How to Submit Title Corrections (not issue corrections)

[Andrew d’Entremont]

I'm just wondering how to submit a correction to a title rather than an individual issue. Things like the Description, Years Published, etc.

Will changes to this information be sent if you submit a correction to an individual issue? If so, do any changes actually need to be made to the issue for the submission to go through?

 

Thanks! 

[Mark J. Castaneda]

Title name and title description must be emailed to support@comicbase.com. Other title details are reviewable on our end if you send in corrected data for them.

[Andrew d’Entremont]

Thanks. I noticed Superman (2nd Series) needs to have the "Years Published" updated as it is currently listed as 1987-Present, but it ended in 2011. If I update this field and then just submit a random issue for correction, will the information be sent to you? I suppose I could also submit a larger cover scan to really make it worth your while. ? 

[Mark J. Castaneda]

yes. yes

 

[Adam Sternberg]

@Mark J. Castaneda, in the past, I've submitted title corrections (for right or for wrong) by changing the information and submitting corrections on one of the issues (the thought being the changed title information would be submitted as part of the issue submission).  Would that not work?

[Mark J. Castaneda]

That would work. If you have an example of a case where it didn't go through or get accepted, send in a correction then email our team at support@comicbase.com and we'll take look at it.

[T Brock]

What is the best way to submit cover scans?  Do I post here in the forums or is there a more preferred way for you at CB?

[Steven L. Dasinger]

The best way is to add them to CB, then select the Issue ( s ), right-click and select Submit New or Corrected data from the pop-up menu.

If you have a larger scan, it will ask if you want to send it, also.

However, if you have a replacement scan (replacing an incorrect one) and it won't ask you to send it, you can post it here with an explanation.

Or, you can send it to Support with an explanation.

[T Brock]

Sorry for the newbie question, but how do I add a scan in CB?  I was looking and can't seem to find the option... do I add the scan to the CB pictures folder manually?

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Not a bad question but it is fairly easy.

First, Rename the *.jpg cover scan to the same as the Item #. The only thing to keep in mind is replace any slash ( / ) with a dash ( - ). (because Windows won't allow a slash in a file name.

Some examples:

Item #        Filename

1                   1.jpg

1/A               1-A.jpg

HC 1/A-2     HC 1-A-2

After that, drag and drop it anywhere in the 'grid' area (where the data is).

(If you have multiple covers for the same title, you can drag/drop them all at one time.)

[T Brock]

Thanks, that was easy!

[Scott J. Promish]

On 11/29/2021 at 12:46 PM, Mark J. Castaneda said:

That would work. If you have an example of a case where it didn't go through or get accepted, send in a correction then email our team at support@comicbase.com and we'll take look at it.

This does not seem to work.  I submitted a correction for The Saga of Crystar a little while back (I had scanned my own covers to replace the tiny ones in the database) and the old title remains.  I've just sent an e-mail to support.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Scott. Not sure what corrections to the Title information you were trying to submit. If it was to the actual Title name or (I believe) the Publisher, those would come across as a New title and not a correction to an existing Title (which may have problems being accepted at best or cause duplication at worse).

[Scott J. Promish]

ComicBase has it as Saga of Crystar, the Crystal Warrior but it should be The Sage of Crystar, Crystal Warrior.  I sent an email so presumably the incorrect title will be removed eventually. (I currently have both variations, probably due to an update that re-added the wrong one.)

Edit: I see that you have mentioned it in the cover scan maintenance thread, so it looks like it was done. Thanks.

Edited September 1, 2022 by Scott J. Promish

[Mark J. Castaneda]

make sure you zero out any issues you own under the old title name and apply it to the right title listing. next time you update, the wrong title should get deleted.

[Scott J. Promish]

Yes, I had already changed the title on my end, and today's update has deleted the bad series.  All good now.

[Chris Vaughan]

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero STILL needs to be fixed.  Despite the continued numbering between Publishers, there are still THREE DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS that have run that title and it needs to be FIXED.  CB STILL has it WRONG.

[Scott Hyjek]

I'm rather new to Comicbase.  I also purchase a lot of Event or Artist exclusive variants.  I just submitted two of John Tyler Christopher's X-Men #20 X-23 negative space variants (yellow and grey).  Rather than duplicate the existing retail #20 (that I do not own), I created a new item, and did the following:

• Chose X-Men (7th Series)
• General Tab
  • Corrected the issue number to "20".
  • Added an item description of "JTC Exclusive; X-23 (Yellow) Negative Space variant edition".
    • Also added same to the Note field.
  • Added the UPC for that comic.
• Credits Tab
  • Corrected Cover artist to John Tyler Christopher.
• I left the default cover for #20
• Then I created a duplicate of the one I just created, and updated UPC and Item Description and Note.  Again leaving the default cover.

Is that the right thing to do?  Should I have changed the covers?

Thanks!

 

Scott

[Steven L. Dasinger]

If I followed you correctly, you:

Took the existing Issue #20, changed that issues to one of your JTC Exclusives with its information (Item Description,Notes, UPC)

Then you duplicated #20 and change the information to the other JTC Exclusive.

Leaving you with two #20 issues?

If you did,m then is wrong.

What you should have done is:

There are six #20 issues/variations (#20, 20/A, 20/B, 20/C, 20/D, 20/E)

If you have two more variants, the easiest thing to do would be to select #20, the Duplicate it (Items->Duplicate, CTRL+D, or right-click and select Duplicate from the pop-up menu.

Change this duplicate to the next Variation ('F' in this case), continue making changes to the information for the 'first' JTC exclusive you have.

You don't need to put the same information in both the Item Description and Notes. There is a specific format for the Item Description but I don't know the details. Hopefully the Editors can correct (if needed) when it is submitted.

Save when completed entering info.

Repeat steps for the next JTC Exclusive (Duplicate issue (the 20/F variation you just created would be best as most of the info is the same), change Variation ('G'), add other information, and save).

If you have Scans of the cover and you want to add them, you can (you would need to name the .jpg file as 20-F.jpg and 20-G.jpg using a 'dash' instead of the 'slash since Windows doesn't allow a 'slash' in a file name).

When done, if you like, you can select the issues and submit them to be included in the master database (after the editors review them).

 

 

[Scott Hyjek]

Thanks Steven, that is great feedback.

I am a bit cloudy on the variant point, though, when submitting corrections.  In this case, the example is Kendra #1 by Antarctic Press.  I picked up a variant that on the over in the UPC area is listed as "Cover A: Benn Dunn".

Based on your feedback, I created a new record for Kendra #1 and as the last variant listed in created records was "1/G", I submitted my record as "Variant H".

My question is that when all is said and done, will the one I submitted be 1/H, or 1/A?

Apologies for dragging the conversation on, I'm just trying to figure out how to submit the best and easiest information for those who reconcile to use.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

No need to apologize and it can be confusing.

A little background:
When CB first started (back in the dark ages...) Titles and Issues were pretty straight forward. You had a Title and an Issue. For example if you looked for Avengers #10, there was 1 Avengers title and only a single issue #10.
Over time, titles ended and restarted with the same name (Which 'Avengers' the first or second series?) and a few variants popped up (gold foil, Prism, etc.) and CB attempted to address this with Types (Christmans Special, Yearbook, etc.) and Variations (Dynamic Forces, Gold Foil, etc.).
More time passes and variations 'explode' all over place in ungodly numbers. To address this, CB just went with Letters/Numbers ( A, B, V, v-29, etc.). They had to leave the old 'obsolete' Types and Variations to accommadate issues that had been around a long time and changing them would affect everyone's collections.

In other words, what 'seemed like a good idea' at the time in the past has lead to some inconsistent entries in CB.

Now that we are up-to-date with the current CB database, you have to keep in mind that most all the common Title/Issue information entered into CB originates from the Preview/Pre-Order information supplied by the Publisher/Distributors. This means that things like 'Cover x' being on the cover and UPC values may not (probably aren't) available when they get entered.

Which is a long way to getting to your quesiton...

This is a short column list of what My database has for Kendra #1:
Item    Cover    UPC            Item Description
        Price

1/A    4.99    61072111017100111      Cover A by Ben Dunn
1/B    19.99    61072111017100121    Cover B by Kelsey Shannon
1/C    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover C A by Ben Dunn
1/D    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover D B by Shigari
1/E    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover E C by Shigari
1/F    0.00                                         Kickstarter Cover F D by Nichelle Fraga
1/G    0.00                                        Kickstarter "Heavy Metal" Prism Foil Cover G by Ben Dunn
1/H    4.99    61072111017800131    Lunar Exclusive Cover H C by Ben Dunn and David Hutchison

I will say that the Item Descriptions for the 'Kickstarter' issues (1/C through 1/G) look strange with 'Cover C A', 'Cover D B', 'Cover E C', and 'Cover F D'. My guess is the second letters (A, B , C, and D) should be removed leaving Cover C (for example).

But I think 1/H is the issue you submitted as it is a "Lunar Exclusive' by Ben Dunn and MyComicShop has it with the same UPC (ending in 00131).

The reason I mention all of the above, is CB can enter the Pre-Order information and assign Random/Best Guess variation letters not knowing if the actual covers have 'Cover A' on them.
In most of those instances, they will leave the Item # variation letter in place and put 'Cover x' in the Item Description. Yes, that can be confusing but so is going back and changing Item # variations (sometimes years later) when someone reports the discrepancy.

[Randall J. Paske]

On 11/30/2025 at 10:29 AM, Steven L. Dasinger said:

This is a short column list of what My database has for Kendra #1:
Item    Cover    UPC            Item Description
        Price

1/A    4.99    61072111017100111      Cover A by Ben Dunn
1/B    19.99    61072111017100121    Cover B by Kelsey Shannon
1/C    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover C A by Ben Dunn
1/D    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover D B by Shigari
1/E    0.00                                        Kickstarter Cover E C by Shigari
1/F    0.00                                         Kickstarter Cover F D by Nichelle Fraga
1/G    0.00                                        Kickstarter "Heavy Metal" Prism Foil Cover G by Ben Dunn
1/H    4.99    61072111017800131    Lunar Exclusive Cover H C by Ben Dunn and David Hutchison

I will say that the Item Descriptions for the 'Kickstarter' issues (1/C through 1/G) look strange with 'Cover C A', 'Cover D B', 'Cover E C', and 'Cover F D'. My guess is the second letters (A, B , C, and D) should be removed leaving Cover C (for example).

But I think 1/H is the issue you submitted as it is a "Lunar Exclusive' by Ben Dunn and MyComicShop has it with the same UPC (ending in 00131).

The reason I mention all of the above, is CB can enter the Pre-Order information and assign Random/Best Guess variation letters not knowing if the actual covers have 'Cover A' on them.

 

The strangeness in the Item Description field is because besides the "Cover A" and "Cover B" that were solicited (assuming they were labeled as such), there was also "Kickstarter Cover A," "Kickstarter Cover B," and so on (as seen on the Kickstarter campaign page). Confusing, perhaps, but the decision to insert the ComicBase item letter into the Item Description field has made it worse: you end up with weird, incorrect descriptions like "Kickstarter Cover C A by Ben Dunn," or if you remove the publisher's actual designated letter ("A"), you get a "Kickstarter Cover C by Ben Dunn" that contradicts the publisher's actual "Kickstarter Cover C" by Shigari. 

This is just one of several ways in which the wholesale insertion of the ComicBase item letter into the description field creates more problems, inaccuracies, and confusion than it attempts to resolve. But I have griped about this at length before, to no avail.

I am not sure why the Lunar exclusive version of Kendra says "Cover A" on the cover. Despite that designation, it seems to be referred to as "Cover C" on most of the Internet, including what looks like solicitation info. The 00131 UPC would also tend to make it Cover C, as well (with 00111 being Cover A and 00121 being Cover B). It's probably just another example of a publisher muddying the waters.