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New Features for November 2011!

  • Show covers for issues which match an advanced search result.
  • Issues can be moved to a different series by anyone.

New Features for September 2011!

Changes visible to all
  • Added on-sale dates.
Changes visible for contributors
  • Two issues can be edited together to move sequences and covers between both.
  • Volume can now be turned off for a series.
  • Issues can be moved to a different series (for now only by editors).
  • Series can be moved to a different publisher (only by editors).
Cover Image

350,000 covers uploaded!

The 350,000th cover was uploaded recently to the GCD!

Check out the cover which is from Les Mains de Shang-Chi, Maitre du Kung-Fu #30, the French-language Canadian edition of Master of Kung Fu #39.

Or take a look at our international statistics to see what else the GCD's been up to outside of English-language comics.

New Features for July 2011!

Changes visible to all
  • Added issue variants. This mainly concerns issues with different covers, be it with different artwork, price, barcode, brand, etc. Issue variants will fetch most story sequences from its 'base' issue, but they can have their own cover sequence if the artwork is different from the base issue.
  • Leading articles are now correctly handled for sorting without moving them to the back of the series name. This also concerns searches, you do not need to put them at the back for search purposes.
  • Issue titles: For European series or TPB series one now can enter an issue title in addition to the issue number.
  • On the series page we now show the used brands and indicia publishers.
  • Barcode support: We added a field to track UPC/EAN numbers.
  • Added an uncertain flag for series years.
Changes visible for contributors
  • New editing functionality for variant issues. There most likely will be questions how the issue variants work in detail, if you are an indexer you might want to join our main mailing list for a while for more information.
  • ISBNs, barcodes, issue titles and indicia frequency can now be turned off for a series.
  • Added corresponding no_fields for ISBN, indicia frequency, barcode, issue title.
  • Added help links to the editing page for all fields, experienced users can turn these off in their profile.
  • Changed order of fields on the editing pages, field orders are now consistent on edit and compare pages.
Disclaimer
The Grand Comics Database Project (GCD) is a volunteer project with the goal of documenting and indexing all comics for the free use of scholars, historians, researchers, and fans.
The GCD acknowledges that the all-encompassing research nature of the project may result in the posting of cover scans for comics with images that some may find objectionable.
Viewer discretion is advised.
The Grand Comics Database Team
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Statistics
6,893 publishers
3,907 brands
2,468 indicia publishers
64,324 series
732,225 issues
10,146 variant issues
161,618 issue indexes
374,663 covers
999,273 stories