The back-issue bin

Wait. Do I already own this?

The All Comics view in Too Many Comics: a 1,279-book collection searchable by title, issue, or cover photo, each book listed with grade, box, and ballpark value. — 1,279 books, searchable by text or by pointing the camera at a cover.

Every collector knows the moment: you find a book you like, and then comes the question that has ruined a thousand purchases: do I already have this one? Or worse: I know I own an issue of this run… is it this one?

I open the app and search, by typing or by pointing the camera at the cover. The answer is specific: I own this exact printing, and in what condition. Or I own this issue but in a different printing, which is the difference between a $25 book and a $600 book. Or I don't own it, but here's every issue of that run I do have. My entire collection is in my pocket, current, every time.

Behind it: search-by-image identifies the cover with AI, then answers from the inventory on your phone. The lookup never leaves your device, and it distinguishes printings and variants, not just titles.