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Douglas W. McCratic

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  1. I think I made a mistake with the covers when I originally submitted information on "The Collectors' Book of Virgil Finlay."  As it is, the red cover is listed as HC-C when it sho uld be HC-B.  The gold covers at HC-A and HC-C.  The correct versions are below. 

     

    HC-A

    HC-A.jpg

    HC-B

    HC-B.jpg

    HC-C

    HC-C.jpg

  2. EC Comics is back (sort of) with two entirely new titles being published by Oni Press.  It looks like there was some confusion as to the titles.  There is "Epitaphs from the Abyss" and "E.C. Comics: Epitaphs from the Abyss."  The indicia reads "Epitaphs from the Abyss" and the publisher is Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group.  The "E.C. Comics Epitaphs..." entry in CB has just Oni as the publisher.  I get the impression that the current and correct entry is the title without the "E.C. Comics" at the beginning because it has no pictures in its file and the other title has a couple. 

    The other new title is "Cruel Universe" which is in CB as "E.C. Comics: Cruel Universe" with Oni as the publisher.  The indicia reads "Cruel Universe" with Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group as the publisher. 

    My recommendation is to make the entry for "Cruel Universe" the same as "Epitaphs from the Abyss," dropping the "E.C. Comics" from the title and adding Oni-Lion Forge as the publisher. 

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  3. On 7/22/2024 at 1:19 PM, Gregory Hecht said:

    The indicia for the book isn't set up quite as explicitly as it is for most periodical comics, but having said that, I can verify that the indicia refers to the book as Atlas Artist Edition.  So the Joe Maneely book should be listed as Book #1/HC or #1/HC under the title Atlas Artist Edition.  

    And I can verify Douglas' assertion that this a book whose contents are primarily reprints of complete comic stories so this does belong in the Comics media category.  

    Thank you!

  4. #5 and #6 have signed retailer incentives but again, there is no indication (beyond what I assume was the initial solicitation) that these exist.  I'm afraid FMP overestimated the memory of collectors and with no huge push of reprints of the first series, only Mr. Miller's die hard fans really took interest.  It's a shame, the first series was mind blowing and this was a solid follow up for the first 2 books, can't say on the rest as it has been so slow to see print that even I lost interest. 

  5. They are there now, mostly.  My regular database is there as well as the test database but like before, I can't get to the second db on the dropdown.  I click it and looks like it will work then it jumps back to the other one without the ability access the reports.  

  6. 16 hours ago, Steven L. Dasinger said:

    Sorry, I first put in issue #8 by mistake. When I corrected it, I use Strike-through to show what it was with the corrected 6 by it (you can see the real issue number in the attachment). I see now that an '8' with strike-through doesn't really show that very will, I should have put a space between it and the correct '6'.

    Now that I know to look for the slash, it's easy to see.  I don't know that I would have picked up on it otherwise!

     

  7. I'm back on this again.  

    Online, both databases are in the drop down but even when I select the second one, it goes back to the first.  On the mobile app, both are available and I can select the second but neither has any reports available.  Prior to uploading today, I deleted all of my old reports which standard for me.  I've waited three hours for my latest uploads to show up but there's nothing there.  

    It may be a matter of time again.

  8. #3 in CB indicates that there is a 1:25 retail incentive cover as well as a 1:50 signed retail incentive cover but I can't find evidence of these.  #3 does have a Frank Miller cover and on the first two issues, his covers were retailer incentives but I'm guessing that the abysmal sales had them change the plan for the remaining books in the series.  I suggest that #3-A be the Frank Miller cover with no incentive notation and the #3-B be removed. 

    #4 is closer with the Miller cover (#4-B) not being listed as an incentive.  #4-C is supposed to be a signed incentive but again, no indication that it might actually exist as such. 

  9. The Title "Comics: The Golden Age" published by Hal Schuster has incorrect dates in the title information.  It is listed as "1985, 1987, 1989" but actually ran from March 1984 thru March 1985.  #1 had $9.95 listed as the cover price but the pic shows "Six Dollars" on the cover.  I am unable to find evidence of second or third printings of #1 and it seems unlikely that this title would have had any kind of demand warranting multiple printings.  Additionally, #3 has the wrong picture associated with it.  The correct pic is below.  I tried to submit it but I am guessing it is smaller than the current pic. 

     

    3.jpg

  10. Turns out that there are at least three versions of this one.  There may be more depending upon whether the "foil" versions are actually foil or just extremely glossy.  

    The one with the oversized classic Detective Comics logo UPC 76194137788900131

    Tec27Classic.thumb.jpg.8fc82dc5b4e70ef9e1838804ef9ab3cf.jpg

     

    The one with the more modern small logo in the upper left corner UPC 76194137788900141

    Tec27Modern.thumb.jpg.6a26595dad81aca477d91a928455202d.jpg

    And a third "virgin" cover UPC 76194137788900151

    Tec27Virgin.thumb.jpg.81423add31b18377dce252f554804b42.jpg

     

  11. Does anyone know where this one came from?  I have searched for it pretty extensively but have come up empty handed.  There is a mention of a variant of the first issue from 1940 without a period in the "No 1" on the top left of the cover but it's not a second print. 

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