Reprints

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  • Optional
  • This field serves to record both the original source for reprinted stories and known reprints for original stories. To easily distinguish between the two, the first word in this field must be either "from" or "in". Then include the title (with the original publisher and series date in parentheses) and issue of the source/reprint you're referring to and then, optionally, the date of the book. This format is like this: Series Title (Publisher, YYYY series) #number (exact date of publication).
  • If you know a story is a reprint but don't know the exact source you can index it as "from ?" and then include whatever partial information you know.
  • Any other details about the reprint (such as editing or a title change) belong in the Notes field. If the source/reprint story is already indexed in the GCD, use the exact same book title already in the database to aid in cross-referencing and to aid in future data conversion.
  • Multiple reprints are separated by a ; and only appear in the index for the comic being reprinted. In other words, you can have multiple "in"s but only one "from". The exception is when a comic is altered when it is reprinted and then the altered version is reprinted.
  • REPRINTS FROM COMIC STRIPS?
  • REPRINTS FROM WEB COMICS?
  • Examples:
* in Superman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (1961) 
* in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 (1979); in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) vol. 1 (1989); in Superman #1 [Masterpiece Edition] (DC, 1999 series) #nn (1999); in Millennium Edition: Superman 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (December 2000); in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn; in Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) vol. 1 (2006) 
* from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (May 1959) 
* from ? 
* from ? [Atlas horror circa 1958] 
* from ? [probably Captain Major Comics around #123] 

(end of definition)


Definition to be re-written before it is taken before the Senior Editors (May 7, 2008)

Current Schema: Stories table, Reprints field