Steven L. Dasinger
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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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Delete or Move 1-A.jpg
From: Pictures\O\Oni\Biker Mice from Mars (Oni-Lion Forge, 2nd Series)
To: Pictures\O\Oni\Biker Mice from Mars (Oni-Lion Forge, Vol. 2)Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 3.jpg)
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\C\Craptacular B-Sides,The
To: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\B-SidesRename 1.jpg to TPB 1.jpg and 2.jpg to TPB 2.jpg
From: Pictures\O\Opus\LejentiaRename 1.jpg to TPB 1.jpg
From: Pictures\B\Black Coat Press\Shadowmen (Black Coat)Delete or Rename Bk 2-HC.jpg to Dlx 1.jpg then Move
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\C\Captain America (1st Series)
To: Pictures\M\Marvel\C\Captain America ComicsDelete or Rename I-M.jpg to 1-6.jpg
From: Pictures\O\Oni\Rick & MortyDelete or Rename 1.jpg to 2.jpg
From: Pictures\B\Black Coat Press\Shadowmen II -
5 minutes ago, James H. Dunlop said:
Regarding advanced searching (another of my interests, already answered in the tech forum), is "Publisher" a field for individual "issues" and not just for "titles"?
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
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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
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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).
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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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Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 1-I.jpg)
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\G\Godzilla Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man
To: Pictures\M\Marvel\G\Godzilla Vs. Spider-Man -
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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Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - Bk 1-LE.jpg
From: Pictures\C\Comico\Grendel- The Devil Inside
To: Pictures\D\Dark Horse\G\Grendel- The Devil InsideDelete or Rename 1.jpg to 1-DM.jpg then Move
From: Pictures\D\DC\M\Many Deaths of the Batman
To: Pictures\D\DC\B\Batman- The Many Deaths of the BatmanDelete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg and 1-HC-2.jpg to HC-2.jpg then Move
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Marvel Universe, The (Abrams)
To: Pictures\H\Harry N. Abrams\Marvel Universe, The (Abrams)Delete or Move ALL (1-2.jpg - 4-A.jpg)
From: Pictures\I\Image\U\Universal Monsters- The Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives!
To: Pictures\I\Image\U\Universal Monsters- Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives!Delete or Rename 1-A.jpg to 8-2.jpg
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\C\Captain America (5th Series)Delete or Rename Bk 1-2.jpg to Bk 1.jpg then move
From: Captain Britain (2nd Series)
To: X-Men Archives Featuring Captain BritainDelete or rename Bk 1-A.jpg to Bk 1-2.jpg (or possibly Bk 1-3.jpg as they have the same cover)
From: Captain Britain (2nd Series)Delete or Rename
44-B.jpg to 44-NS.jpg
51-B.jpg to 51-NS.jpg
52-A.jpg to 51-NS.jpg
From: Pictures\D\DC\J\Justice League (2nd Series)Delete or Rename
11-B.jpg to 11-NS.jpg
13-B.jpg to 13-NS.jpg
14-B.jpg to 14-NS.jpg
15-B.jpg to 15-NS.jpg
17-B.jpg to 17-NS.jpg
19-B.jpg to 19-NS.jpg
20-B.jpg to 20-NS.jpg
21-B.jpg to 21-NS.jpg
22-B.jpg to 22-NS.jpg
23-B.jpg to 23-NS.jpg
24-B.jpg to 24-NS.jpg
25-B.jpg to 25-NS.jpg
26-B.jpg to 26-NS.jpg
From: Justice League (3rd Series) -
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?
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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.
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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.)
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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'.
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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.
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I think I might have the answer.
ComicBase Free does not have weekly Content Updates.
That means the database is 'frozen' at what ever state when the install file was created (which includes the database). At that time, these two Titles were probably not in the database.
Did you just download/install the Free version or has it been installed for a while?
CB Free does have the Writer, Artist fields (at least in the screen prints on the website). When you edit an issue, there are a 3 'tabs' you can click on the top center of the window: General, Credits, and Other. Clicking on Credits should get you to the 'tab' where you can access credits.
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Unfortunately, that text above the grid is a bug. Even when an item is not found, it displays a 'Find' result with the Searched used and the number found is the number of issues you happened to be on when doing the find (in this case Batman and Robin which has 69 issues).
So it isn't really finding it.
Try this. next to the text box, click the Find drop-down box and select Publisher. Then type Image in the box to find all titles for Publisher Image.
Assuming that returns a list, scroll through the list to see if either title is listed.
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Yeah, I would delete the incorrectly named 'The Best of John Wagner’s Judge Dredd'.
It 'may' be published but with a entered Street Date of August 2025, it will be awhile to be able to verify this possible book at which point it can be entered, if needed.
All any searches will just find the 2022 book.
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Delete or Move ALL (HC-A.jpg - HC-C.jpg)
From: Pictures\A\American Fantasy\Collector's Book of Virgil Finlay, The
To: Pictures\A\American Fantasy\Collectors' Book of Virgil Finlay, TheDelete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 100.jpg)
From: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Avengers United
To Pictures\P\Panini U.K\Avengers UnitedDelete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 28.jpg)
From: Pictures\P\Panini\Avengers Universe (Panini UK)
To: Pictures\P\Panini U.K\Avengers Universe (Panini UK)Delete or Move ALL (Bk 1.jpg - Bk 1-A.jpg)
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\Bring on the Bad Guys- Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains
To: Pictures\S\Simon & Schuster\Bring on the Bad Guys- Origins of the Marvel Comics VillainsDelete or Move 1.jpg
From: Pictures\D\David Crispo\Malediction of Maxwell Fitzsimmons, The
To: Pictures\D\David Crispino\Malediction of Maxwell Fitzsimmons, TheDelete or Move Bk 1.jpg and Bk 1-A.jpg
From: Pictures\T\Twisted Comics\Trapped! (Twisted)
To: Pictures\T\Twisted\Trapped! (Twisted)Delete or Move 1.jpg and 4.jpg
From: Pictures\A\Antarctic\Deviant
To: Pictures\A\Antarctic\Deviant (Antarctic)Delete or Move ALL (1-A.jpg - Bk 1.jpg)
From: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Tarot
To: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Grimm Fairy Tales Presents- TarotDelete or Move Bk 1.jpg
From: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\Black Widow (Vol. 2)
To: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\Black Widow (Vol. 1)Delete 3-C.jpg (duplicate of 3-B.jpg) then Rename 3-D.jpg to 3-C.jpg
From: Pictures\I\IDW\Ghostbusters- Year One -
What Edition (Archive, Pro, Express) and Version do you have?
Do you have your database on a regular harddrive or an SSD or something else?
The first thing I would try is menu item File->File Tools and use Rebuild Lists (checking all but the last one (unless you want the Picture files info updated).
Next, I would try Optimize Database using the last option Full Database Integrity Check...
If none of those work, you can try these tests:
A) Go to another Title with many issues (like Commando) and try F3.
If it works normally, there is probably something wrong with the data in Action Comics. If it is also slow, it might be your computer.
B) Use menu item File->New Database to create a new database, Run a Content Update on it, then test the F3 on Action Comics.
If F3 on Action Comics is still slow, it may be something with your computer. If F3 works normally, it is something in your database.
Either way, if Rebuild List or Optimize database do not help, you may need to contact support directly (email and phone number are on CB's website).
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Since they are both on Atomic Avenue and in my database, it probably has something to do with yours.
1) Have you run the most recent Update Content? (29 May 2025).2) Using the View drop-down box (top left corner), Check to see what Items to Show is 'checked'. If Owned Items is checked, change to All Items.
3) Using the Find text box (top center of the window) paste in 70985304168900111 (the barcode/UPC for 'Rocketfellers, The' #1/A) or 70985304166500111 (the barcode/UPC for 'Hornsby & Halo' #1/A) and see if they are returned. (even if you have 'Owned Items' checked, the Find should still display the issue.
NOTE: For The Rocketfellers, you would need leave 'The' off the beginning and use 'Rocketfellers, The' (but that would not be needed for 'Hornsby & Halo'.)Also, it couldn't hurt to update to the newest build of CB: v25.6.3.4502.
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You say 'hardcovers'. How many volumes are involved?
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If it helps, here are the indicia for each:
DC All in 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1
DC All in Special 1
And I agree 'DC All In' and 'DC All In 2025' are the same title and one should be deleted.
Which should be depends on interpretation of the indicia. is it 'DC All In' (2025 FCBD Special Edition)' or 'DC All in 2025' (FCBD Special Edition)
You could even just leave 'DC All in Special' and add issues FCBD 1/A, FCBD 1/B, and FCBD 1/C (or FCBD 2025/A, FCBD 2025/B, and FCBD 2025/C) to it.
(I am not advocating any of the above except at least getting rid of the duplicate of titles.)
PS Both the regular and foil covers are flip-books.
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Here is the information I can find on the 3 different Editions of Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #1 (Man or Monster?)
Cover Date** Cover Price UPC Street Date
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1st Jun 2016 34.99 978078519600653499 06/08/2016
2nd Jun 2021 39.99 978130292974953999 06/09/2021
3rd Sep 2024 44.99 978130296043854499 09/18/2024Based on this information and what is in CB, I concur that 1-2 is actually the 2nd Edition (same UPC, Cover Price and Street Date).
** Cover Date is from MyComic Shop and may NOT be an actual cover Date.
PS For most (if not all) UPC that start with 978 (bookland), the last 5 digits are '5' (for US) and the Price (as long as 99.99 or less). When you start getting 100.00 and up, then it can be a bit strange.
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Not seeing any of this (other than <Ungraded> which is an official grade) in my database.
(I am assuming by Condition you are referring to Grade.)
Street Date 02/18/2009?
in Content and Corrections
Posted
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