Gregory Hecht Posted August 29, 2023 Posted August 29, 2023 The Power of Shazam publications from DC need some clean-up. This is a list of what DC has published of the title: • Original graphic novel in 1994: hardcover and tpb. These are listed as Book #1, Book #1 (2nd print), and Book #1/HC under the Power of Shazam title. • Follow-up ongoing periodical series: This series was a follow-up to the ogn and is listed in the database as Power of Shazam. So far, so good. Relatively recently, there have been a couple of reprint collections of the Power of Shazam. • A 2020 hardcover that collects the ogn and issues #1-12 of the ongoing series. This is listed in the database as The Power of Shazam: In the Beginning #1/HC. At the time, that made some sense because that matches the trade dress. The indicia says The Power of Shazam! Book One: In the Beginning. • DC originally planned to put out a volume 2 in hardcover format. That got listed in the database as The Power of Shazam: In the Beginninghttps://atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=66374&M=1 #2/HC. That hardcover got cancelled so it needs to be removed from the database. • DC did eventually come out with a follow-up volume in 2023, but it is a trade paperback. It is listed in the database as The Power of Shazam: In the Beginning Book #2. However, the trade dress and the indicia for that book are The Power of Shazam! Book Two: The Worm Turns. The 2020 and 2023 collections can't easily go under the original Power of Shazam ongoing title because the ogn is taking up the Book #1 slot. So it makes sense for the recent collections to get their own title. But that title shouldn't include "In the Beginning" b/c that is only associated with the first volume of the series. My suggestion is the following: 1. A new title Power of Shazam!, The (2nd series) should be created. [note the punctuation] 2. Move the info for The Power of Shazam: In the Beginning #1/HC and Book #2 to the new title. [Don't move #2/HC, it doesn't exist] 3. Delete The Power of Shazam: In the Beginning title.
Mark J. Castaneda Posted August 29, 2023 Posted August 29, 2023 i'll notify the editorial team to take a glance with your edit notes in mind 1
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