Fred Slota

Diptych with The Amazing Spider-Man #800, variation P with title, variation V46 virgin. Venom (4th Series) has 5 variants 1/V32 is the virgin variation. good, good... 1/S is the base, /V and /Y are 2 different signed versions with COA /V30 also exists, no scan, but claims both Francesco Mattina and Will Sliney as Cover Artists. I don't know if /V30 should exist. I'm unclear on signed issues, among which, I'm unclear who's signed each (different sigs in the cover scans)

Same Cover Artist, Same Cover Scan, two different Item Descriptions. Diptych with Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #4/S - same Cover Artist, third Item Description. Which is the correct Vampirella? Which is the correct Store?

Okay, I obviously overthought how clear the intention was. My suggestion would not decrease the number of variants, any more than the existence of the Cover Artist field does. Let me grab two Item Descriptions... Venomized #1/O, ID = Unknown Comics Variant Cover by Tyler Kirkham Web of Venom: Wrath #1/C, ID = Unknown Comic Books C2E2 RVariant Cover by Stephanie Hans They would both continue to be Variant O and Variant C. They would both have Cover Artists of Tyler Kirkham and Stephanie Hans. They would now also have Store Variants of Unknown Comics and Unknown Comic Books. The direct benefit is, like with Cover Artist, you would be better able to detect alternate spellings. And thus better able to reliably search by store variant.

There is a triptych across Thor (5th Series), Immortal Hulk and Tony Stark: Iron Man by Kaare Andrews There is a little confusion in Tony Stark. 1/F is, I think, meant to be the proper fully dressed version, to go with the 1/C of Thor and 1/F of Hulk. The Item Description has the "Party" id, but the Cover Artist is uncredited. 1/V29 is, I think, a dupe, but with the Cover Artist. 1/V27 is also, I think, meant to be the proper virgin variant, to go with the 1/I of both Thor and Hulk. Again, the Item Description has the "Party" id, but the Cover Artist is uncredited. but it has an unexpected cover scan, a more monochrome version of #1. 1/V30 is also, I think, a dupe, but with the Cover Artist.

Same cover scan. It is part of a 6-ptych across 45/A, 46/B, 48/B, 47/B, 49/C and then this one. 45/A credits Matt Martin for the cover. 46-49 have no cover credits. 50/B credits Marat Mychaels, while 50/D credits Matt Martin. Ideas?

First pass, starting in on 'T' about 1275 issues identified, for about 390 connected covers, including about 280 issues that had no indication of their being part of connected covers.

Batman #50/G has 24 printings (skipping 3rd?) ??? Superman #50/F has 23 printings ??? Me thinks most of these should be variants, not reprints of a single variant.

This suggestion would not change the variation letter system. I see it like Cover Artist, a field that could be indexed and provide support for consistency of data entry.

Star Wars #31/C Item Description notes "Mile High Exclusive Mike Mayhew Connecting Variant Cover (Connects w/ Mile High Variants of Screaming Citadel 1, Star Wars 32 & Doctor Aphra 7 & 8)" Star Wars #32/C is the Mile High variant, Cover Artist is apparently a copy error "John Tyler Christopher", when cover bears artist signature "Mayhew". But, I don't see an Mike Mayhew or Mile High variants for Screaming Citadel #1 or Doctor Aphra #7 or 8. Any ideas?

Clarification - I have no proof on any of these. However, my assumption, based on the usual practice, is the 5-ptych was intended to be released in all three forms, as three different first-print variants. It might be that they never existed.

Star Wars (2nd Series) #1/V, Darth Vader #1/O, Princess Leia #1/N Star Wars #1/W is a B&W sketch cover. Are there Darth Vader and Princess Leia B&W covers?

Similar 38/A, although this looks to dupe the main issue, 38, and not the special cover, 38/SC. Possibly/probably more.

Hmmm, identical covers, Identical stunt title. 36 has a UPC typical to the rest of the title, 75960601165003611, says "Direct Edition" over the UPC, cover price $1.95 3/SC has a UPC typical to the rest of the title and following #36, starting 75960601165003621, says "Direct Edition" over the UPC, cover price $1.95 36/A has a UPC atypical to the rest in the title, 07148601165110, does not say "Direct Edition" over the UPC, and with a cover price of $1.50. 36/A seems a bit sus, but the UPC would indicate it should have a place... somewhere...

After I typed the previous, I considered that's what you meant. Thank you.

Any idea which are left vs. right? I think this is the first connector I found with no scans. Bummer.

Again, I thought that was only automatically true in Notes, the only catch-all field which was less official and has a policy of not wanting to wipe out your personal notes when updating official additions. I was under the impression that all other fields are fully replaced when updated. For example, I've been correcting spelling and punctuation errors in Cover Artist and Storylines recently, and I haven't been seeing those mods stack..., they've been replacing, in the same order. So, if I submit with a particular order and it gets accepted, then when it gets pushed out in an update, it will get pushed out in its entirety, in that order. An editor could modify/merge and change the order

And again, I see I misrepresented the problem.... Just look at the first three issues of the title, you'll see what I'm trying to say.

And again, I mistype... 1/A and 1/C are incorrect twinsies.

The Item Description of #1/A and 1/B claim these are a connecting pair, with 1/B being by J. Scott Campbell. #1 also says it is by J. Scott Campbell, and has the same cover scan as 1/B. I think #1 has the wrong cover scan.

I thought that was only true for Notes?

Hadn't documented what the state of this title was earlier, but it looks much simpler now. It looks like the regular covers should all be by Ramon Villalobos, and the /A covers, which make the 4-ptych, should all be Joe Mulvey. Any objections to correcting Ramon -> Joe for 2/A and replacing "" with Joe for 3/A?

And thanks for the official fix.

All cropped. Thanks.

Okay, slightly better. #10/F now has a scan for the right hand side, which matches the Item Description. But, #10/E still has the erroneous scan of that same right hand side.

Still showing collage covers instead of individual covers