diff --git a/ComicNodes/Comics/ComicConverter.cs b/ComicNodes/Comics/ComicConverter.cs
index 68d51908..fd41f93d 100644
--- a/ComicNodes/Comics/ComicConverter.cs
+++ b/ComicNodes/Comics/ComicConverter.cs
@@ -177,16 +177,32 @@ public class ComicConverter: Node
 
         if (DeleteNonPageImages)
         {
+            List<string> nonPages = new();
+            float imageCount = 0;
             foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(destinationPath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
             {
                 if(rgxImages.IsMatch(file) == false)
                     continue;
+                imageCount++;
                 string nameNoExtension = FileHelper.GetShortFileName(file);
                 nameNoExtension = nameNoExtension[..nameNoExtension.LastIndexOf(".", StringComparison.Ordinal)];
                 if (Regex.IsMatch(nameNoExtension, @"[\d]{2,}$") == false)
                 {
-                    args.Logger?.ILog("Deleting non page image: " + file);
-                    File.Delete(file);
+                    nonPages.Add(file);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (nonPages.Any())
+            {
+                float percent = ((float)nonPages.Count) / imageCount * 100;
+                if (percent < 10)
+                {
+                    // only delete if the number of non images is low, we dont want to mistakenly identify all pages as non images
+                    foreach (var file in nonPages)
+                    {
+                        args.Logger?.ILog("Deleting non page image: " + file);
+                        File.Delete(file);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/ComicNodes/Comics/CreateComicInfo.cs b/ComicNodes/Comics/CreateComicInfo.cs
index 3547c9fc..cb94ab08 100644
--- a/ComicNodes/Comics/CreateComicInfo.cs
+++ b/ComicNodes/Comics/CreateComicInfo.cs
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ public class CreateComicInfo : Node
                 else
                 {
                     // Pad the number with leading zeros based on the specified number of digits
-                    string paddedNumber = info.Number.Value.ToString().PadLeft(issueDigits, '0');
+                    string paddedNumber = info.Number < 0 ?
+                        ("-" + info.Number.Value.ToString()[1..].PadLeft(issueDigits -1, '0')) : 
+                        info.Number.Value.ToString().PadLeft(issueDigits, '0');
 
                     // Add the padded number to the name
                     name += $" - #{paddedNumber}";
@@ -268,8 +270,9 @@ public class CreateComicInfo : Node
             if (parts.Length < 2)
             {
                 // remove any junk
+                shortname = Regex.Replace(shortname, @"\(([\-]?\d+)\)", "$1").Trim();
                 shortname = Regex.Replace(shortname, @"\s*\([^)]*\)\s*", " ").Trim();
-                var lastChanceMatch = Regex.Match(shortname, @"(\d)+$");
+                var lastChanceMatch = Regex.Match(shortname, @"([\-]?\d)+$");
                 if(lastChanceMatch.Success)
                 {
                     info.Number = int.Parse(lastChanceMatch.Value);
diff --git a/ComicNodes/Tests/ComicInfoTests.cs b/ComicNodes/Tests/ComicInfoTests.cs
index fb811efb..3e9e1ef9 100644
--- a/ComicNodes/Tests/ComicInfoTests.cs
+++ b/ComicNodes/Tests/ComicInfoTests.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,31 @@ public class ComicInfoTests : TestBase
         Assert.AreEqual("X-Man - #045.cbz", name.Value);
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void MinusOne()
+    {
+        var result = CreateComicInfo.GetInfo(Logger,
+            "/home/john/Comics/Marvel/X-Men/Cable (1993)/Cable (-1) (1997) (Digital) (Dark-Star).cbz", 
+            "/home/john/Comics",
+            true);
+
+        TestContext.WriteLine(Logger.ToString());
+
+        Assert.IsFalse(result.IsFailed);
+        var info = result.Value;
+        Assert.IsNotNull(info);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Marvel", info.Publisher);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Cable (1993)", info.Series);
+        Assert.AreEqual(-1, info.Number);
+
+        var xml = CreateComicInfo.SerializeToXml(info);
+        Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(xml));
+        TestContext.WriteLine(new string('-', 70));
+        TestContext.WriteLine(xml);
+        
+        var name = CreateComicInfo.GetNewName(info, "cbz", 3);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Cable (1993) - #-01.cbz", name.Value);
+    }
     
     [TestMethod]
     public void NameAndNumber2()