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The UK copies are cool Oak. Can't beat a UK copy.

I can't believe the Star Wars gif didn't get one laugh. Everyone's too busy watching Superman's costume fighting ad nauseam....

I'll have a look later Oak. It's an unfortunate reality lately. People's efforts go largely unnoticed. People just don't join in. This thread had been viewed 100 or so times and only 5 people gave a toss enough to like or post. When the boards finally close it won't be down to lack of care by the owners. It will be down to the sheer apathy of the membership.

Seems oldmilwaukee6er has a 3rd journal: Am I missing something here? This old journal has been blocked and migrated to the new journals but doesn't show on the OPs profile. Shouldn't all three journals be sitting under an umbrella heading like everyone else's in the new format? And if you click on his name at the top of the journal you get an error page. It looks like a shambles. What is going on?

Let the procession of disaster gifs commence!

Dena and Scott are good decent people from what I can see. As the face of the change, they will be used to and probably even expect a little flak. We can sometimes get annoyed when we feel strongly about things and respond in a less than civil way. You apologised, I'm sure it was accepted, as you seem good and decent too. Remember, you put a lot of effort into a journal and then it was blocked with no forewarning. Scott apologised for that to his credit. This is not about targeting individuals. It's about telling the only people who can do anything about it (admin) how we feel. Communication is always key. A little honesty and empathy and all will be well, whether it can be changed or not. Sometimes silence just exacerbates the problem. And that is why I didn't flag them directly, because if they don't respond that causes an 'they're ignoring us air'. A bit like the Newton Ring thread - poor communication equals unhappy people I find. I take your point about having both old and new journals available. I just think that leads to duplication. The board is too busy as it is and doesn't need any more duplication in my view. If the new journals are rarely visited, as seems to be the case, the newbie that creates one there may wonder why they get little response.

Let the procession of disaster gifs commence!

No it doesn't! Yes. I include the character 'Spider-Man' in this. Tied with Andru. Me too. There's good and bad Ramos. Good Ramos suits quirky Spidey stories. The last decent Spidey artist I saw was Ron 'Back in Black' Garney. Most since have been horrific.

By the way, I tried to find a journal using the drop down menu in the search function: Handily, they're not in any decipherable order. After 6 hours scrolling, I fell asleep.

Now the dust has settled I wanted to give my view on the recent CGC Journals Migration. The headline news from me is that I think it has been a disaster. If you agree, please like this post to show your support. I'm not going to flag it to any of the admin team - they can find it, read and react as they see fit. First up, there was nothing wrong with the old journals. When the new boards launched there was a lot of upset, but most understood that the change in software was a necessary step given that the old software was no longer supported. I'm not aware of any technical reason why the journals migration was necessary. Are you? The format of the old journals was simple and familiar and the access easy. One click brought you to the main page and from it you could see everything you needed at a glance: Because they were in order of most recent reply, one glance at this page would likely bring you up to date on what you were looking for. I know it did for me. When the boards changed software a lot of the complaints were due to the amount of unnecessary additional clicks that were needed. The old journals - one click got you to the main page to show you all you needed. With the new journals, four clicks are needed as follows: Click 1 brings up the 3 options shown below. I accept that 'My Journal' is a help, if you have one, but the two options of 'Latest Entries' and 'By Author' add no value. They take you to two different looking presentations of the journals (which I think adds confusion): Click 2 and we'll go for 'Latest Entries' as that seems most helpful (the 'By Author' isn't in alpha order so what's the point of it?): Click 3, Latest Entries, brings us to the screen below which shows the latest 'entries' where 'entries' are journals, not replies. It's auto set to 'Start Date' so we have to select 'Last Reply' to bring that up: Click 4, and we finally get to see the last replies. That's four clicks to get to where one click would get you on the old journals. Now we are in that screen, the layout is confusing. Not the simple list of journals in reply order, but boxes. You'll see from the image below that the most recent reply is under the journal '365 Days of Spawn' (a cool journal by the way, format notwithstanding) and the second is one under 'Thanks'. The three that follow all have sequential reply dates. And yet look to the right hand column titled 'Recent Journal Entries & Replies' and the order list is completely different. Note also that the new layout omits to tell you: Who was the person who replied Number of views Number of pages You have to go into them to find that out. The '365 Days of Spawn' journal is by oldmilwaukee6er (If you're reading this, hope you don't mind me using you as an example here). If you look at his profile page it shows he has one journal: And yet look at his 'activity' and you see he has another journal: Why doesn't this show? Why wasn't it migrated? If we look at the first page of the old journals, the last poster on all is Scott as he added a message to each stating the thread was now locked and to go to the new journal page: Go to the second page of the old journals and Scott disappears: Look at the top in the screen shot above and you'll see Hepcats journal. Look at his profile and it hasn't migrated either. If it had, it would show on his profile: Many have criticised the format of the new journals. They say it is awkward, difficult to follow and not user friendly. I agree and have been saying so since news that there would be new journals was first posted. So, if we assume (subject to clarification) that the journals migration was a cosmetic choice, and not a 'must have' migration due to legacy issues, what should we think about it? We were not consulted, we were not asked to road test it. Judge the result as follows: Before the migration: Simple, user friendly journals that all were happy with, dating back many years, all in one clear sequentially listed forum As many as you liked, standing alone After the migration: Old journals locked (a travesty) Only some migrated to the new journals (see above, Hepcat etc) Only the first page of each journal migrated - basically each journal was vandalised Journals hard to find now - 'hidden' in a menu bar as opposed to a CGC Forum in their own right as they used to be No longer in one place: Some locked in the old forum Some in the new area Some old ones reopened and moved all over the place Format not user-friendly One journal 'umbrella' with journals as 'entries' within it - if the umbrella title doesn't fit with the entry titles, tough. Summary pages not accurate Four clicks instead of one I could go on. I have no doubt that the admin team want the best for the forum and it's members. No doubt at all. But this migration was a disaster and an unnecessary, foreseeable one. They should learn from it or at this rate they won't have any members left to alienate. As ever, if anything I have said here is wrong, please dive in. But if you think this is more or less right, show your support accordingly. Otherwise, nothing changes and they'll next migrate the Water Cooler to China. Come to think of it..... P.S. If it was my decision, I would cancel the new journals and set the old ones back up as they were. That would require some work, but my God would it send a positive message throughout the community. 'We got it wrong, and we're going to put it right'. I would be the first to applaud them to the rafters. P.P.S. There's a certain irony in the fact that the old journals will forever be locked as follows....

You're welcome. Here's a thread with some genuine misprints. You should go straight to a post with an ASM 174 which shows how the print error affects front and back:

There are a few knowledgeable UK dealers I can ask. I'll post here if I find anything out.

Found another. So two 10d copies, one with a 6 and one with a 9: @Redshade, have you ever seen an official explanation for the numbers in the top half of the price stamp? I wondered whether they signified months, or perhaps different distribution areas? Oddly enough, I've never done too much digging on it.

You can post anything here Stephen, don't worry about that It's certainly odd. There are about six copies on ebay with 9d stamps and only the one 10d stamped (sold) copy. The book is dated August 1964. We know there were no pence printed DC books at that time but, as an indicator, the Marvel books we know changed from 9d to 10d one year later: So it's odd for this book to have a 10d stamp. Who knows why. Lots of little oddities like this out there. Thanks for posting it Stephen - remember, any post is a welcome post in the pence graveyards. The stamp price makes it pence related anyway

Won't be long now Gnash. A big final update coming on all my threads soon - just need to decide who will deliver them. Morlar's angling for a comeback but Number 6 is refusing to be pushed aside. Sparky got run over so he's out of the running. And Marwood overdosed last night during a drinking session with Harold Pelham. The Counts quite popular, but clearly can't be trusted with the numbers. Hulk would smash it but is too easily ŕattled. Time will tell....

This is sunfade Ace. If it were a printing error the missing ink would be on the back cover too. You can see at the bottom right and just under the barcode the remnants of red ink. These were probably obscured while the book sat in direct sunlight for a while. The ink showing under the barcode may have been where a price sticker sat while the book was bagged. The bottom right could be an overlap from another book or sellotape where it was stuck on a wall. It's a defect alas and reduces the value accordingly. I've owned scores of genuine misprinted comics. This is not one I'm afraid.

Whoopsadaisy. My mistake. Well done on the scoop. Tell Jim his detective says 'Oi!'

Wouldn't it be great if someone got CGC to grade the page in question and it came back with a Newton Ring on the end of it

Willy's way ahead of you Ditch...

If less than half have rings, I expect you to be thoroughly delighted and post only happy thoughts here Mark

My name is Maximal Decimus Resulticus, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have $5000 for this picture of old comics, in this life or the next!