Gregory Hecht

Hi Mark -- I have done as you suggest, but the "Database" pulldown menu at https://www.comicbase.com/mycb/MyComics.aspx still lists databases for which I have no reports. I only have two databases that I have been using since I adopted CB2020 (and have since upgraded to CB2021): "2020 Collection Database" and "2020 For Sale Database." However, the pulldown menu lists my "2014 Collection Database" and "2014 For Sale Database". These were what I used prior to CB2020, but I deleted the reports associated with those databases since I no longer use them after the upgrade. Is there any way to delete these "orphan" database options on my pulldown menu?

The database title Ever: The Way Out lists two issues, a #1 and a Book #1. These appear to be the same thing, so one of the two listings needs to go. FWIW this item is a hardcover, so it might make sense to delete *both* #1 and Book #1 and to list the item as Book #1-HC (just in case a tpb edition is ever published).

I am looking to change the antivirus software on my Macbook Pro laptop. My current one causes issues with my Sonos app (issues = causes laptop OS to crash, not merely the Sonos app). I am running Mac OS 10 Catalina (will probably upgrade to OS 11 Big Sur in the near future), and I run ComicBase on Windows 10 using Parallels. Does anybody have any recommendations regarding antivirus for my set-up? (I'll even take recommendations on what to avoid if there is a known problematic combination of a particular antivirus with CB and/or Parallels.) Thanks in advance for everybody's assistance!

The latest content update added the title Pre-Code Classics :The Beyond. Note that the colon should come before the space that follows "Classics", not after.

Sometimes the AA server gets hung up and inventory doesn't update even though it appears to the user that the inventory update was successfully sent. You can try posting at the Atomic Avenue forum, but to be perfectly honest, response times over there can be slow (days to weeks or even longer). I suggest sending a direct email to support@atomicavenue.com which in my experience typically results in a rapid reply.

AFAIK Part 3 hasn't been released yet (I'm not even sure that it has been solicited yet, only announced). So no barcode available for that yet. I submitted the part 2 book (including barcode) from my database on Thursday, so it should already be in the queue of submitted corrections.

The database lists a volume 4 for the Snowpiercer title. The indicia for this book is actually "Snowpiercer The Prequel" and does not indicate volume 4 anyplace. It *does* indicate that it is "Part 1" however. I suggest that this issue be moved to a new "Snowpiercer The Prequel" title, especially since a Prequel part 2 book is out and a part 3 is apparently on the way.

Am I understanding you correctly? You're asking for a price check over the difference of a penny?

The Best of Comix Book was moved from books to comics as part of the 12/17/2020 update. As per my post above, this book reprints stories from Comix Book and is already listed under the original Comix Book title. The collected edition doesn't warrant its own separate title.

The new update added the title The Best of Comix Book. This shouldn't be listed as a book since it reprints comic stories from Comix Book. In fact, it is already listed under the existing Comix Book title. So I recommend deleting the Best of Comix Book title.

If you are making those changes, you definitely want to be sure that you submit them to HC. If you don't let them know about the misspellings, the next content update could undo your work (depending on your settings when you update).

This week added the title Firefly : Watch How I Soar. There appears to be a space immediately preceding the colon. Is that deliberate? DC Nation Presentd DC Future State appears to contain a typo. (I assume that it should be "Presents") The New Mutants Artist Edition Bill Sienkiewicz should actually be New Mutants Artist Select Series Bill Sienkiewicz. This book had been submitted back in 2016, and there was a discussion on the old message boards that there are four different versions. At one point the database had all of this correctly indexed, don't know what happened here. There is also some additional info in that old thread for other Marvel Artist Select books that no longer seems to be reflected in the current database. ? The new title Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfreson also contains a typo. Don't know what's up with the Book #1/B and Book #1/HC. The notes suggest that this is trying to list the b&w daily strip reprint book and the color Sunday reprint book as different versions of the same issue. That is not appropriate, they are two separate issues. All of these books appear to be listed already under the Mickey Mouse (Walt Disney's...) title already. If the idea is to move them into their own title, I suggest using the notes and scans from there to do so.

My understanding is that the following items have been cancelled: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 Facsimile Edition Amazing Spider-Man: The Daily Bugle #3, #3A, #4, #5 (issues prior to #3 were published so they should remain in the database) Ghost Rider (10th series) #8, #8A, #9 Morbius The Living Vampire (3rd series) #6, #6A, #7, #8 Dark Agnes #3, #4, #5 (issues prior to #3 were published) Scream: Curse of Carnage #6 (including all variants), #7 (including all variants), #8 (including all variants) Silver Surfer: Black #1W (Director's Cut variant), #2D (Director's Cut variant) Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #1 (including all variants); I assume that this means that the entire series has been cancelled, so the title should probably be deleted These should all be deleted from the database.

Is there a Livestream for today (11/25)? Last week Pete said that there would be one, but nothing for today was posted on the ComicBase homepage or the ComicBase Facebook page. I'm not seeing anything at the ComicBase YouTube page. Hopefully Pete is just busy working on the final touches for Crystal Palace or he's been pressed into service prepping his Thanksgiving turkey!

Monsters of the Movies is listed as Comic, but only a couple of issues have a single comic story. The rest of the content is articles and photos. I suggest that this title be moved to Magazines.

Looks like Jack Kirby Collector #79 somehow got cloned. The issue is listed the title' that is housed (appropriately so) under Magazines, but it also exists under the same title under Comics. The listing under Comics (the one that I linked to) should be deleted. Similar story for Back Issue #122 and #123.

Hi Frank -- This link will take you to a listing of all of the titles in the master database that include the word "Veronica" in the title. If the title is not there, can you post a link to another site (such as mycomicshop.com) to help me figure out what you are looking for? That way I can help you locate it in the database. I do see that the master database lists Betty and Veronica, Betty and Veronica (vol. 3), and Betty and Veronica (vol. 4). That doesn't necessarily mean that the issues you are calling "volume 2" aren't in there someplace under some other title, volume numbers in the ComicBase database can be a little wonky.

Are you referring to the cover price field or the selling price field?

As discussed in this week's ComicBase Livestream, several issues of The New Warriors (6th series) were solicited, but those were eventually cancelled. No resolicits have appeared, so the entry in the database should be deleted. Dr. Strange (6th series) issue #7 was cancelled. As far as I know, a resolicit is not planned, so issues #7 and #7/A should be removed from the database.

Looking at the entry you linked to, GCD is indexing that title as "Superman and..." [note the punctuation that is not present in the ComicBase entry for the title]. I am suspicious that GCD has a duplicate entry for the DCP #27 reprint, listing it under "Superman and..." and under the "Superman and Manhunter from Mars" titles.

The title McFarlane Toys was added as a Comic title in the 10/21/2020 update. I don't have a copy, but my understanding is that this is a toy catalog. Does it contain any comics? If not, would this be better suited as a Comic title or as a Magazine title? The update also added the title Superman and. That looks... odd. Can anybody who owns this issue verify that this is in fact the title in the indicia? Based on the cover, this looks like a reprint of some sort for DC Comics Presents #27. GCD has an entry for Superman and Manhunter from Mars that looks to be the same thing.

There is still some clean-up needed here after the most recent update. Book #1/A and Book #1/HC both say "Direct Market Hardcover" in the notes. That note should be deleted for Book #1/HC and should be kept for Book #1/A. The cover scans also need to be switched. The one with the blue background is the "regular" version (Book #1/HC) and the one with the orange/brown background is the DM variant (Book #1/A).

Hi Pat -- To get to the indicia, you'll need to open up the comic. That means you'll have to take it out of the plastic sleeve. The short answer to one of your questions is that the condition of the comic itself is what counts, not the condition of the plastic sleeve. For the *vast* majority of comic books (and certainly all of the ones from the early 1970's and older) the comic would not have come with a plastic sleeve at the time that it was originally purchased from the store or newsstand, it would have been added later on by whoever wanted to save the comic as part of a long-term collection. The cover blurb also doesn't always match the actual storyline. Again, that will be inside the comic itself, usually on the first page. What is on the cover doesn't always match the official title of the story, and it is the official story title that is tracked by ComicBase. I have attached some photos to this post that might be helpful for you. Regarding searching by both primary character and item number: that would probably be less easy than you might expect. Since many titles get relaunched with new issue numbering and many primary characters get multiple spin-off titles, that might not be very helpful. For instance, there are dozens of comics with the issue number 20 *and* with the "Spider-Man" name somewhere in the title... and even more that include Spider-Man but which don't have his name in the title. Be patient! Comics can admittedly be a very strange beast, but once you get the hang of finding the title info, you'll find that cataloging a collection gets much easier! -- Greg

As you type the title into the Item Lookup text box in the mobile app, you should be getting some suggested title matches from the app as you enter more letters. Keep in mind that although ComicBase (on the computer, not the mobile app) displays titles like "The Amazing Spider-Man" it actually stores that title as "Amazing Spider-Man, The". So typing "The Amazing Spider-Man" vs "Amazing Spider-Man" into the mobile app will give you different title suggestions. I tried the latter and the first Amazing Spider-Man title pops up pretty quickly as a suggestion. I assume that this is the comic that you are looking for. There is no title in the database that begins with the phrase "Starring the Fantastic Four". I'm guessing that the title you are really looking for is "Marvel's Greatest Comics" which is a reprint title that included the words "starring the Fantastic Four" on the cover logo for quite a few issues. If this is the issue #51 and this is the issue #59 that you are looking add to your database, you are in fact looking at issues of Marvel's Greatest Comics. For most comic titles, the best place to check for the title is the indicia, the fine print that includes publisher and legal information. The indicia is usually at the bottom of the first inside page or the bottom of the last inside page for recent comics. For several decades (roughly mid-60's through early 2000's at least) the indicia was predominantly at the bottom of the first page. Prior to the mid-60's, it was not uncommon for the indicia to be on the inside front cover. Some fairly old ComicBase articles about indicia and comic titles in the database can be found here and here. Hope this is helpful!

Hate to say it, but maybe Blue Öyster Cult was wrong when they said "don't fear the reaper" 'cuz he sure has been busy. • The database includes the title 2020 Ironheart. Was this series ever published? I know that Marvel cancelled the physical publication of various comics in the wake of the covid shutdown and then changed their minds for most of them. I think that this is one of titles that never got resurrected (although they did show up on Comixology and in a tpb with the iWolverine series). • At one point DC solicited a facsimile edition of Batman #321, and then it got cancelled. Has this been resolicited? If not, then Batman #321/A should be deleted from the database. • The database includes Archie 1955 Book 1. I know that this was solicited and then cancelled. Has it been resolicited yet? While I'm sure that it will be at some point, but if that hasn't actually happened yet then the current listing should be removed. • The database includes issues #5 & #6 for Batman vs. Ra's Al Ghul. Those issues were cancelled. Were they ever resolicited? • Pre-covid, DC solicited DC War Giant #1. Then it was cancelled. I've totally lost track of which of these books were resolicited or shifted to be just a Walmart (i.e., non-direct market) release. Does this book exist? • Empyre: Ghost Rider, Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda, Empyre: Spider-Man, Empyre: Squadron Supreme, Empyre: Stormranger, and Empyre: Thor were all cancelled. I don't think that they even exist on Comixology. • Strikeforce #10 was supposed to be an Empyre tie-in issue. Then it got cancelled when Empyre was slimmed down. I don't think that it was ever resolicited. • The Union (Marvel) was supposed to be a tie-in or spin-off with Empyre. Then it got cancelled. A series from Marvel is forthcoming and I *think* that the the first issue is supposed to be solicited all over again in the upcoming catalog, but in the meantime the slate should be wiped clean and the original entries for this title deleted from the database. • Event Leviathan: Checkmate was solicited then cancelled. Bendis has stated that it is still in the works, but with all of the changes at DC, I think that it is best that the title be deleted until we see the resolict. • Generation One isn't happening. It's been cancelled and the material is being repurposed for a series with a different title. • At one point DC solicited Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity Secret Files #1 as having two different covers. At one point, they cancelled one of the variants so I'm fairly sure that there is only one version of the book that actually saw print. Can anybody confirm? • Manhunters: The Secret History: You'll be hunting for these issues for a long time, man. Because the secret is that they were all cancelled. • Book #1 for Monster World: The Golden Age was solicited, but then it got cancelled. Can anybody confirm whether it has been resolicited? • Valkyrie: Jane Foster #11 & #12 were solicited but they were cancelled. Issue #10 was the last issue of the series. (#10 was also cancelled at one point, but then it was actually resolicited and has been published.) • X-Men: Dawn of X Saga never saw the light of day. Cancelled.