Question on protecting your comics

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:43 pm

I just want to know how you all are protecting your comics, especially those that collects Silver Age books. Recently I've been buying quite a bit of the early Silver Age X-Men books. To give it some extra protection, I usually place a backing board between the middle pages of the book before I slide it into a bag/board. My intention is to have a double backing board support, but would this method hurt the book at all in the long run? The reason I ask this is because when I was changing all the bags/boards from my 90's comic collection, I noticed that some of the backing boards had some type of imprint from the back cover. Yet, I don't see any effect on the comic at all, but I'm just worried if it would have some type of chemical reaction if I left it between the pages for a period of time. Does anybody here have any experience like this before?

KO2003 · Post by **KO2003** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:37 pm

The comic backing board that I would insert in a comic would have to be an acid-free buffered board. You were correct to say that the comic ink stained the board. In my experience I have never noticed any damaged caused by a comic backing board. I use a board insert to add rigidity to a comic in order to prevent spine damage from occuring when I am handling it or if I am mailing it to someone.
Long term storage damage occurs from the break down of a typical polypropylene comic bag, moisture, cigarette smoke, and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight.
My best comics are placed in a Mylar bag with an acid-free 4 mil Fullback backing board then placed in a Ultra-Pro comic toploader or in Mylar sleeve( formerly snugs) with a acid free backing board.

A couple examples:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESO:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESO:IT
My two-cents

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:40 pm

KO2003 wrote:The comic backing board that I would insert in a comic would have to be an acid-free buffered board. You were correct to say that the comic ink stained the board. In my experience I have never noticed any damaged caused by a comic backing board. I use a board insert to add rigidity to a comic in order to prevent spine damage from occuring when I am handling it or if I am mailing it to someone.
Long term storage damage occurs from the break down of a typical polypropylene comic bag, moisture, cigarette smoke, and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight.
My best comics are placed in a Mylar bag with an acid-free 4 mil Fullback backing board then placed in a Ultra-Pro comic toploader or in Mylar sleeve( formerly snugs) with a acid free backing board.

A couple example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESO:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESO:IT
My two-cents

Heyyyyy...that's my ceog!...that sleeve is great btw...and the comic in it is almost perfect

think I outbid dino on that too...

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:23 pm

How much do those toploaders go for?

KO2003 · Post by **KO2003** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:10 pm

A local dealer sells them to me for $1 a piece. They retail for $1.50. There is a guy on ebay who sells them in lots for pretty cheap also- under the comic supplies category.