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Re: Seasonal Numbering.

Renumbering is getting a bit much. I'm at the point where I think the industry would do far better to minimize the issue number and emphasize the cover date more.

But that's mostly just someone tired of trying to accommodate bizarre numbering schemes in his database.

What started you collecting? The Atari Force mini-comics that were included with some Atari 2600 game cartridges. They were quite good, written by Roy Thomas, and when a regular comic series was announced, I ventured to the comic racks at my local newsstand for the first time as a teen in 1984. I g...

At one point I considered and started to resort my books into separate categories. I eventually abandoned it. Off the top of my head the catergories were: Superman Superman Family* Batman Batman Family* (*- These would be books featuring supporting casts: Supergirl/boy, Steel, Batgirl, Nightwing, Ro...

I have my collection sorted by title (as determined by the indica) then chronological order. There are exceptions: The years when the superman titles all had "continuity" numbers that essentially made as many as four titles (and some specials) into a single series (a defacto weekly comic)....

Also, I have to wonder why the ACLU would not be involved in something like this. Or were they? I don't think the ACLU was involved. But remember, the ACLU is not so huge that it can take every case that people would like them to. Just because the ACLU is not involved in a case doesn't mean that th...

JLAFan wrote:

HassanT wrote:Dibs on the Millennium trade
Just kidding (what the heck is DC thinking?)

Geez, no kidding

Okay I'LL call dibs on Millennium.

Seriously

(and I'll throw in the Invasion TP for good measure)

I'm considering starting to use mylars. Currently I don't bag or board my books at all (don't look at me that way!) My thinking is that regular bags would (supposedly) have to be changed after a given number of years, lest the bags start to damage the books, therefore, it's mylar or nothing. But bei...

Did you forget to wind your calendar? You mentioned the skype review of the latest previews as being on Friday the "8th" (Friday is the 6th this week). I presume that the change to Friday was edited in, because shortly thereafter you said that the review would be on Saturday (the 9th ?). A...