User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav

{{comicnav | series | issuenumber | seriesname=prettyname | prev=previssue | next=nextissue | issuenumber2=reprintissues | prev2=previssue | next2=nextissue }}

The {{Comicnav}} template is used to create basic navigation for a comic book, pointign to the previous and next issues, and allowing you to 'jump up' to an article about the series in general.

Markup is similar (but slightly less friendly than) {{episodenav}}.

Required Values

{{comicnav}} requires two values separated by pipes, and can accept 3 additional named values.

First value: Overall series link
Second value: Issue #. (If you provide a #, the template adds 'issue' before it. If not a number, it simply uses the value you provide, useful for Annuals.)

So to create a navigation box for Blackthorne Publishing's The Test, in the Transformers in 3D series, you would use: {{comicnav|Transformers in 3D|1}}.

This results in: Template:Comicnav

Optional Values

Prev: Link to a previous issue.
Next: Link to the next issue.
Seriesname: Text to display instead of the series link (first value)

So, returning to The Test, it's the first issue, so there will be no prev, but we can set a next value, and though Transformers in 3D is the title of the series- the series is commonly referred to as 'Blackthorne's TF series,' so let's make the seriesname 'Blackthorne'.
{{comicnav|Transformers in 3D|1|next=Transformers in 3D #2|seriesname=Blachthorne}}

Template:Comicnav

Prev2 and Next2 are included for the Marvel UK comics, as earlier stories would sometimes be reprinted as the backup story. Take The Enemy Within!. {{User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav | Generation 1 (Marvel Comics) | Issues #s 13 - 17 | seriesname=Marvel UK | prev=Man of Iron! | next=Raiders of the Last Ark | issuenumber2=Issue #s 308 - 317 | prev2=In the National Interest | next2=The Big Shutdown! }}