Steven L. Dasinger

PS While issues before (about) May 1977 may have other distributing methods like the direct market, it was decided to have a cutoff date. the earlier issues are left as (mostly) 'Whitman' variants for the ones that where sold at other places besides the traditional Newsstand stores.

Currently, the way CB is set up, when both Direct and Newsstand issues exist, the plain numbered issue is the Direct edition (i.e. 1) and the Newsstand has the NS variation (i.e 1/NS). It there is only a Direct edition OR only a Newsstand edition, it is just a plain number (i.e. 1). When first set up, CB added Newsstand Edition to the 'Item Description' column. So far, CB has been 'mass changed' to add NS Issues for Marvel and DC (from about May 1977 through Oct 2017) In generally, I would NOT use the DM variation (or change to using the DM variation) if CB does not already have it (some older issues may have use DM when there was some 'feature' that made using DM make sense at the time. Now it would not be used. As for the cover scans, they are 'linked' to the issue by the Item #. So if you change the Item #, you would have to open the picture folder for that title and rename the cover scan to match the change.

PS if you care, there is both a Direct variant (#SE 1) and a Newsstand variant (SE 1/NS). I found it by typing the Newsstand barcode into the Find box at the top of the window.

'What If…? (Vol. 1)' SE 1 ( https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/item/159846/1/What-Ifhellip-Vol-1-SE-1 )

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If Publishers can mess with straightforward database cataloging, they will. I am neither for nor against whatever Title is decided. I merely supply information.

I found this indicia for the issue: Milk & Bone Custom Comic is a strange title as a search for Milk-Bone probably wouldn't find it.

Yes, it looks like it corrected the Title. The Report is a little confusing because it is a one-pass process. By this I mean the update process that added/updated/deleted issues processed and found License to Kill 1 and 'flagged' it in the report. Later in the process it found the misnamed Title and corrected it and also noted it in the report. So the report lists both events even though the second event (Title name change) corrected the first event. It should really be a two-pass process but that would require running the entire Update twice and for most situations, this would be much longer processing time for the few rare occasions this may happen.

You are correct. Each Type would have its own Import and can not be combined. However, It if did import a Magazine into Comic Books, you can use Edit->Change Series Media Type to move it to Magazine (or whatever type you need). You can edit the Title information to correct the Publisher, also.

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I only get 2259 but ti is probably the same entries for the most part. Comic Title-Issues with Street Date 2-28-2009.txt

Looking at the contents on Google Books, 'Rube Goldberg Inventions' should be a type Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=uxR9Mf3ZhDsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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No. Publisher is only in the Title table. It is not in the Issue table. Which is why it has to be referenced as ComicTitles.Publisher in an Advanced Find instead of just using an I (which indicates Issue) for I.IssueNumber

If you do decide to upgraded to Pro (I think that has advanced find) or Archive and what to know some of the basic Advanced Find 'stuff', look at the Advanced Find Guide 'someone' put together

That is the way the creators decided to do this in the early days of CB. Not sure of the exact criteria but it appears if the numbering is continuous, the change in publisher is put into the title notes/comments. See 'Phantom, The (1st Series)' as another example (Gold Key, King, Charlton).

What Edition of CB do you have (Archive, Pro, Express)? The Archive Edition (and Pro, I am fairly sure) have the Advanced Find option, Express doesn't (I think). (see attached) Bring up a Find window (one way is to click on the magnifying icon). Click the Find Drop-Down box and select Advanced Find. (if you don't see it then it is not available in your Edition). Paste you Query in the 'Items Where...' box. You can used this the the 'Order By' box to sort the issues like CB would: ComicTitles.AlphabetizedTitle, I.ItemType, I.IssueNum, I.Variation, I.Printing PS You are using ItemNumber which is okay since Anl is the first part. But ItemNumber is a composite field made up of the 4 values 'ItemType, IssueNum, Variation and Printing. It would be better to use 'I.ItemType' = 'Anl' as you extend this concept if you want to find particular Variations with I.Variation <> 'NS (if you wanted to excluded Newsstand Issues (with <> being Not Equal'. If you tried that with ItemNumber you would need to use Like.

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I will only mention this in case you don't know or if it might help in some cases. As you state, Item # is a composite of the 4 fields Type, Number, Variant, Print. Each of those fields are also in their individual fields which give you 5 fields: Item # (a composite), Type, Number, Variant, Print. This probably won't help much for regular Finds but they can using Advanced Find (if available).

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Could you be a little more specific than 'the latest'? In my database and on AA there is a Star Wars #1/E listed as a 2025 Facsimile Edition. https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/item/1506203/1/Star-Wars-1-Variation-E-2025-Facsimile-Edition (also an #1/F Foil Facsimile Edition, #1/G 1:25 Incentive 2025 Facsimile Edition Cover by Jerry Ordway.) Is one of these what you are referring to?

Try using menu item File->File Tools and one or more of the following: A) Optimize Database (using Full database integrity). B) Rebuild Lists (checking all but the last one (unless you want to process Picture files then check it, also). C) Recover Database. Those are about the only options available to you. If the problem persists, you may need to contact support.

It wasn't so much a bug as a feature. Some people wanted the ability to do date/time searches. In setting this up, all date fields (except Cover Date and Street Date where time would make no sense) where changed to Date/Time. As you (and a few others) found out, this didn't work out so well for Custom Dates (since most would not use time) and they where changed back to just Date. Other columns where Time will work better are still Date/Time (i.e. Last Modified, Last Qty Change, etc.)

If you are referring to the larger cover in the top left corner, there is no way to set it. CB decides which cover to show. This is based on some sort order that I think it is text based as opposed to numeric. For example if you have cover for issue #2 and #10, then #10 will be the one chosen as text '1' comes before text '2'.

If you get the Express (or higher) edition, then the Weekly Content Update will add those (and other) titles/issues. Just to check, I created a New Database (which uses the default database that is part of the Install files). This New Database (before any Content Update) does NOT have the two titles you have mentioned, either (and I have the Archive Edition). Not sure at what point that 'default' database gets refreshed but it has not been for awhile. The Program part may be updated but the default database is older than that.