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Momybrain Posts: 1
3/11/2024
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Any tips on searching comics that I’m not finding?
Ex 1: The newsstand edition comes up but no direct.
Ex 2: issue comes up but does is not same cover.
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collectibleshop Posts: 3089
3/12/2024
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if a direct OR newsstand comic isn't listed with the issue, then they just don't have that image. they've been working on adding more newsstands for a while now, but that's thousands of comics. And sometimes the directs are missing too, but easier to find pics of those on the net. Members can help by submitting scans of 'missing' issues like that, that are up to CPG standards with the Report Missing Variant function under the Variants tab of that comic.
Pic standards: Get a good square-on scan (not a camera pic), .jpg, .png, or .gif format preferred, cropped to the edges of the comic. If you can't, then find them on the net, with no watermarks, no signatures, no pro-graded ones, no bagged/boarded pics unless it's a factory polybag, and try to make sure they're a published version, not a pre-production pic (like a Previews solicitation often is), as those get changed in production all the time. Best to resize them if you can to about 500x700px, but CPG can do that too. comics.org is a good resource for ready-to-submit pics if they have them.
as for "Ex 2: issue comes up but does is not same cover." need an example. there's pic mistakes that haven't been caught from all ages, but these days for moderns there are SO many variants it's hard to keep up and get them all straight all the time, as some variations are very minor.
Nothing you can do about that except report mistake pics on the Database & Missing Issues forum.
and for general search tips learned over the years here: See this thread for my search tips (4th post down): https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12110
https://comicspriceguide.com/faqs for a few How To answers about submitting missing images and reporting missing issues etc.
Watch CPG's 'How To' youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eOHtGDGIs0GGohUDuypf3TlQM2aupdo
edited by collectibleshop on 3/12/2024
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