1 (regular numbering)
nn (no issue number)
nn [1] (no no. with made-up useful no.)
v5#6 (issues with restarted nos. & vols.)
v5#6 [ 30] (restarted nos. & vols. + (made-up useful no.)
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1945 (year only)
January 1945 (month & year)
January 7 1945 (day/week of)
Late January 1945 (late/early)
January-February 1945 (bimonthly)
December 1945-January 1946 (across 2 years)
Spring 1945 (quarterly)
Winter 1945-1946 (quarterly across years)
Holiday 1945-1946 (quarterly across years)
January 1945 (known but not in book)
January 1945 (partially known, some in book)
circa 1910 (guestimate)
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1945.00.10
1945.01.10
1945.01.07
1945.01.15
1945.02.10
1946.01.10
1945.03.10
1946.01.10
1946.01.10
1945.01.10
1945.01.10
1910.00.10
may vary, used
for sorting
YYYY.MM.DD
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Currency of country of publication.
USE:
0.10 USD
NOT:
10 cents
$0.10
0.10
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Cover (front cover, 1st indexed; use more than one for multiple version covers)
Ad (Advertisement)
Letters (letters pages)
Story (standard strip feature)
Cover Reprint (interior reprint of cover)
Photo Story (photos replace most art)
Text Story (prose story, may have illos.)
Text Article (text nonfic may have illos.)
Bio (text article but biographical)
Recap (summary of previous stories)
Profile (character profile, ala whos who)
Pinup (page of art outside of story)
Backcover (if not part of wraparound, preferably indexed as pinups)
Filler (short 1-3 comic strip but not regular feature)
PSA (Public Service Announcement)
Promo (house ad, subscr offer, preview, teaser, hero resume, editor’s soapbox)
Activity (game, activities)
Insert (non-comic item: cards, posters)
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Clash of the Titans (stated story title)
[untitled] (untitled story)
[When Titans Clash] (made up title)
[“It was a dark and stormy night...”] (untitled/first line of story used)
Clash of the Titans; (When Titans Clash part 47) (stated; part of longer story, indiv. title)
When Titans Doth Clash [part 4] (stated; part of longer story, no indiv. title)
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Name of strip; usu. on first page,
examples:
Superman
Justice League of America
Asterix
Haunted Tank
Superman and Batman (regular feature, like in World's Finest)
Superman; Asterix (irregular feature, like DC Presents, or Brave and Bold)
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Joe Kubert (use full name unless commonly known otherwise)
Joe Kubert ? (use ? for uncertainty, with a guess, if any)
Gene Colan [as Adam Austin] (use real name [as pseudonym] for pen names and aliases)
? [as A. Nony Mouse] (use ? and pseudonym for aliases you don’t know real name for)
Vince Colletta; Murphy Anderson (Superman heads) (elaborate role)
Jack Kirby (1-5 20-22); Alex Toth (6-19) (elaborate pages done)
Stan Lee (plot); Dennis O’Neil [as Sergius O'Shaugnessy] (script) (alias/role together)
Freddy Milton; Dwight Decker (translation) (translations)
William Shakespeare (original story); Fred Hembeck (adaptation) (adaptations)
Frank Giacoia (see notes) (usually for contested credits, complex elaborations)
Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito; Alan Weiss [all as Diverse Hands] (group credits)
? (completely unknown, but there was someone in this role)
none (inapplicable, n/a, colorist for b&w stories, etc.)
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