Fred Slota Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 Even assuming these are correctly 2 different titles, is the proper naming for the second title "Timeless 2022"?
Gregory Hecht Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 I would have to go back to check the indicia for the most recent Timeless issue, but yes, there have been two separate one-shots from Marvel with the title Timeless.
Fred Slota Posted January 28, 2023 Author Posted January 28, 2023 Thanks. Seemed odd for a title that on it's face has more of a (2nd Series) feel... Although both would be series of ones... Doubly so since "Timeless (Marvel)" was published in 2022, while "Timeless 2022" has a Cover Date of 2/1/2023...
Gregory Hecht Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 17 hours ago, Fred Slota said: Doubly so since "Timeless (Marvel)" was published in 2022, while "Timeless 2022" has a Cover Date of 2/1/2023... Well, oddities like that can happen because, as I'm sure we all know, cover dates and on-sale dates can differ by 2-3 months. Holiday specials, for example, can have different years in their title and their cover date as stated in the indicia.
Fred Slota Posted January 29, 2023 Author Posted January 29, 2023 Yeah, it can happen. Oddity doesn't mean wrong. In this case, something just feels weird. Most of the time publishers use years as part of their title designations, the year features prominently on the cover. And most of the time CB generates unique CB Titles, they get differentiated by appending a publisher or series number, not a year. The additional clashes with publication years and cover dates weren't brought up as persuasive, but just as extra flavors of weirdness.
Gregory Hecht Posted February 13, 2023 Posted February 13, 2023 @Mark J. Castaneda I've had a chance to check the indicia for the Timeless 2022 title, and it simply states "Timeless No. 1". It doesn't say "2022" or "volume 2" or any other qualifier. This title should be renamed to something like Timeless (2nd series) or Timeless (2nd one-shot). [I recommend against Timeless (2022) or Timeless (2023) given the fact that the street date is 2022 and the indicia date is 2023.]
Fred Slota Posted February 13, 2023 Author Posted February 13, 2023 ... and given the standard practice of Comicbase is to use "(nth Series)" ... and given that the first series, entered as "Timeless (Marvel)" was already published in 2022, so wouldn't help to clarify the situation. Given that the first series, "Timeless (Marvel)" already had the qualifier "(Marvel)", shouldn't the proper title be "Timeless (Marvel, 2nd Series)"?
Gregory Hecht Posted February 13, 2023 Posted February 13, 2023 That is certainly another valid option.
Mark J. Castaneda Posted February 13, 2023 Posted February 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Gregory Hecht said: That is certainly another valid option. good points.
Fred Slota Posted February 17, 2023 Author Posted February 17, 2023 The title is still "Timeless 2022". Poke, poke...
Gregory Hecht Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 46 minutes ago, Fred Slota said: The title is still "Timeless 2022". Poke, poke... This was corrected in today's content update.
Fred Slota Posted February 17, 2023 Author Posted February 17, 2023 Apologies, the application of my update this week must have gone awry. Reapplied, and now shows as changed. Thank you.
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