Cover image replacement request thread

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#1  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

If you've run across an issue cover that you think:  

  • is too small
  • has watermarks of any type  
  • isn't the proper retail cover  
  • or is a horrible quality image
and you: 
  • don't want to replace it yourself
  • can't replace it yourself
  • don't have any image sources

place a request here and someone in the community will hopefully replace it. 
 
Wiki editors if you don't have anything to do and you are bored please see if you can help with any open requests and make sure you post deletion requests for anything you replace and reply to the requester to let them know the request is complete. 

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Walt Disney's Comics & Stories216-224, 226-254, 256, 258-263, 286, 288, 290-294, 296, 298-309, 311-356, 358-388, 390-391, 394-395, 399-406, 408-409, 411, 413-416, 418, 420-425, 427-430, 432-434, 437-446, 448-499, 501, 503-505, 511-517, 519-540, 542-573, 575, 577-586, 588-599, 602, 610, 615 
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#2  Edited By JamesSpiring

Good idea! Moderators, sticky please!

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#3  Edited By Mercy_

Awesome idea. Well done.

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#5  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator
@aztek_the_lost said:

@pikahyper: okay, I thought of another one (rather then posting a huge list, I'll just post as I think of them)

American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men #1-5...they all have the same watermark, same version of the cover is used on the other big comic databases, retail sites have their own watermark, the usual

Done, unfortunately I was only able to add larger covers for 1 & 2 but I removed the watermarks for all of them.
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#7  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator
@aztek_the_lost: ya I'm glad it is a trend that is fading away cause it really does belong in the past, in this day and age everything should be high quality full sized scans with an eye for perfect replication of the original covers for preservation for future generations, it never made sense to me why people would shrink them to begin with since when they are scanned they are always saved at a large size why take that extra step to shrink it such a waste.
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#10  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

Ok here is a request for the community, I've wanted to do it for a while but have too much on my plate already, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories, obviously there are thousands of Disney's issues that need larger or better quality images but the following ones need even more help cause they have watermarks: 
 
216-224, 226-254, 256, 258-263, 286, 288, 290-294, 296, 298-309, 311-356, 358-388, 390-391, 394-395, 399-406, 408-409, 411, 413-416, 418, 420-425, 427-430, 432-434, 437-446, 448-499, 501, 503-505, 511-517, 519-540, 542-573, 575, 577-586, 588-599, 602, 610, 615 
 
hundreds of WDC&S issues have tiny little images with a stupid strip at the bottom, please somebody add better covers !!! (example below) 
 

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#12  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator
@aztek_the_lost said: 
Added larger covers for all 16 issues, those were some damn tricky watermarks to remove cause of the background patterns, had to get a little creative and as an added bonus I added larger covers for the three issue mini series. That Obi person should be shot, stupid big ass watermark.
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#14  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator
@aztek_the_lost said:
Added larger unwatermarked covers for all eight issues. 
 
I'll start on the Superman Legends/DC Presents after I finish lunch :D
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#16  Edited By JamesSpiring

Current image for Beano #2649

New one somebody posted on Comics UK, without the chew bar on it! 
Better clarity, but it's smaller and on an angle. Should I bother to replace it, or do you maybe have a better scan of it?
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#17  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator
@Digifiend: I can't find any other cover images for that issue and those angled ones are nasty and shouldn't exist so just leave the one it has already and maybe someone else will be able to find a better one.
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#18  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

If anyone is interested in Cat-Man Comics the following issues need replacements due to watermarks or smallness, #'s 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23, 26a-29 (and yes there are two issue #26's).

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#19  Edited By Kurisu86

Just submitted new images for Cat-man 6, 24, 25, and 30. It's about time for my catnap, so over the next few days I'll keep on the prowl for better images for the rest. But bad jokes aside, it definitely feels good to be helping the community out.

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#20  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

@Kurisu86: Much appreciated, hopefully you can get live edits soon so you don't have to wait in the mod queue :D

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#21  Edited By Kurisu86

Submitted covers for 14, 19-22, and 26 (the one with the yellow cover).

@pikahyper: Yeah, hopefully that happens soon. Maybe once I get the rest of my comics out of storage and start to catalog them, I'll be able to submit some new things and rack up those points.

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#24  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

Conan #24-31 all have watermarks instead of barcodes...

Conan: Book of Thoth #1 & 4 have watermarks instead of barcodes as well.

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#25  Edited By Billy Batson