Steven L. Dasinger

For my Archive edition, the default location is Documents->Human Computing->ComicBase 2020 Archive Edition. or C:\Users\<your-logon-name>\Documents\Human Computing\ComicBase 2020 Archive Edition\Log Files

It looks like the current #1 listed in "High Caliber" should be in a different (new) Title called "High Caliber Anthology of Original Visions" (or possibly "High Caliber: An Anthology of Original Visions") published by Caliber in 1994. You can see the book (especially back cover with price of 9.95) at eBay at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/High-Caliber-Anthology-of-Original-Visions-Caliber-Comics-1994-/223855257086 PS the Years published for "High Caliber" should also be changed from 1994-1997 to just 1997 as the Book (which doesn't belong here) was the reason for the 1994 date.

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You are doing everything right. Just the data is a little off, here and there. I think there was just some inconsistency on how people viewed the information to enter it. Strict Cover Date would have been best. But, with these bi-monthly published issues, it appears some took the first month listed in the indicia as the 'cover date'. But the Cover Date was (for these, at least) the last of the two months (probably due to how long they stayed on the display before they were removed). Here is a listing of the Issues, Cover Date and indicia dates for the surrounding issues: Issue Cover indicia 220 Nov Oct-Nov 221 Jan Dec-Jan 222 Mar Feb-Mar 223 May Apr-May 224 Jul Jun-Jul 225 Sep Aug-Sep 226 Nov Oct-Nov 227 Jan Dec-Jan 228 Feb Feb (started being Monthly with this issue) PS I changed and submitted corrections where needed.

No problem. Whatever is easiest for you as far as a new thread goes.

Looks like another error. I submitted a correction.

I think there is just an error in the database. The price changed but the database doesn't reflect that. #204 is 20 cents (cover and in database) #205 ( 100 page issue) is 60 cents (both on cover and in database) #206 is supposed to be 25 cents (per cover) but is listed as 20 cents (in the database) #207 is 25 cents (cover and in database). So you have the correct issue. If you wanted to you can change the cover price and submit a correction. Or, if you don't want to, I can for you.

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For this type of problem, it is probably best to contact support@comicbase.com.

No. I am using CB 2020 Archive Edition v20.0.3.3829. (I have access to CB 2017 on a different computer). Can you a) check the version of CB you have, and b) describe the exact steps you are doing. It concerns me a little that your 'Title' window does not look like mine. Menu item Report->Item Checklists. Items Checked: Missing Items, , Include Storylines and creators (nothing else). Click on the radio button for Selected Titles. And I get this (If I scroll down the list, I get the cover scan and publisher/date to the right). Notice that my list has both Title and Publisher. Yours does not even have a header (which is why I asked for you to check your version.

Sorry. I meant with a Report. Using Collection Report as an example (and it appears the Choose button only appears if you do this twice). The attached is a collection report, after I clicked on Select Titles and then click the Publisher column.

Try this. Click Selected Titles and then the Choose.. button. When the Titles window comes up, click on the Publisher header. This will sort the list by Publisher. Scroll down the list to the Publisher you want, Click on the first item, scroll to the last time, and, while pressing and holding the Shift key, click on the last item. You should now have all the Titles for that Publisher selected. If you want more than one Publisher, you can do that with pressing and holding the CTRL key, but you have have to select individual Titles or click/hold the mouse button (while still holding the CTRL key) and dragging to select multiple Titles.

First, what Edition of CB do you have (Free, Express, Pro, Archive). Second can you explain what a Publisher report is? I have a copy of CB 2017 but don't see any official Publisher report. The Reports available are: Collection Report, Divider Blurbs, Divider Labels, Identification Labels, Issue Checklist, Price Labels, Price List, and Title Report. If you have Export available (it may not be in all Editions) it does not include Publisher as one of the columns to select. You can get a list of Publishers and Titles with a Find. Open a Find window (CTRL+F). Use the Find drop down box to select Title Fields->Publisher. Change drop-down box from IS to IS GREATER THAN, then type a 'space' (press the space bar once) in the box. If you only want to return info for your items, check the LIST ONLY TITLES IN STOCK check box. Once the Find results are displayed, you can use CTRL+A to select all the rows. Now you have to choices. 1) Report: you can right-click, on the grid area and select Quick Report (or F7). This will generate a report on the Find results. 2) Copy: Copy/Paste the information to another program (a spreadsheet works well). NOTE: If you go the Export route, you can use this Publisher/Title information in a database and merge it with the Export data (on Title). This may take a little work for unicode characters.

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If it helps, this weeks update (30 Oct), for me, had 757 covers downloaded. To count them, I copied from the update log and pasted to a spreadsheet. You can compare and see is you have about the same number. If it is a significantly smaller number, then something is going on.

The only thing I will add is that CB is not meant to be a complete and all-incompassing database to list characters and all there many variations. More of just an idea of the characters that are in the issue. For myself, I would try to keep it as simple as possible which isn't always possible, with writers/publisher ret-conning the ret-cons of previous ret-cons.

Delete or Move 11.jpg, 37.jpg, and 40.jpg From: Pictures\N\Nick Landau\Comic Media (fanzine) To: Pictures\N\Nick Landau\Comic Media Not sure of this one. This weeks update deleted 2.jpg from No One's Rose, leaving 2/A and 2/B. I think 2-A.jpg (red border) should be deleted and replaced by a renaming 2.jpg (light brown border) to 2-A.jpg. The one with a red border may be a preliminary image or it could be a third version. I am going to: Delete 2-A.jpg and rename 2.jpg to 2-A.jpg From: Pictures\V\Vault\No One's Rose But this may not be correct.

GCD also has a two issue series with a Title of "Superman and". See here https://www.comics.org/series/34594/. It is indexed with two issues which are probably reprints of the DC Comics Presents #27 and 29.

Yew, I can but I am not sure why you are having problems. For example, typing "Marvel Super Heroes Se" in the Find box brings up a list with "Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars" as the first item. (Attachment 1) Selecting that Title, and scrolling down the list you will find Item #'s 11 and 12. Attachment 2). So, the question is, why can't you see this? One possibility is you are only displaying items you own. Click on the View drop-down box, and select Items to Show and see what is checked in the cascaded menu. It should have All Items checked. (Attachment 3) Another thing to check is click on the folder icon in the top right corner (or use CTRL + T) to get the Titles window. In the top left corner, next to Show, the All Titles should be selected. (Attachment 4)

In the old Forum (accessible with the Forum Archive tab at the top), a few style guides was created. List is a list of links to all of them: https://atomicavenue.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2523 This is the specific link to the one on appearances http://www.atomicavenue.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2464 They are a little old, but still valid. Not sure if they answer all of your questions.

Can you check this. In CB, press CTRL + F. This will open a Find window (there are other ways to get this). Next to Find is a drop-down box (in blue in attachment). When you click on that to display the options, do you see Advanced Find (circled in red)? If you do, we can use that to help find some of the issues. If not, then you don't have Advance Find in the Pro edition. I have a separate scanner that I use. Some printers are mulit-purpose and have scanning available, but not all have a flat-bed scanner. If nothing else, you can take a photo of the cover with your iphone.

What edition of CB do you have (Free, Express, Pro, Archive)? Depending on the edition, there may be some options on searching. For example, the Archive edition has an advanced find where you can do searches for multiple items at the same time (possibly, the Pro edition might have this but I am not sure and the product description isn't helpful). If you can find the comic on AA, the same Title / Issue should be in CB. (And, unfortunately, I don't think the click on AA item to add to CB would work.) If you can supply some information on the issues you are having problems with (a cover scan would help a lot), someone may be able to help you find them.

Okay. I checked the three Titles you mentioned and I do have the covers (and I didn't download them manually). So I am not sure what is going on for you. However, having the "Show Picture Folder" greyed out does NOT sound correct. Whenever I right-click on the large picture area (top left corner),, mine is never greyed out. I have tried Titles with covers, Titles without any covers, first selecting an Issue (for Titles with covers) and first selecting an Issue (for Titles without any covers).

If you give some examples, I can check my database to see if the same ones are missing. Have you checked the actual picture folder to see if the cover exists? One thing that might have happened (although not likely for so many occurrences) if if the Item number was changed (i.e. from 1 to 1/A). If it did, the cover would not be displayed but it could still exist (with a different name) in the folder.

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