Gregory Hecht
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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.
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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...) ?
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DC has cancelled all orders for Batman the Barbarian #1 and Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #3. They will resolicit, but because the issue details may change in the meantime, those two issues (including their variants) should be deleted from the database for now.
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11 minutes ago, Steve Dahms said:
Adam, How do I do this without a scanner? I typed in the UPC in the search box and it didn't do anything.
If the comic is in your database, then typing the full UPC code (don't worry about putting in spaces, but don't skip *any* of the numbers) and hitting return should take directly to that specific issue. But if the comic isn't in your database, then typing the UPC into the search box won't get you any hits.
If you rebuilt your lists and then downloaded the most recent content update (made available on 8/21/2024) and the Star Wars: Inquisitors comic still isn't showing up in your database, you might want to reach out to support for assistance.
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It could also be that there was an issue with the scanner that was used to make the image being used in the database.
Fred’s description of his copy seems to match the scan on mycomicshop so I suspect that the image used in the CB/AA database should be replaced with something more representative of what this comic actually looks like.
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This week's update added The77 Annual title. The cover scan of issue #1 of this series looks a lot like The77 Annual #1 under the pre-existing The77 title, but it looks like they have different publication dates (2021 vs. 2024). Are these the same item with an incorrect date for one of these database entries? Or is this week's new database entry a reprint of the older entry?
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27 minutes ago, Joseph Abell said:
FYI, I tried to submit this by right clicking Submit New or Corrected Data, but that line is grayed out.
Did you have the specific issue highlighted before trying to use the Submit New Or Corrected Data function? If no issue(s) in the title are highlighted, then the function will be grayed out in the menu.
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I had problems a week or two ago getting new items to show up after a content update. I suggest rebuilding lists and retry the content update as that solved my issue.
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4 hours ago, Randall J. Paske said:
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.
Yes, the Book category is where calendars go. There is even a “Calendar” binding type in that category! 😎
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This week's content update added the title Horror & Fantasy Illustrated 20240 Pinup Special to the Comic Book category. First, that should probably be indexed as Horror & Fantasy Illustrated 2024 Pinup Special. Second, if this is a pin-up book, this might be better suited for the Magazine category. Can anybody verify how much of this item is pin-ups and how much is comic stories?
Also, the title Playboy Playmate Wall Calendar was moved from the Comics category to the Magazine category. I agree that it doesn't belong in the Comics category, but it is my understanding that calendars are supposed to go into the Books category.
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The following entries under the Marvel Graphic Novel title have incorrect cover dates. I don't know offhand what the correct dates are, but the ones that are listed are definitely inaccurate since they predate the launch of the Marvel Graphic Novel line.
• #4 (5th printing) -- should not be 11/76
• #8 -- should not be 11/76
• #9 -- should not be 11/76
• #11 -- should not be 11/76
• #14 -- should not be 11/76
• #18 -- should be sometime prior to 8/95... not sure of the correct date but the first print definitely came out in the mid 80's sometime
• #18 -- 3rd and 4th printings both list 1/85... I doubt that both printings came out in the same month. EDITED TO ADD: It is entirely possible that the cover date wasn't changed in the indicia for the later printings, so I readily concede that these cover dates might not be incorrect. -
This week's update added the new title Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Conceealment to the Book category. Note that "Concealment" is misspelled and the title should probably be indexed as Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Concealment.
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The indicia for the book isn't set up quite as explicitly as it is for most periodical comics, but having said that, I can verify that the indicia refers to the book as Atlas Artist Edition. So the Joe Maneely book should be listed as Book #1/HC or #1/HC under the title Atlas Artist Edition.
And I can verify Douglas' assertion that this a book whose contents are primarily reprints of complete comic stories so this does belong in the Comics media category.
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This content update added the title Night Stalker (1First(. This should really be indexed as Night Stalker (1First)
Also added were the titles Quarel, The and Quarrel, The. I suspect that these are the same thing and that the misspelled former should be deleted while the correctly spelled latter should be retained.
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18 hours ago, Fred Slota said:
"There are too many of these items on sale in Atomic Avenue."
To the best of my knowledge, that has never been a rationale for not correcting a title in the database. (It is possible, however, that an Atomic Avenue seller has discovered that something in their inventory is suddenly not recognized on AA and they send in a correction that undoes a previous correction... and thus re-establishing an incorrect title.)
18 hours ago, Fred Slota said:Take the time to plan a path to clean up all these legacy issues. Maybe create a new, second set of Title and Issue fields, Title2 and Issue2. Search by both, list with both. Allow the user to choose which set to use for viewing and reports, while officially using the original form on Atomic Avenue for a year or two. Then, after a period of supporting both old and new designations, rename Title/Issue to Title (old)/Issue (old) and rename Title2/Issue2 to Title/Issue.
What I have suggested in the past is to have the content update process take care of moving a user's inventory from an outgoing incorrect title to a newly created corrected title. The response from @Peter Bickford was "we don't want to mess with any of our users' data." But it should be easy enough to set up a request of the user to make these changes. What I envision is something along these lines:
1. Existing title Capt. Coprolite has been in the database for years. It is discovered that the indicia actually reads as Captain Coprolite.
2. The next content update includes code to add the new, correct Captain Coprolite title to the database and delete the old title (assuming the user's content update preferences are set to allow deletion of old titles that contain no inventory).
3. During the update process, if the user has inventory in the old title, they receive the following dialog box:
This content update has added the comic book [or whatever media type] title Captain Coprolite to your database. This title is intended to replace the incorrectly named Capt. Coprolite. Would you like to move all of the issue information (including your inventory) from the old Capt. Coprolite title to the new Captain Coprolite title?
[_] Yes, please move my issue and inventory information from the old title to the new title.
[_] No, please leave my issue and inventory information in the old title.4. If the user selects "yes" then the update proceeds to carry out the task. At the end of the update, the user gets a pop-up that reminds them to update their AA inventory if they had any issues under the old title for sale on AA.
If the user selects "no" then the update leaves their data under the old title unchanged, the new title is created, and the user gets a pop-up at the end of the update reminding them that any issues from the old title that they had for sale on AA won't be recognized by the system but that this can be fixed by moving their inventory to the new title and updating their AA inventory.Something similar could also be set up to handle titles that move from one media category to another.
The main upshot of this suggestion is that users will spend less time curating their databases and thus have more time to curate their collections. As it should be. IMO the biggest shortcoming of ComicBase is that it essentially places the onus of moving inventory from old, outgoing titles to new, correct titles on the user. This creates work for the user through no fault of their own. This is something that could be handled by the program during content updates on an opt-in basis as described above.
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This week's update added the comic title Best of Archie: Riverdale High Raucous, The. Based on the cover scan, I suspect that should really be indexed as Best of Archie, The: Riverdale High Raucous.
The following titles were added to the Comic media category. Do light novels belong in books, or does the content of these vary enough that they are handled on a case by case basis?
• Autumn in Amber, An: A Zero Second Journey (Light Novel)
• Hero Syndrome (Light Novel)
• KinnPorsche (Light Novel)
• Lout of Count’s Family (Light Novel)The title Sheena: Fatal Exams was added to the database. This appears to be the collected edition of the mini-series Sheena: Queen of the Jungle: Fatal Exams so it should really be listed as Book #1 of that title.
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If I understand your post correctly, you are saying that you have Whitman variants that are not listed in the database (but not that there are Whitman variants in the database that have a scan of a non-Whitman version of the issue).
You can submit the Whitman variants that you have along with scans. Your FF #182 would be submitted as #182/A for example, and you can look at the existing Whitman variants that are already in the database for guidance.
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I took a quick look at mycomicshop, and it seems that most of those titles are priced at $2.50 or $3.00 for their highest graded issues (whether NM, VF, or FN). The Booster Gold, Green Lantern Parallax, Harley Quinn, NIghtwing/Oracle, Shazam, and Supergirl Matrix titles look like they are a buck or two higher. Might be worth a "Price Check" submission.
Superman seems to be an exception, they price it a lot higher. I'd have to research it a little bit, but I suspect that it sets up the return of the pre-Flashpoint Superman and Lois.
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I noticed that #8 (2nd print) was added to the database. To be clear, *all* of the covers of Daredevil #8 received a corrected printing, so second prints of all variants B through F should also be added to the database.
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This week's update added the title Marvel: 85th Annersary Special. That should really be spelled as Marvel: 85th Anniversary Special.
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On 6/14/2024 at 11:53 AM, Mark J. Castaneda said:
#8 through #8/F all have the error?
That is my understanding.
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I recently received my corrected copies of the regular issue #8 (JRJR cover) and issue #8/B (Miller cover). The UPCs for both of those matched the UPCs in the database for the corresponding uncorrected issues.
So my guess is that they used the same UPCs for the corrected printings as for the original printings.
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A reminder that each of the different Daredevil (8th series) #8 -- the "main" issue and all variants -- should be listed in the database as having two printings. The first printing issues should have a (Printing Error) notation and all of the second printing issues should have a (Corrected) notation.
At present, only #8/A reflects the above.
To the best of my knowledge, the indicia for both printings are the same. Some retailers did not sell the error printing issues, but a number of them did, so both printings are "in the wild" and the only way to tell them apart is to check the pages inside the comic.
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It is located under this title in the database.
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Clean up for 09/05/2024 content update
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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 .