Steven L. Dasinger

Thanks for the reply. My main concern is more about where, if any where, the Cover Scans should be renamed/moved to. Or should they just be deleted?

Would need more specific information: A) "Geek Squad could not transfer data from my old hard drive to my new hard drive." Why? Was the old hard drive destroyed? Unless you had a head crash, circuit failure or some catastrophic event, you should be able to get data off the hard drive. Do you still have the old hard drive? B) When using CB did you have it making backups (by default it does)? Where these backups on the save drive or a different drive? C) "After signing in to Comic Base I saw a download form 2023 which I downloaded." I assume you mean you went to the CB website and found a backup under 'My Account'? Are you talking about the CB Program or the actual Database? If it was a database file, you should be able to open it with the current version of CB. What steps are you taking?

I don't think I will be out of line to mention this. With the new release of CB (probably coming out soon (but that is an outsider observation and NOT from HC (Pete is making an announcement Thursday at SDCC))), there is some change to the compressing that may (or may not) help with this.

While it is not common, I have come across variants that were done by the same artist. I referring to two completely different artwork (not a B&W, Virgin, etc of the same artwork). Not sure if there was some other 'text' to tell them apart or not.

Try this. Open a word processor (Notepad would work). Then scan the issue into the word processor. This will allow you to see what is being scanned. If what you are scanning matches the UPC and it still is not finding it, then there is something wrong. At that point, I would attempt a Rebuild Lists with all but the last Picture information checked. If that still does not resolve the problem, you will probably need to contact support.

Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 has issues 2/A through 2/E Blood Type has issues 1/A through 1/I Robin & Batman: Jason Todd has issues 1/A through 1/E Dark Honor has issues 1/A and 1/B Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over has issues 4/A and 4/B Hello Darkness has issues 12/A through 12/E It looks like all the titles/issues don't have a single number issue but instead are all listed as 'variants'. Going by the UPC, it looks like the 'A' Variation is the 'first' issue for all of them. Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong 2 issue 2/A has UPC 76194138628700111 Blood Type issue 1/A has UPC 64985600842800111 Robin & Batman: Jason Todd issue 1/A has UPC 76194138389700111 Dark Honor issue 1/A has UPC 70985304315700111 Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over issue 4/A has UPC 76194138937000411 Hello Darkness issues 12/A has UPC 84428401112912011

If you can supply specific issues, I can check my database and see if they exist there are not (or you can check Atomic Avenue). If AA (or I) have them that would indicate a problem on your end. If AA (or I) don't have them, that would indicate a problem at Human Computing.

Can you supply some specific titles? At a guess, the current mess with Diamond Bankruptcy may have something to do with it.

Delete or Move 1-DLX.jpg and 1-HC.jpg From: Pictures\I\IDW\Rocketeer, The- The Complete Collection To: Pictures\I\IDW\Rocketeer, The- The Complete Adventures Delete or Move HC.jpg From: Pictures\N\NESFA Press\A Lit Fuse- The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison To: Pictures\N\NESFA\Lit Fuse, A- The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison Delete or Move 1-A.jpg From: Pictures\A\Ahoy\Toxic Avenger Comics To: Pictures\A\Ahoy\Toxic Avenger (Ahoy, 2nd Series) Delete 1-V85.jpg From: Pictures\D\DC\D\Dark Knight III- The Master Race (duplicate of 1-V29) Delete 1-D.jpg From: Pictures\I\Image\I\I Hate Fairyland (duplicate of 1.jpg) Delete 2-C.jpg From: Pictures\B\Boom!\King of Nowhere NOTE: The following issues were deleted (moved?). I don't know the Heavy Metal titles well enough to know if these belong somewhere else: 1/N 1/O 1/P 1/Q 1/R 1/S 1/T 1/U 1/V 1/V27 1/W 1/X 1/Y 1/Z

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 )

Delete or Rename TPB.jpg to 1.jpg From: Pictures\T\Tundra\20 Nude Dancers 20 Year One Poster Book Delete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg From: Pictures\G\Golden\Amazing Spider-Man, The- Trapped by the Green Goblin! Delete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg From: Pictures\G\Golden\Marvel Super Heroes- The Big Freeze (Golden) Delete or Rename 2-HC.jpg to 17-HC.jpg then Move From: Pictures\T\Titan\Michael Moorcock Library, The- Multiverse To: Pictures\T\Titan\Michael Moorcock Library, The Delete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC.jpg From: Pictures\G\Golden\Spider-Man- Night of the Vulture! Delete or Rename Staple -B.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\W\Women of Marvel- Celebrating Seven Decades Poster Book Delete 5-E.jpg From: Pictures\I\IDW\Angel- The Curse (duplicate of 5-D.jpg) Delete 5-H.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\D\Darth Maul (duplicate of 5-C.jpg) Delete 554-E.jpg 555-A.jpg 556-A.jpg 557-A.jpg 558-A.jpg 563-A.jpg 564-A.jpg 565-A.jpg 566-A.jpg 567-A.jpg 568-A.jpg 569-A.jpg (Duplicates of xxx-NS.jpg) and 561-A.jpg 645-E.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\F\Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) Delete 38-2.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Marvel Premiere (duplicate of 38-B.jpg) Delete 1-W.jpg From: Pictures\D\Dynamite\Red Sonja- Age of Chaos (duplicate of 1-V41.jpg) Delete Bk 1-A.jpg From: Pictures\P\Palliard\XXXenophile Collection (Duplicate of Bk 1.jpg)

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.

Delete or Rename Bk 1.jpg to TPB From: Pictures\T\Tundra\20 Nude Dancers 20 Year One Poster Book Delete or Rename 1-HC.jpg to HC From: Pictures\S\Simon & Schuster\Rube Goldberg Inventions Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\H\Hodder\Asterix Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\A\Avengers Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\Black Widow Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\B\Blade II Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\C\Civil War Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\D\Dark Avengers Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\D\Deadpool Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\F\Fantastic Four-Silver Surfer Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\F\Fear Itself Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\H\Hulk Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\H\Hulk Poster Book (2nd Series) Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\I\IDW\IDW Publishing Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Marvel 70th Anniversary Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Marvel Monsters Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Marvel Vampires Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Mary Jane and Friends Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\M\Mystique Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\N\New Avengers Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\P\Punisher Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\S\Secret Invasion Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\S\Spider-Man and Sinister 6 Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\S\Spider-Man Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\S\Spider-Man's Fearsome Foes Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\T\Thor Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\D\Dreamwave\Transformers Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\U\Uncanny X-Men 500 Issues Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\U\Urban Legends Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\V\Venom Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\W\Wolverine Poster Book Delete or Rename 1.jpg to Staple.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\X\X-Men Legends Poster Book Delete or Rename 1-B.jpg to Staple -B.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\W\Women of Marvel- Celebrating Seven Decades Poster Book Delete 26-Q-2.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\A\Amazing Spider-Man, The (6th Series) Delete 37-A.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\S\Star Wars (Duplicate of 37.jpg)

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

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-Sides Rename 1.jpg to TPB 1.jpg and 2.jpg to TPB 2.jpg From: Pictures\O\Opus\Lejentia Rename 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 Comics Delete or Rename I-M.jpg to 1-6.jpg From: Pictures\O\Oni\Rick & Morty Delete or Rename 1.jpg to 2.jpg From: Pictures\B\Black Coat Press\Shadowmen II

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).