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Listing of some of the 40000 Features in the last data dump: Features in Last Data Dump

Here is a list of problem series and what needs to be done. This is only for more major items, not series missing non-required items.

Archie Comics

  • Red Circle/Archie Adventure series (1983)
  • Most have incomplete credits, some missing page counts, missing types, missing sequences, sequences out of order, no genre, no synposis, char apps are odd, etc.
  • Red Circle Sorcery 11
  • Thunder Bunny 1

Bongo Comics

  • Radioactive Man (1993): 1,88, 216, 412, 679, 1000

Charlton Comics

  • Captain Atom (1965 series): 81, 82, 84, 86, 87 all need total page counts and sequences fixed up.
  • World of Wheels: 23, 29

Dark Horse Comics

  • Adam Warren Dirty Pair - Fatal but not Serious: #1, 2 - need cover page counts.
  • Dark Horse Comics: 2-6,8,10-13,15-25 (need story page counts) - (MN - This two issues I fixed, the indexes were junk. Missing credits, bad story titles, etc. so watch for that also.) (Actually, all issues have story page counts except #11. Max)
  • Deadline USA (Dark Horse) (1992 series) #2-6 (need story page counts)

DC Comics

  • Amethyst (1985 series) : Need total page counts for the issues: 2-11,14 (Story page counts are there, just need total page counts)
  • Animal Man (1988 series): Looks like someone guessed on total page counts. Need confirmation on: 27-37,39,40,42-47,50-52,55,62,64-66,68-74,78-83
  • DC Special Series 25: Needs credits fixed to format and story sequences properly identified.
  • Doom Patrol (1987 series): Need to check the total page counts. Some issue show 32 pages when they are really 36 pages. I fixed #72
  • Falling in Love: 24, 28, 70, 89, 90, 93 (have stories with no page count)
  • Fury of Firestorm (DC 1982 series) : Missing page counts, and also pay close attention to credits as some may not be correct: 3, 5-8,10-13, 15-20, 22-33, 35,36,38,39,41,42,46,49-53,55,57,59-63 and Annual #1-4 (Basically most of the series except the handful I fixed)
  • House of Mystery: This is a real mess. All these are missing page counts and sequence types: 4, 10-16, 20, 22-41, 45-49, 51-62, 64-67, 69-86, 89, 92, 96, 101, 103, 105-106, 108-110, 112, 114-126, 128, 131, 138-142, 158, 160, 162, 191, 216, 217, 221, 233, 236, 243, 245, 248, 255, 259, 261, 270, 275, 285, 289
  • Our Army at War: 1-4, 5-53, 66-113, 116, 118-139, 141-149, 153, 159, 162, 171, 173, 180, 195-201, 204-210, 212-214, 217, 219-228, 230, 233, 235, 237, 240, 242-248, 252-254, 260, 269, 275, 285 (missing total and story counts most issues)
  • Red Tornado (mini): 1, 2, 4
  • Robin (1991 series): 4
  • Shadow of the Batman (5 issue reprint series): 1-5 are all missing total page counts and need some other cleanup
  • Showcase: (Missing page counts) 1-3, 5, 15-21, 25-29, 31, 32, 41-44, 46, 47, 49-51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 62, 63, 65-67, 69-71, 73, 74, 75, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90 other issues of showcase were missing seq types but these are the ones with missing page counts.
  • Starman (1988 series - Missing total page counts) : 1-3, 5, 7-9, 27, 30, 32-35, 37-45
  • Superman Annual (1960 series): 1,4,7,8 (need total page counts, some have a 1 in the cover count)
  • Super Powers (1985 series): 3-6

Dell Comics

  • Flash Gordon (1947) #2 (Needs total page count and other info)
  • Looney Tunes (Dell) has issues with features listed, but no titles or page counts. These are pretty much at random, many issues having been fully indexed.
  • Looney Tunes (dell 1955 series) Here are the issues that need major work. Did not check those currenty reserved to someone: 195, 201, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 225, 229, 232, 235, 238, 243
  • New Funnies (Del 1945 series): 92, 93, 97, 98, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108. 103 has page counts but no creator info entered.
  • Four Color (Series II): Many Disney titles need type, genre, characters, synopsis added. Titles, page counts, features, and art and story credits are already there. However, activity pages may not be listed.
  • Tom Corbett, Space Cadet - 7 needs total page counts (probably 36 pages)

Eclipse

  • Air Fighters Classics: 1-6
  • Axel Pressbutton: 1-6
  • Aztec Ace: 2
  • Bedlam: 1,2
  • Clive Barker: The Life of Death: 1
  • New DNAgents: 1, 3-17 (Need total page counts)

Fawcett

  • Whiz Comics: Missing Total page counts. I only saw one issue that was missing page counts on other sequences, but it's mostly total counts: 2, 3 [3/40] , 3 [4/40] , 4-23, 25, 26, 28-60, 62-70, 72-77, 81-121, 123, 125-153, 155

First Comics

  • Starslayer: 7-20, 22-34 - All need total page counts.

Image

  • 1963: 2-6 - Missing total page count.
  • Deathblow: 4-15 (Cover count is 2 which can't be right)
  • Gen 13 Bootleg: 1,2,4-7,11-13,15,16 (same count for cover and story. Same info in both records also)
  • Image Comics #0 : Needs total page count
  • Pitt: 3-8 - Total page count is 36?. Needs confirmation.
  • Spawn (missing total page counts); 1-7,10, 11, 13, 14, 16-20, 22-33, 40 (this one shows 35 pages.)

Malibu

  • 'Breed II: #1 (cover 36 pages, story 40 pages. Something wrong);
  • Dinosaur for Hire (1993 series): #1-12
  • Man of War: 1,2,3,5 (need page counts)
  • Strangers: 1-3,5,7-11 (Total page counts missing)

Marvel Comics

  • Amazing Spider-Man (1962 series) : #120, 254-257, 260, 261, 293, 294, 296, (#300 has 40 page story and 36 total pages. That can't be right)
  • Battle (Stories missing page counts): 63
  • Blood: A Tale (Epic) : 1-3 (some story sequences need page counts)
  • Clandestine: 3, 5-9, 11 (Same info in the cover and story sequences. Cover is wrong)
  • Conan the Barbarian: 10, 15, 134, 143-154, 175, 176, 241, 253-257, 260, 262, 264, 266-268, 275 (Need total page count)
  • Dakota North: 3 (needs total page count)
  • Excalibur: (These are all jacked up. Cover and Story sequence appear to have the same info. Cover is wrong): 42, 43, 45-49, 51-54, 57-59, 61-67, 89, 91, 95, 96, 108
  • Incredible Hulk: (1962 series) #2
  • Incredible Hulk: (1968 series) #102,104,106,111,114,120,121,123,126,131,135-137,142-145,158,187,301-303,305-310,323,327,379-382,385-389,391-394,397-407,409-415,419,420,424-434,436-438,440,442-447,449-453,464 (Some have same page count on cover and story, which isn't right. One had a total of 26 pages, it's probably wrong)
  • Iron Man (1968 series): (Lots of early issues need sequence types set on the story records. Looks like it could be done without the issues themselves). Some issues need page counts: 155, 161-164, 167, 208, 211-217, 219-230, 234, 235, 238, 239, 251-253, 255-260, 262-274
  • Marvel Tales (1966 series) 1-30-ish have incorrect total page counts (36 but they are larger); also need revision of artist credits for cover sequences
  • Micronauts (1979 series): 1, 30, 46, 52-56, 58, 59
  • Moon Knight (1980 series): 13, 25, 36, 38 (some missing total, some have same count for story and total, one has larger story count than total count)
  • Morbius: 10, 12-18, 20-22, 24-26 (missing total page counts)
  • New Warriors (1990 series): 1-13, 15, 18-22 (Total count and story count the same)
  • Punisher War Journal (1988 series): Missing total and story page counts (This list does not include any already reserved or currently un-indexed): 2-4,8,10,11,14-16,20,22-24,34,36
  • Saga of the Sub-Mariner: 1-12 (missing total page counts)
  • Strange Tales (1987 series): Missing page counts on: 1-9, 11, 15-19
  • Strikeforce Moritori : 1-8, 11-13, 15-25, 27-31 (need total page counts)

Novelty Press

  • Target Comics (1940 series): Needsequences set, characters moved to character section, and colourists removed (they match the writers in every sequence!): 1,2,3,4,5,11,
  • Also need total pages set: 6,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,46,47,48,49,50 need to check issues after 50

Pacific Comics

  • (I've checked every indexed one, these all need page counts)
  • Elric #1-6 (total page count)
  • Jerry Iger's Famous Features #1 (Need cover count)
  • Ms. Mystic #1,2 (total page count)
  • Pathways to Fantasy #1 (total page count)
  • Skateman #1 (total page count)
  • Somerset Holmes #2-4 (total page count)
  • Starslayer #2-6 (total page count)
  • Sun Runners #1-3 (total page count)

Prize Comics

  • Prize Comics #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,66,68 (need total page count)

Topps Comics

  • Dracula Vs. Zorro: 1 (need cover count)

Valiant

  • Magic the Gathering -- Shadow Mage #2-4 (total page counts)
  • Shadowman (1992): 24,25 unindexed
  • X-O Manowar (1992): 61 (story page count)

Warren

  • Creepy: #2,5-10,12-14,20,21,25-30, 32-34, 37-50, 53, 58-61, 65, 68, 98, 99, 102-104, 106, 109, 111, 119, 121, 124, 125, 127-131, 134-136, 138-140 (Early ones missing page counts on letters pages, middle ones need total page counts, later ones have a? in the page count.)

Ziff Davis

  • G.I. Joe 1951 series
  • Total page count 8-9
  • Total page count, type and credits 12,15,15,18,19,20,25,26,27,28,30,31,37,39,40,41

Other Indy comics

  • Hepcats (Double Diamond Press 1989 series) #7,11,12 all need total page counts
  • Fight the Enemy (Tower): 1-3
  • Mystery Men Comics: 1-5, 7-31 - Need seq types, char app cleanup, etc
  • Fantastic Comics: 4-23 - Need seq types, char app cleanup, etc
  • Murder (Renegade Press): 1-3
  • Blazing Sixguns (IW Publishing): #12, 15 (Stories need page counts)
  • Dream of Love (IW Publishing): 1 (stories need page counts)
  • Foxhole (IW Publishing): 12, 17, 18 (Stories need page counts)
  • Love and Marriage (IW Publishing) : 2 (stories need page counts)
  • U.S. Paratroops (IW Publishing): 1 (two text stories need page counts)
  • US. FIghting Air Force (IW Publishing): 1 (stories need page counts)