Just wondering...is anyone aware of the legal obligations (if any) of a periodical publisher to keep a given periodical numbered chronologically and correctly?
I think legally they are required to keep the publishing info that is (usually) found within the first couple of pages at the bottom of a page which gives the publisher's address, publishing info, etc.
I would assume that logically that would extend to the volume and issue numbering. But I can't seem to find anything to back that up.
The thing that got me thinking about this is the recent renumbering of one of the Deadpool series so they can reach #900. But it also extends to other books in regards to folding a book reboot back into volume 1 numbering, as was done in Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, etc. (in other words, do they do that as some sort of legal requirement, and if so, how can they change the number of the Deadpool series?).
I think legally they are required to keep the publishing info that is (usually) found within the first couple of pages at the bottom of a page which gives the publisher's address, publishing info, etc.
I would assume that logically that would extend to the volume and issue numbering. But I can't seem to find anything to back that up.
The thing that got me thinking about this is the recent renumbering of one of the Deadpool series so they can reach #900. But it also extends to other books in regards to folding a book reboot back into volume 1 numbering, as was done in Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, etc. (in other words, do they do that as some sort of legal requirement, and if so, how can they change the number of the Deadpool series?).