Unknown Items....help!

[Larry Robertson]

So when running my stats I keep getting a few persistent "unknown Items" showing up. I have added these issue of 3 titles and they seem to be accepted (I got points for them I think)...but they don't seem to be getting added to the core DB. One example of a title I added and I then added the issue and it doesn't show up in the master is here:

https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=77635&M=1

For the above I supplied the cover scan and all info needed including a blurb from the publisher. So I dunno what is up. Here are the ones left out in the cold:

Unrecognized Comics

Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein & Bernie Wrightson 1/HC
Savage Avengers by Gerry Duggan Omnibus 1/DM
Secret Wars Omnibus 1/DM

I think I need some guidance on this issue as I buy a LOT of Omnibuses and many are not in here when I go to add them. I am happy to fill it all out but I need them to be put in after!

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by Larry Robertson

[Steven L. Dasinger]

The Direct Market editions of 'Savage Avengers by Gerry Duggan Omnibus' and 'Secret Wars Omnibus' are listed as issues 1/A in both titles.

Not sure what is going on with 'Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein & Bernie Wrightson'.
There is a Title entry in CB but it has no issues under it.

 

[Gregory Hecht]

For situations like this, it is always a good idea to see how items are cataloged in HC's master database, i.e., check to see how things are indexed on Atomic Avenue.  (That doesn't solve the AST by LW & BW mystery, but for most cases it does help you see if HC is cataloging items in a way that differs from one's own personal database.)  

[Larry Robertson]

Thanks guys. Sorry I didn't catch that on Secret Wars and Savage Avengers - that was my fault for having the View settings too tight on CB (should have tried show ALL). But the Wrightson Swamp Thing is a problem still

[Larry Robertson]

Another thing that might help is some sort of 'style guide' for adding issues and the "correct" file name/issue designation nomenclature. I mean my use of DM seemed better to me than an arbitrary A/B etc

[Gregory Hecht]

1 hour ago, Larry Robertson said:

Another thing that might help is some sort of 'style guide' for adding issues and the "correct" file name/issue designation nomenclature. I mean my use of DM seemed better to me than an arbitrary A/B etc

I think that the current editorial policy in general is to use A/B etc for variants now as much as possible for new publications, and to avoid the more specialized designations like DM that were created at a time when variants were much less common.