Adam Sternberg Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 There is overlap between B&V Friends Forver (https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=59556&M=1) and various Betty and Veronica: Friends Forever one-shots (for example, https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=72926&M=1). I'm not sure what the solution is. The various indicias state issue 1 of different titles, but the UPC numbers would seem to indicate they're supposed to be part of a series. Mark Castaneda, any thoughts (and why can't I tag you)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven L. Dasinger Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 If it helps, most, If not all, of the 'one-shots' are double-numbered in the indicia. (i.e. 1 (#5), 1, (#6), etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sternberg Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Steven L. Dasinger said: If it helps, most, If not all, of the 'one-shots' are double-numbered in the indicia. (i.e. 1 (#5), 1, (#6), etc.) It does, actually. I think it lends credence to getting rid of the "one-shots" and keeping them under the one title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven L. Dasinger Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Archie and Friends is a similar situation as B&V forever. Here are the cover text and indicia for B&V Friends Forever (Betty and Veronica Friends Forever) Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Pets indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#5), May, 2019. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Winterfest indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#12), March, 2021. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever At the Movies indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 June, 2018. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Travel Tales indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#2), September, 2018. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Sprint Break indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#13), May, 2021. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Halloween Spooktacular indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#15), November, 2021. PUblished bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Go to Work indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#4), March, 2019. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever What if...? indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#8), March, 2020. PUblished bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Return to Storybook Land indicia: B&V Forever, No. 1 (#6), August, 2019. Published bi-monthly Cover: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever Summer Surf Party indicia: B&V Forever: Summer Surf Party, No. 1, (#17), September, 2022. Published bi-monthly (NOTE indicia for this one includes 'Summer Surf Party' unlike the others.) Here are the cover text and indicia for Archie & Friends: Cover: Archie & Friends Music Jam indicia: Archie & Friends: Music, No. 1, (#1) April, 2019. Published bi-monthly (Note Title and indicia slightly different) Cover: Archie & Friends Beach Party indicia: Archie & Friends: Beach Party, No. 1 (#2), August, 2019. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Back to School indicia: Archie & Friends: Back to School, No. 1 (#3), October, 2019. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Travel indicia: Archie & Friends: Travel, No. 1 (#4), January, 2020. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Winter Wonderland indicia: Archie & Friends: Winter Wonderland, No. 1 (#5), March 2020. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Geeks and Games indicia: Archie & Friends: Geeks and Games, No. 1 (#6), June 2020. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Endless Summer indicia: Archie & Friends: Endless Summer, No. 1 (#7), September, 2020. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Fall Festival indicia: Archie & Friends: Fall Festival, No. 1 (#8), December, 2020. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Guide to Dating indicia: Archie & Friends: Guide to Dating, No. 1 (#9), April 2021. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Superheroes indicia: Archie & Friends: Superheroes, No. 1 (#10), July, 2021. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Summer Vacation indicia: Archie & Friends: Summer Vacation, No. 1, (#11) September, 2021. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Christmas Calamity indicia: Archie & Friends: Christmas Calamity, No. 1 (#12), January, 2022. Published bi-monthly Cover: Archie & Friends Summer Lovin' indicia: Archie & Friends: Summer Lovin', No. 1 (#13), August, 2022. Published bi-monthly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 When our team gets the advanced publisher solicitation data, there's no mention of the series issue numbering, so we have no clue any of them are part of bigger overall series. The safe approach is just to list them as a stand alone issue and use the notes field to indicate the series issue number. Preferably, we'd like to have them listed under 1 title. We'll need to back track and revisit these 2 titles get all the issue listed underneath and remove the stand alone titles. If anyone would like to assist with this by sending in Corrected Data submissions that would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall J. Paske Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Mark J. Castaneda said: When our team gets the advanced publisher solicitation data, there's no mention of the series issue numbering, so we have no clue any of them are part of bigger overall series. The safe approach is just to list them as a stand alone issue and use the notes field to indicate the series issue number. Preferably, we'd like to have them listed under 1 title. We'll need to back track and revisit these 2 titles get all the issue listed underneath and remove the stand alone titles. How about doing something similar with the recent Earth-Prime series published by DC? There were six issues, numbered #1-6, with variable titles. They are part of the same series, but each issue is given its own listing in ComicBase, even though the only issue of a given title variation might be #4 or #5. It's a little different from these two Archie titles in that there's no parenthetical issue number--but then they didn't make each issue of Earth-Prime a #1 (surprisingly), they just played around with the title. I'd prefer to group all the issues of Mr. Monster Super-Duper Special together, too, but instead they are split across multiple titles. They have presumably been that way for a very long time, unlike these more recent titles, so this would likely be a more problematic change than the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J. Castaneda Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 21 hours ago, Randall J. Paske said: How about doing something similar with the recent Earth-Prime series published by DC? There were six issues, numbered #1-6, with variable titles. They are part of the same series, but each issue is given its own listing in ComicBase, even though the only issue of a given title variation might be #4 or #5. It's a little different from these two Archie titles in that there's no parenthetical issue number--but then they didn't make each issue of Earth-Prime a #1 (surprisingly), they just played around with the title. I'd prefer to group all the issues of Mr. Monster Super-Duper Special together, too, but instead they are split across multiple titles. They have presumably been that way for a very long time, unlike these more recent titles, so this would likely be a more problematic change than the others. at this point, we'd prefer not to change those Earth-Prime issues, they've been around just long enough especially for our DC fans that we'd rather not adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sternberg Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 On 9/12/2022 at 12:31 PM, Mark J. Castaneda said: Preferably, we'd like to have them listed under 1 title. We'll need to back track and revisit these 2 titles get all the issue listed underneath and remove the stand alone titles. If anyone would like to assist with this by sending in Corrected Data submissions that would be appreciated. Mark, I'm happy to work on the data submissions this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sternberg Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/13/2022 at 7:18 PM, Adam Sternberg said: Mark, I'm happy to work on the data submissions this weekend. Mark, I've submitted the corrections for the B&V Friends Forever titles (Archie and Friends was already done). I did note that B&V Friends Forever: Halloween Spooktacular was not yet deleted as a title 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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