Gregory Hecht

Firefly (Dynamite) orders have also been cancelled. The latest word now is that all three of these series (Buffy, Angel, and Firefly) will all be resolicited at a future date, but until that happens these titles should all be removed from the database.

All orders for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dynamite) and Angel (Dynamite) have been cancelled. No word on whether they will be resolicited. These titles should (at least for the time being) be removed from the database.

The database lists a single The Marvel Art of Arthur Adams title, and it includes a HC issue and a TPB issue. Even though they have the same title, these books are actually entirely different publications and were put out by different publishers (the HC is from Flesk in 2017, the TPB is from Essential Sequential in 2023). I'd like to recommend that these two books go into separate titles. • OPTION #1 is to keep the HC under the current title and move the TPB to a new title along the lines of Marvel Art of Arthur Adams, The (Essential Sequential). • OPTION #2 is to move the HC to a new title along the lines of Marvel Art of Arthur Adams, The (Flesk). The TPB would be moved to a new title along the lines of Marvel Art of Arthur Adams, The (Essential Sequential). Option #1 may be less disruptive to folks who have had the 2017 HC book in their inventory for nine years, but I would understand if the decision were to implement Option #2.

More Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho is the same thing as Book of Outrage, The: The Art of Frank Cho TPB 2. The indicia matches the former, but deleting the latter is kind of awkward since the series went back to the original "The Book of Outrage" title as of TPB 4. In the end, one of the two needs to be deleted. Similar story with Book of Even More Outrage, The: The Art of Frank Cho, which is the same thing as Book of Outrage, The: The Art of Frank Cho TPB 3. Again, the listing for the former matches the indicia. But there is the awkwardness of the numbering gap in the latter depending on which of these you choose to delete.

Just a reminder that you should double-check to be sure that you are not submitting cover images from other sites that have watermarks in them. @Mark J. Castaneda can chime in here as to whether using non-watermarked cover images from other sites is OK.

Archie has cancelled their Life with Archie #1 facsimile issues. Apparently they will resolicit, but for now it looks like Life with Archie #1/A through #1/F should be removed from the database.

I think that there are at least some that are unique to the blind bags. If that is the case, it may take a while for all of the QiB #1 variants to appear in the CB database since it is likely that CB will be dependent almost entirely user submissions for all or most blind bag exclusive variants.

I would suggest that since the database does not recognize issue #11 with no variant designation that #11-2 be deleted and #11/A-2 be retained. The reprint is, after all, a second print of what is listed in the database as the A variant. @Mark J. Castaneda @Peter R. Bickford what is your take on this?

Usually for collected editions the DLX designation is only for a separately solicited variant that is speciaL in some way (for example, a collection that was solicited as both a non-numbered & non-signed version and as a signed and numbered version). Keep in mind that in cases where a collection has a “regular” or “book market” dust jacket and a direct market exclusive dustjacket, the DM version typically gets marked as Variant A. So (for example) for many Marvel omnibus books the version available to the book trade is listed as #1-HC and the DM variant is listed as #1-A. I suggest looking at *recent* titles to see how things are handled and use that as a guide. If are trying to catalog an item that seems to be outside the usual patterns, you can always post here for guidance for your specific item(s).

A partial answer for you: For items that are being added to the database these days, Bk is usually used for trade paperbacks and HC is used for hardcovers. Using Bk for trade paperbacks prevents potential future hassles since some trade paperbacks are published and then later on the same thing comes out as a hardcover (or vice versa).

Yes. I go to the Magazine title in question. I bring up the "Titles" window using the Control T keys. I highlight the Hot Shots: Avengers entry in the pop up "Titles" window. Click the "Modify" button. In the new pop-up window, I select "Licensed" in the "Tags" area. I hit the Delete key on my keyboard and nothing happens.

Justice League (McClatchy) and Justice League (McClatchy Lifestyle) appear to be the same thing. I suggest deleting Justice League (McClatchy) since that would standardize the titles of all of the remaining McClatchy titles involving DC characters. There is also now a second Superman issue with an entirely different cover and different contents as compared to the Superman issue that is in the database. Even though there is no "issue #2" in the indicia, I assume that should be entered into the database as issue #2 rather than Superman (McClatchy Lifestyle) (second series) ? Never mind, I see that the first issue is listed as DC Comics Presents: Superman (3rd series) and the second issue listed as Superman (McClatchy Lifestyle) .

Similarly, the title DC Finest Sgt. Rock should actually be listed as DC Finest: Sgt. Rock: The Rock of Easy Co.

I just submitted information for Atlas Creator Collection #3/HC. FYI, this is technically the first issue released from this title. Issues #1/HC and #2/HC were released under the title Atlas Artist Edition. But then they had to change the title b/c Scott Dunbier has the trademark for the phrase "Artist Edition." So please create the title Atlas Creator Collection using the info submitted from my database, but please do NOT move anything from the existing Atlas Artist Edition title to the new title.

The last issue of the title Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus should be #8/HC and #8/A (including variants). After that point, Marvel's license ended and eventually went to Titan. Titan revived the Savage Sword of Conan omnibus line, but they changed the title to The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Comics Omnibus. So issues #9/HC and up (including all variants) need to be moved from "Original Marvel Years Omnibus" title to the existing "Original Comics Omnibus" title. When doing this, please do NOT delete the other issues in the "Original Comics Omnibus" title. Those issues are real (Titan has been reissuing the earlier omnibus books under their "Original Comics" title. And, in at least one case, the contents of the Titan book is different from the corresponding Marvel book... so the existing entries under Titan's version of this series need to stay.) And, finally, the cover dates for #9/HC and #9/A need to match. They should both be October 2024 as per the indicia.