04 - Add Count¶
There seems to be some controversy around whether or not to add count to comics.
When a series is finished, it’s a no-brainer to add the count. For example, Scott Pilgrim has 6 issues. There’s no disputing that, and there won’t be any more issues in that volume.
What we can do is set the Series Complete field to Yes and add 6 to the Count field on all the issues.
Now they will display as 1 (of 6), 2 (of 6), and so on.
But what about ongoing series such as Nightwing (2016)?
Currently, when new issues are released, and I buy them digitally or in print, should I update the count each month, or wait until the series is complete?
I choose to update count regularly, and I wrote my own plugin for it (CVIssueCount).
It pulls the count from ComicVine and applies it to all issues with that volume number in ComicRack.
Folder Structure
4.1 Add Count¶
Download smart list: 4.1 Add Count.cbl
This list contains all scraped comics that don’t have a count.
Here we run the CVIssueCount script to populate the field.
For newly added comics, they will appear in this list. The next month, when a new comic is added, the new one will appear here, while the old comic will be in the next list.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Number | Count | Publisher | Series complete |
Action
Right-click → Automation → CVIssueCount
Scripts
4.2 Add Count – Different Count¶
Download smart list: 4.2 Add Count - Different Count.cbl
Whenever two comics have the same comicvine_volume but different count, they appear here.
For example, in month A we add a comic and it gets a count of 2.
Then in month B we add another comic from the same volume and it gets a count of 3.
Now we have two different counts on comics from the same volume.
To fix this, we re-run CVIssueCount on the comic from month B to align the counts.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Number | Count | Publisher | Series complete |
Action
Right-click → Automation → CVIssueCount
Scripts
4.3 Missing CVIssueCount Custom Field¶
Download smart list: 4.3 Missing CVIssueCount custom field.cbl
This list is more for cleanup.
I didn’t always use the CVIssueCount script, so some comics are missing its custom field: comicvine_issue_count.
If a comic hasn’t been scraped with CVIssueCount, it won’t contain this field.
This list helps me identify them so I can run the script and add the missing field.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Number | Count | Publisher | Series complete |
Action
Right-click → Automation → CVIssueCount
Scripts