Steven L. Dasinger

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The only way I can think of doing it is to install CB 2024 and open backup (that was made by CB 2024).

The folks a Human Computing changed the way they calculated the price on Low/High cost 'slabbed' books to get them in a more realistic valuation with CB 2025. If you don't have any 'slabbed' comics, the amount may change as various comics have their value adjusted (you can see this with the Top Gainer/Loser report after an update. As for the 'not recognized' in the update, can you give some examples?

Some additional information... The Five one-shots (as listed in an article on publisher's website) are: The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin' Monsters The Horizon Experiment: Finders / Keepers Based on the above post from Gregory, 'The Horizon Experiment' doesn't appear to be part of the name per indicia (since most of these are pre-order, this can't be verified for the others until they come out). CB has Four of these titles: Horizon Experiment, The (The Manchurian title) Sacred Damned, The: Horizon Experiment Horizon Experiment, The: Moon Dogs Motherfu*Kin Monsters: The Horizon Expiriement (misspelling of Experiment) (Finders / Keepers) is not in CB)

If you look at the barcode (707129741486 001 1 2), this is a second printing, of the first issue/variant. As such, it should be 1/A-2 and not 1/E. Looking at the other issues, 1/D should be deleted (with no complete barcode and incorrect cover price, there is no way to determine which issue it may be). Each of the 3 variants (A Regular, B Holofoil, and C Blank) have second printings. Per the Barcodes, the second printings should be 1/A-2, 1/B-2, and 1/C-2. Below are the UPCs, Description and Cover price (per publisher website) for all the 1st and 2nd printings for the 3 variation: 70712974148600111 Regular Cover 6.99 70712974148600112 Regular Cover 2nd printing 6.99 70712974148600121 Virgin Holofoil Cover 19.99 70712974148600122 Virgin Holofoil Cover 2nd printing 19.99 70712974148600131 Blank Sketch Cover 9.99 70712974148600132 Virgin Metal Cover 2nd Printing 99.99 FYI Barcode decoding: The last 5 digits of the barcode consist of: 3 digit Issue Number 1 digit Variation 1 digit Printing (NOTE: Once you pass the limits of 3 digits (999) or 1 digit (9) then things get 'strange' as publishers get creative on a non-consistent basis.) Looking at the above you can decode the last five as: Issue # Variant Printing 001 1 1 001 1 2 001 2 1 001 2 2 001 3 1 001 3 2

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Looks like you are correct about The Magic Order. Here is an indicia:

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Small clarification (mostly for anyone reading this for future reference). When a Title changes Media Type from Comic Books to Books (and probably Magazines to Books) a 'Feature/Bug' of CB is that the Item # is retained and a Binding Type is NOT set. However, if you edit the issues (or issues) and Save (even if no changes are made), the Binding default TPB (paperback) is used. PS Not sure the Binding type can be accurately set automatically on the move since there is no really way to determine the Binding type. But out of curiosity, I checked other Books without Binding and found: These should all have Binding of: TPB Andrei Bressan Sketchbook 1 Art of Ichikawa, The 1 Art of Steve Rude, The 1 Avatar Coloring Book 1 Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy 1 Black Beauty (Eyewitness Classics) 1-4 (This is a guess of TPB based on a cover price of 5.00) DC Super-Villains Mad Libs 1 Essential Anime Guide, The 1 Extraordinary Ordinary Day, An: Art of 526 1 How to Draw Manga with Batman, Superman, and Other DC Super Heroes and Villains! 1 I Am Gandhi 1 Jujutsu Kaisen: The Official Character Guide 1 Long Season: The Art of Josee Shimazaki 1 Moshi Moshi: A Travelogue: A Colorful Journey of Japan through Culture, Food, Fashion, and More 1 New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies 1 (Title should be 'New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies, The') Satanic Screen, The 1 Science of Superwomen, The 1 Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Teamwork Saves the Day 1 Street Fighter: Ultimate Art Portfolio 1 Sugary Girls: The Art of Eku Uekura 1 These should all have Binding of: HC Alpengluhn 1 Drawing Words, Writing Pictures: Making Comics From Manga to Graphic Novels 1-2 (Based on the Price, this is a HC.) Marvel Art of David Nakayama, The 1/A (This and HC 1 should probably be HC/A and HC/B. Also The Clover Press website list these options: Standard Edition Dustjacket Edition Slipcase Edition Slipcase Signed Edition) Mastering Comics 1-2 And these need more work than just changing Binding: Collecting the Simpsons 1 CB has titles Collecting the Simpsons Collecting the Simpsons: The Merchandise and Legacy of Our Favorite Nuclear Family I am not sure of the correct title. As for the Binding Type, I can only find a HC version listed on the Mango Publishing website but the information on the inside, indicates both a HC ISBN and a TPB ISBN: (hc) 978-1-68481-053-6 Cover Price 44.99 (pb) 978-1-68481-320-9 With a Cover Price of 29.99 in CB, it is possible, that is a TPB version but that is a guess. Companions of Doctor Who, The 1 The Binding should be TPB Also, the Publisher of 'Fayetteville' is incorrect. It should be 'Fayetteville Mafia' (Press). Demoniacs: The Revelationary War 1 The Binding is TPB Also, The Title should be 'Demoniacs' with an Overall Book title of either, 'Revelationary War' or 'The Revelationary War'. Illuminations Stories 1 CB has Titles Illuminations Stories Illuminations: Stories by Alan Moore These are the same Title (different Bindings). One has publisher 'Bloomsbury' and the other 'Bloomsbury UK'. While there were UK published books, based on the UPC, these are both the US version and should be combined. The '30.00' cover price is HC and the '19.99' cover price is a TPB. I believe the Title should just be 'Illuminations' (or 'Illuminations (Bloomsbury)' ) but you can look inside on Amazon and decide what the title should be. Lowbrow Art of Robt. Williams, The 1-2 Not sure if this is a 2nd printing of HC or TPB but it is probably a HC 2nd printing based on Price (at a guess). Also 1-2 and HC 1 should probably NOT be part of a Numbered series. Grow Up, Ant-Man 1/HC This is in both Books and Comic Books. There is a single page illustration with a sentence of text per page. Not sure where it belongs (Comic Books?). You can see inside at Amazon. If it IS left in Books, Binding is HC. Star Trek: Picard—Firewall 1/HC This is a set of (so far) 6 non-numbered book. CB has Star Trek: Picard—Firewall Star Trek: Picard—No Man’s Land Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements Star Trek: Picard: Second Self At the least the Item # should be just HC (as it is not a numbered series) All the Titles follow the same convention Star Trek Picard title name So, when entered into CB they should be either Star Trek: Picard: Firewall Star Trek: Picard: No Man’s Land Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements Star Trek: Picard: Second Self or Star Trek: Picard—Firewall Star Trek: Picard—No Man’s Land Star Trek: Picard—Rogue Elements Star Trek: Picard—Second Self (A case could be made of removing 'Star Trek: Picard' out of the title and putting it in Overall Title but that could be argued either way). So, again, at the least change Star Trek: Picard—Firewall to just HC and possibly replacing the '—' or ':' to make them all the same.

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It isn't too unusual to have some tweaks to a program after a release (even with all the testing). And, yes, there have been several updates in the last week or so.

Are you referring to the Program updates (as opposed to the content updates)? These are usually fixes for various issues that are found. These could be minor or of limited interest to most users or have a broader impact on most users. If you don't want these interim builds/updates, you can use menu item Setup->Preferences and Uncheck 'Check for Interim Updates'. PS It would be nice if there was a list of what was changed for each of these interim builds, but most programmers seem to have an aversion to the 'D' word. (Documentation). (or, to be fair, they could move on to more pressing matters and forget or don't have time for documentation).

There is a FAQ on this (In CB use menu item Help->Frequently Asked Questions. This will take you to the FAQs on CB website. Under subject 'Comic Pricing' is 'What is the difference between an Issue's Cost, Value, and Selling price? Here is the text: "The cost of an issue is what you paid for it. As it ships, ComicBase has zeroes for the “quantity in stock” of every issue in its database, and blanks for the cost. If you want to track the cost of your collection, you should fill in the cost fields as you add issues to the database. An issue’s value is its “guide price”: the estimated price at which it could be reasonably expected to be bought or sold. ComicBase tracks the near-mint values of all its issues for the past four years, from which it can calculate the value of that issue in other conditions (see Grading Setup in the ComicBase user guide). Finally, an issue’s price or selling price is the price at which you are offering the issue for sale. As ComicBase ships, this is set to its current value, although you are free to set the selling price higher or lower. The default price for an issue that’s not in near mint condition may also differ slightly from its strictly calculated value, due to price rounding (see below)." As a test, using a new database. I set up the same issue of 'Amazing Spider-Man' #238 with a Qty of 1. NOTE: This is the only 'owned' issue in the entire database to keep things simple. With Cond set to NM: Issue grid shows: Price: 250.00 and Value Year 4 (2024): 250.00 Collection Statistics shows: Total Price: 250.00 and Total Value: 250.00 Collection Report shows: Price: 250.00 and Value: 250.00 With Cond set to CGC 9.8: Issue grid shows: Price: 3,000.00 and Value Year 4 (2024): 250.00 Collection Statistics shows: Total Price: 3,000.00 and Total Value: 3,000.00 Collection Report shows: Price: 3,000.00 and Value: 3,000.00 Going by this (small) sample, the Value Year 4 (2024) amounts are based on the NM standard condition. This does not change when the issues Condition is changed. Price is based on the Condition. This will change as the Condition value changes. Per the FAQ, there is Rounding going on (a small amount on low value issues and a larger amount on higher value issues). I think this rounding applies to both Price and Value Year 4 (2024). Collection Statistics and Most Valuable Items report are using Price for valuation and is an accurate representation (with some small different due to rounding) for your collection.

The best thing to do is: Open ComicBase Use menu item File->File tools. Click on ComicBase Database Manager. Click Yes to allow CB to close and have the Database Manager search your hard drives for anything that looks like a CB database. Look through the list generated and select your database.

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There isn't really a user controllable sort the way you are looking for. CB has Title name (viewable and accessible in all Finds) and AlphabetizedTitle (not viewable and only accessible in Advanced Find using ComicTitles table). As for Batman and Robin, the 'a' of 'and' would come before the 'B' of 'Black. As for Batman: The Adventures Continue' titles , the editors could modify the AlphabetizedTitle so that they would be display Season Two before Season Three.

Here is the indicia (see attached). It has "Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Celebration: The Deluxe Edition".

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b1236 has fixed the problem. Ran a quick change on a Find result grid successfully.

Actually the information is in the FAQ (as Pete pointed out). On reports, why are the totals for “Current Value” and “Selling Price” different? ComicBase calculates the value of a comic strictly, using the grading values table. (You can go to the Setup menu to customize your Grading Setup.)The default price of an issue is rounded to “sensible” values. For instance, a certain very good-condition comic might have a strict value of 88¢, but its default price would be rounded to 90¢. Similarly, a comic with a strict, graded value of $218.25 would be given a default price of $220.

A question was asked on the ComicBase Live-stream (Sep 4 2024) that was only partially answered. (I notified Pete to see if he wants to address in next week.) Price is what the Current Price of an Issue is based on the Condition. Value (column Value Year 4 if you want to display the Column to View, or column 2024 (or current year) in the grid or ValueYear4 in a Find) is the Near Mint value of an Issue. One reason they might not match is if the Condition is other than NM. Another may be a rounding situation. The amount of rounding may be affected by the amount (small dollar values by and large dollar value have a different level of rounding). Some examples: Price Value Year 4 2.00 1.95 4.00 3.99 385.00 380.00 1.575.00 1.850.00 26,100.00 23,900.00 One question I have is: Does the Value Year 4 amount change during the year (with the Updates) or is it set at the beginning of each year and doesn't change?

I got the same error as you. Steps taken: On an empty database, I set Custom Field 1 to 8 for several issues. This was on the regular grid and worked successfully. Ran a Find for Custom Field 1 where equal to 8 Selected all the issues and selected Quick Change. Got the error message. However, when I clicked 'Continue', it brought up a window with 'Change: Custom Field 1' but 'To:' had a Date filed format of options. (see attached) Definitely something the programming team will have to fix.

No, that is more than clear enough. Specifically you are having a problem with Quick Change on one of the Custom Text columns in a Find result window but not in a regular grid window.

What Edition of CB are you using (Express, Pro, Archive)? Will you supply the steps you took? What were you using Quick Change for? What Find did you run before the failing Quick Change? Note: I just tried a simple quick change both on the normal grid and a Find result grid without a problem. I may have worked as I wasn't using the same change you were.

More like this then. Checked Automatic download, deleted exiting cover (and thumbnails. Used Add by Barcoded and this is what happens (see small image on the issue line on the left in the attached).