Comic Collector features & screenshots

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Browse your comic database Add data & covers automatically Available data fields Sort and Search your database View your data in various skins

View statistics of your database Export comics to your iPhone Data export options e.g. to HTML Print your comic data Comic Collector Network Support

Browse your comic collection

• Browse your comic collection on screen, ordered by series, publisher, writer, character, etc...
• You can view your comic lists in a columnar List View or in the cool cover images view.
• Group your comics in folders, e.g. by series or publisher, or scroll through them as one big list.

Add issues to your comic database in 3 easy steps!

• Step 1. Enter the name of the Comic Series
  Comic Collector will search our online comic database to find matching series.
• Step 2. Select the series from the Search Results
  Select the series you want to add from the Search Results and click Show Issue List.
• Step 3. Click Add to add the issue(s) to your database
  Select (check) the issues you own from the Issue List. Comic Collector will now download all issue data
  from our online comic database. Including Series Name, Issue Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Plot,
  Genre, Format, Creator Lists, Character Lists, Cover Images, etc...

• Use the New Releases Tab to add new entries in the online database. Easy to use when you're adding your weekly pile
  of new comics.
• Use the Daily Updates Tab to detect and download updates to your local database issues very easy.
• You can save Series to the Favorites Tab so that you don't have to search the series every time a new issue is published.
• Before adding a issue to your local database you can preview the issue on the right of the Add Comics Automatically screen.

The Collectorz.com online comic database

• Comic Collector gets its comic data and cover images from our own Collectorz.com Comic database.
• We collect submitted data and cover images from Comic Collector users. The Collectorz.com admins manage and judge all incoming data and cover images. Basically that's how the Collectorz.com Comic database is created, a daily updated database with already over 200,000 different comics! Comic Collector Connect is the home of the Collectorz.com Comic database.

Our online comic database contains series and one-shots from all the popular well-known publishers including all imprints and the independent comic publishers. Including the most recent issues and all older stuff.

Marvel Comics DC Comics Dark Horse Comics Image Comics IDW Publishing Dynamite Entertainment Avatar Press Boom! Studios and way more...

Available Fields

Main Comic data Series Issue Number Edition Publication Date Cover Price Title Story Arc Crossover Publisher & Imprint Plot Genre Format Age etc... Creators & Characters All main and side characters that appear in the issue Writer Penciller Colorist Inker Cover Artists Editor etc...

Covers Front Cover Back Cover Wrap Cover Checkbox Personal data 0wner Location Purchase/Value information Tags User Defined Fields Rating etc... Contents Insert all data of the various stories inside a Comic or Trade Paperback Add Links, Notes, etc... Weblinks Random images Notes etc...

Collection Status Use the In Collection Status field to indicate whether an issue is actually in your possession, on your wishlist, On Order or For Sale. Use the In Collection Status filter menu to quickly show your wishlist, your "on order" items, etc...

Data entry and maintenance tools

• Built-in Auto Capitalization function, e.g. typing "justice league of america" will automatically change into
  "Justice League Of America". The AutoCap feature is fully user configurable, including an exceptions list.
• Next/Previous buttons in Edit Comic screen let you edit multiple issues in a row, without leaving the edit screen.
• Use the Edit Multiple feature to modify data for multiple issues in one go.
• Automatic Sort Title generator make sure that titles like "The Uncanny X-Men" are sorted correctly.
• Rename data fields to suit your needs, several User Defined fields are available for this purpose.

Sorting and Searching

• Order your comics lists any way you like using the Sort Order screen.
• Use the Quick Search box to search your entire database for the occurrence of a particular text.
• Save your sort order definitions and activate them directly using the Sort Order menu on the toolbar (PRO edition only).
• Or build advanced filters with the Filter screen, using brackets, AND, OR, NOT, equal, not equal, greater than, less
  than, "contains" and wildcards (PRO edition only).
• Save your filters and activate them directly using the Filter menu on the toolbar (PRO edition only).

View Issue Details in several cool Skins

• Choose from various included layout templates and styles.
• Download templates and styles created by other users.
• Create your own templates and styles using XSL and CSS code.

• Besides various skins you can also change the whole main screen of Comic Collector.
  Choose from different layout configurations of tree, list and details panel:

Database Statistics (PRO edition only)

• Use the Statistics screen to view all kinds of stats on your comic database.
• Use the graphical view to shows bar graphs per Publisher, per Genre, per Age, etc...

Export to iPhone or iPod Touch (PRO edition only)

• Export your comic collection to your iPhone or iPod Touch using the Clz Comics app.
• Avoid Duplicate Comic Purchases. Show off your comic collection. Have cool comic facts at your fingertips.
• The Collectorz.com Clz Comics iPhone app (click for more info).

Export to HTML (PRO edition only)

• Export issue lists to HTML format, so that you can view and show your collection on your website.
• Export comic details pages using various layout templates and styles, including creator and character lists and cover images.
• Check out a sample HTML page here.

Export to the Notes section of your iPod (PRO edition only)

• Export a list of your comics to the iPod Notes system.
• Take your iPod with you to the comic store and browse your collection right there on the spot,
  nicely grouped by Series, Date, Publisher, etc...
• Now you can always check which comics you already own and thus avoid duplicate purchases.
• Read more about exporting to your iPod here.

Other Export Options (PRO edition only)

• Export to List Pro, for using your data on your Palm or PocketPC (Windows only)
• Export to Text (e.g. CSV), for using your data in other programs like Excel
• Export to XML

Print your Comic Lists

• Print Simple Lists of your Comic Book Collection.
• Print lists of your comic collection. You decide which fields to show as columns and which field(s) to sort the list on (PRO edition only).
• Print one issue per page with all details, including both cover images (PRO edition only).
• Print a selection of issues, e.g. the result of a search (PRO edition only).

Loan Manager (PRO edition only)

• Track which comics you loaned and to whom.
• Track Loan Date, Due Date and actual Return Date
• Add extra notes for each loan
• View all loaned items, all overdue items or entire loan history

Wraparound Covers

Wrap the Wraparound Covers in your database

Network Support including Read-Only Mode

• A lock file system automatically prevents concurrent editing
• When one user is already using a database in Writable mode, subsequent users will automatically open the database in Read-Only mode
• In Read-Only all editing features are hidden and disabled, allowing viewing and searching only
• Create Read-Only workstations by running a forced Read-Only installation (start the installer with the /readonly command line parameter)

Compatibility

Comic Collector is compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
It is available in the following languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish.