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    F3 while in Select Items

    in Tech Support

    Posted

    What build of CB do you have (and what Edition (Archive, Pro, etc.))?

    I tried to recreate your problem using b3209 Archive Edition but am not getting an error.

    Add By Barcode

    Click Lookup...

    Type in a Series name

    When a grid shows in the the Select Items Window, I click on an issue, then press F3.

    Nothing happens (no jumping to issue or error message).

    PS I am not sure F3 is supposed to work in the Select Items window but I could be wrong (and it may be a nice feature to add  is not).

    Cover Scan Maintenance 2025-03-31

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\C\Chronicle\Hey Skinny!- Great Advertisments from the Golden Age of Comic Books

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\T\TwoMorrows\Justice League Companion

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\HarperCollins\Man Of Two Worlds

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to HC.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\Holt, Rinehart and Winston\Super Dictionary, The

     

    Unhandled Error accessing comic info

    in Tech Support

    Posted

    I reported the odd numbering on Slack. There are about 272 of them (Advanced Find Where I.Type LIKE '%-%' seems to find them). 'Somehow' the Type got set to the Item # and an Issue number of  0. (Item # is a composite of Type, Issue Number, Variation and Printing). so Item # 1-3 (Issue number 1, Printing 3) became Item # 1-3 0 (Type 1-3, Issue number 0).

    I would leave these issues alone and wait for an Update that will delete them and replace them with the originals that should not have been deleted. I don't know if they would push a 'special' update to correct this or if we will need to wait for the next scheduled update.

     

    The (Original) Great Comic Book Heroes (1965, Crown Publishers)

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    It appears in Books published by 'Dial'** https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/series/2729/0/Great-Comic-Book-Heroes-The-Dial and in Comic Books https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/series/25768/1/Great-Comic-Book-Heroes-The published by 'Fantagraphics'. These are basically the same book and should probably only be in one Type. Whether it should be 1 Title with combined Dial** and Fantagraphics publishers or 2 separate titles, I will leave to the editors.

    The Contents includes complete reprints of several golden age comics. It also contain text articles about these comics.  I would lean towards Comic Books as a Type. 

    **As for the Dial published book, the Publisher is debatable.

    The closest thing to an indicia includes Copyright by The Dial Press

    Published by Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publisher, Inc., by arrangement with The Dial Press.

    So a choice of Dial (Press), Bonanza (Books), or Crown (Publisher)

    PS A video review of the 1965 book can be found here to get some idea of the contents: 

     

    Great Comic Book Heroes 1965 indicia.jpg

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    The Great Women Superheroes (1996, hardcover)

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Not sure if this is your problem or not but...

    Currently CB is having a problem displaying a cover if you just renamed it in a folder (behind CB's back, so to speak).

    Example: You changed the Type of the Title to Books at which point the old cover file is 1.jpg. That doesn't show up in CB when the Binding is changed to HC,.

    You open the correct picture folder rename it from 1.jpg to 1.HC.

    Switch back to CB and no cover shows.

    Two (hopefully temporary) workarounds.

    1) Exit CB, then Reopen CB. The Cover 'should' show up.

    2) Copy the HC.jpg file to a different location (different folder, desktop, whatever), the drag/drop the HC.jpg to the exact line for that issue in CB.

    Either way, CB should recognize and display the cover.

    PS for #4 if you had the 1.jpg file and you copied/moved it to a different location, you don't have to rename. If you drag/drop into CB, it will rename it 'on-the-fly' to the Issue on whose line you were over when the mouse button is released.

    Automatically Renamed Titles and Issues Questions and Issues

    in Tech Support

    Posted

    I reported the odd numbering on Slack. There are about 272 of them (Advanced Find Where I.Type LIKE '%-%' seems to find them). 'Somehow' the Type got set to the Item # and an Issue number of  0. (Item # is a composite of Type, Issue Number, Variation and Printing). so Item # 1-3 (Issue number 1, Printing 3) became Item # 1-3 0 (Type 1-3, Issue number 0).

    Cover Scan Maintenance 2025-03-28

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Delete or Rename MMPB 5-A.jpg to MMPB 5.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\D\Dell\Babylon 5 (Dell)
    To: Pictures\B\Boxtree\Babylon 5 (Boxtree)

    Delete or Rename MMPB 7-2.jpg to MMPB.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\D\Dell\Babylon 5 (Dell)
    To: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Shadow Within (Ballantine)

    Delete or Rename MMPB 9-2.jpg to MMPB.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\D\Dell\Babylon 5 (Dell)
    To: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Ballantine)

    Delete or Move HC.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\HarperCollins\MAD Life (Al Jaffee's-)
    To: Pictures\H\HarperCollins\Al Jaffee's MAD Life

    Delete or Move 1.jpg
    From: Pictures\I\IDW\Best of EC Comics Artisan Edition, The
    To: Pictures\I\IDW\Best of EC Stories Artisan Edition, The

    Delete or Move ALL (1-A.jpg - 1-E.jpg)
    From: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Grimm Fairy Tales- Oz the Wizard
    To: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Oz- The Wizard One-Shot

    Delete or Move ALL (1-A.jpg - 4-B.jpg)
    From: Pictures\A\Avatar\Narcopolis (Jame Delano's-)
    To: Pictures\A\Avatar\Narcopolis (Jamie Delano's-)

    Delete or Move FCBD 2022.jpg
    From: Pictures\I\IDW\TMNT FCBD 2022- Armaggedon Game
    To: Pictures\I\IDW\TMNT FCBD 2022- Armageddon Game

    Delete or Move ALL (1-A.jpg - Bk 1.jpg)
    From: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Waking
    To: Pictures\Z\Zenescope\Waking, The

    Delete or Rename MMPB 1.jpg to MMPB.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Saga of the Psi-Corps
    To: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Birth of the Psi-Corps

    Delete or Rename MMPB 2.jpg to MMPB.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Saga of the Psi-Corps
    To: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- Deadly Relations, Bester Ascendant

    Delete or Rename MMPB 3.jpg to MMPB.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Saga of the Psi-Corps
    To: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- Final Reckoning, The Fate of Bester

    Delete or Rename Bk 1-HC.jpg to Bk 0-HC.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\I\Image\S\Section Zero
    To: Pictures\I\Image\S\Section Zero (2nd Series)

    Delete or Rename 278-A.jpg to 278.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel\A\Amazing Spider-Man, The
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel\A\Amazing Spider-Man, The (Canadian Edition)

     

    Advanced Find to locate all Issues you own that are either a 'base' number and/or Variation 'A' that has had a corresponding 'NS' (newsstand) variation added.

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Unfortunately, Yes. For Marvel, it appears that on/after Jun 1979 #1 is considered the direct Market, and 1/NS is the Newsstand.

    However, if you want to ignore most of this, you can choose to display NS (newsstand) issues or not via the View->Items to Show option.

    (Not sure how all of this will work in the future. Will NS and DM be updated with different values.)

    I think if you don't sell on Atomic Avenue, you can just Not Show Newsstand issues and ignore that there is a difference. That way if you have Amazing Spider-Man #197 and don't care if it is considered a NS or DM you can (gets a little tricky if you have a NS cover and send it as an Update for #197 (as an example) and that, being a DM has a different cover). Hope that is not to confusing.

    PS For Marvel, it appears that on or after Jun 1979 and for DC that on or after Oct 1980 that there is a 'demarcation line' where DM and NS split (yes, there were some Direct market issues before those dates and Direct Market was coined used in the early 70s but it was hit or miss (or multi-pack poly-bagged) issues (to really over simplify this)).

     

    Advanced Find to locate all Issues you own that are either a 'base' number and/or Variation 'A' that has had a corresponding 'NS' (newsstand) variation added.

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Correct. That is issue #197 (direct market).

    That is the major problem with these changes. While the database text can be fix/corrected, it can't fix the covers. HC is in the process of reviewing this but with 60,000ish issues, it could take awhile (and probably wouldn't be easily added to user databases until a Picture update is put out.

    Yes, if you can supply a cover, they (and we) would appreciate it.

     

    Cover Scan Maintenance 2025-03-20

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    Delete or Move ALL (TPB 1.jpg -  8.jpg)
    From: Pictures\D\DC\D\DC Super Heroes- The Dark Knight
    To: Pictures\C\Capstone\DC Super Heroes- The Dark Knight

    Delete or Rename TPB x.jpg to MMPB x.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Saga of Psi-Corps
    To:   Pictures\B\Ballantine\Babylon 5- The Saga of the Psi-Corps

    Delete or Move ALL (2.jpg - 29.jpg)
    From: Pictures\E\Editorial Transcontinental\Brujas y Vampiros
    To: Pictures\E\Editorial Trascontinental\Brujas y Vampiros
    (note the 'n' was removed from 'Transcontinental')

    Delete or Move Bk 1.jpg
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel U.K\Doctor Who Collected Comics
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Doctor Who Collected Comics

    Delete or Move 1.jpg
    From: Dungeons & Dragons Summer Special
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Dungeons & Dragons Summer Special

    Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 97.jpg)
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel U.K\Rupert Weekly
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Rupert Weekly

    Delete or Move ALL (1979.jpg - 1987.jpg)
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel U.K\Spider-Man Summer Special
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Spider-Man Summer Special

    Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 10.jpg)
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel U.K\WCW World Championship Wrestling Comic (UK)
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\WCW World Championship Wrestling Comic (UK)

    Delete or Move ALL (4.jpg - 50.jpg)
    From: Pictures\M\Marvel U.K\Doctor Strange (Marvel U.K.)
    To: Pictures\M\Marvel UK\Doctor Strange (Marvel UK)

    Delete or Move 1.jpg and 2.jpg
    From: Pictures\D\Dark Horse\S\Serpent in the Garden
    To: Pictures\D\Dark Horse\S\Serpent in the Garden, The

    Delete or Rename 215.5.jpg to 1.jpg then Move
    From: Pictures\M\Metal Mammoth\Heavy Metal
    To: Pictures\H\HM Communications\Heavy Metal- Sirens Special

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\G\Gemstone\Big Big Little Book Book, The

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB 1.jpg and 2.jpg to TPB 2.jpg
    From: Pictures\P\Pure Imagination\Comics on Trial

    Delete or Rename Bk 1.jpg to MMPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\P\Pocket\Fantastic Four- What Lies Between

    Delete or Rename 1.jgp to MMPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Bantam\Further Adventures Of Superman, The

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\G\Grosset & Dunlap\Great Balls of Fire!

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Holy Sh*t: The World’s Weirdest Comic Books

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\Harry N. Abrams\Horror! The Horror!, The

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Black Rose\Inside the World of Comic Books

    Delete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\HarperCollins\MAD Life (Al Jaffee's-)

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg and 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg
    From: Pictures\M\Menace\Menace Cartoons

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg and 1-A.jpg to TPB-A.jpg
    From: Pictures\P\Paradox\Reinventing Comics

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\H\Hermes\Star Trek- A Comic Book History

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to MMPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\P\Playboy\Startoons

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\C\Consortium\Supergirls, The- Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Ballantine\Tales of the Dark Knight

    Delete or Rename 1-2.jpg to TPB-2.jpg and 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Bloomsbury\Tales to Astonish (Bloomsbury)

    Delete or Rename 2-HC.jpg to HC 2.jpg an 3.jpg to HC 3.jpg
    From: Pictures\T\Taylor\Taylor History of Comics

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Berkley\Ultimate Hulk, The (Berkley)

    Delete or Rename 1.jpg to TPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\E\Exterminating Angel\Vixens, Vamps & Vipers

    Delete or Rename TPB.jpg to MMPB.jpg
    From: Pictures\B\Bantam\Further Adventures Of Wonder Woman, The

    Automatically Renamed Titles and Issues Questions and Issues

    in Tech Support

    Posted

    Question 1: Yes. The Master database is compared to your database so everything would be checked.

    Question 2: No. It won't attempt it so it won't have a report of what was done (since nothing was done).

    The question about displaying Newsstand variants is just about the display (doesn't have anything to do with getting them or not). You can set the display after install with View drop-down box->Items to show and check or uncheck Include Newsstand Editions or (if you have used View drop-down box to show Status Bar) use the drop-down box at the bottom-right of the window and change it there.

    Oddball items

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    I am not finding the specific ones you have but CB does have similar 'titles':
    'Book and Record Set'
    'Mind MGMT Book and Record Set'
    'Power Record Comics'
    (although 'Book and Record Set' and 'Power Record Comics' seem to be duplicates of each other)

    Since the 'item #' in the 'Power Record Comics' jumps from 47 to 500 are these maybe these (with numbers 1xx (hard to read) may fit in there (at a total guess).

    At the least they may be another Title.

    Batman 497 Variant A

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    The option was if you want to display them in the Grid or not. (display option be changed at the bottom right of the window if you have Display Status Bar set (under View drop-down box) or in the View drop-down box->Items to Show.

    I don't think there is an option to not get them in the Update.

    Advanced Find to locate all Issues you own that are either a 'base' number and/or Variation 'A' that has had a corresponding 'NS' (newsstand) variation added.

    in Content and Corrections

    Posted

    PS It works better if you first Save the Search. If not , the SQL is so long, with the unnamed version is run the display tries to display all of it and breaks.

    Instead if you save the search, close the Advanced find, then Load the Search, it will display the name of the search you saved it as (which should be MUCH shorter than the actual SQL and it won't break the display.

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