey-sense is tingling here. I don't have my copy in hand yet, but I suspect that the indicia for this issue is might actually be "The Magic Order V #1". Can somebody verify?

Definitely not a comic, it belongs in magazines.

The database contains two entries for the Heroes, Heavies, & Heroines portfolio. One of these listings is under the Comic Book media category, and that title should be deleted because this is a portfolio rather than a comic book. The title listed under the Book category should be retained, but some changes are necessary. Right now it is listed as #0 with a TPB binding. The binding type should be changed to LL (loose leaf). I assume that the number can be dropped since most books aren't listed with the number "0" when they are not part of a series (and, as far as I know, this item was not part of a series).

UPDATE: I have submitted information for the new 2024 editions of Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers vol. 2 and Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk vol. 1. They were entered as follows: • Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #2/D for the silver & black dustjacket edition (somebody else will need to submit a cover scan and a UPC number) • Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #2/E for the marble dustjacket edition • Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1/D for the silver & black dustjacket edition (somebody else will need to submit a cover scan and a UPC number) • Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1/E for the marble dustjacket edition

Issues of Star Trek #500 are listed under both Star Trek (5th series) and Star Trek (6th series). I suspect that the proper place for #500 is under the "6th series" title since that is the currently published title (which I suspect is a similar rationale as to why the Star Trek #400 stunt issue was placed under the "5th series" title back when that came out).

This week's update added Art of Marvel's Snap to the Comic Book category. Is this a comic or is this a book? Based on the title, I suspect it is the latter. Also added was the comic title BTTM FDRS (Fant I suspect that this title was somehow truncated and that it should really be BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics) . However, I don't see any other BTTM FDRS titles in the database, so including the publisher in the title name might not be necessary. The title Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Mark Bagely was added, but it contains a misspelling. It should really be Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Mark Bagley .

Also, sometime over the last couple of weeks, it looks like two reprintings of Betty & Me #16 have ended up in the database. I submitted #16 (2nd printing) a couple of weeks ago, and that listing is in the database and appears to be correct. There is also a #16 Variation A in the database with a cover price of $3.99 (which matches the August 2024 facsimile edition that I submitted) but with a September 1992 cover date. I am not able to find evidence that this issue was reprinted in September 1992, so I suspect that this is an erroneous listing of the 8/2024 facsimile edition. I propose deleting Betty & Me #16/A from the database.

This week's update added the title Frank Cho - Muse. First, the title doesn't have the correct type of dash punctuation. Second, and more importantly, I suspect that this is a duplication of Muse (Monkey Boy) since Monkey Boy Press is a publisher name that Cho has used for at least some of his self-published artbooks. And, finally, even if this *is* supposed to be its own separate title, I can't get it to show up on Atomic Avenue. Also added was Paul Kupperberg’s Illustrated Guide To Writing Comics. To conform with CB's naming standards, should that title be Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics (Paul Kupperberg's...) ?