What bad things have you let happen to your comics/tpbs?

riftt · Post by **riftt** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:54 pm

So I moved into a new living space recently that included a little built-into the wall bookcase in the dining area. I decided it would be the perfect place to put some of my graphic novels and regular books. A few weeks later I pull out one of the books and notice something. The pages are slightly wavy. Not dropped in the toilet waves on the actual pages of the books but the entire book's pages are now in sitting in kind of a wavy shape. I check a few more and yup...same thing.

I then notice that the bookcase itself is much colder and damper than the rest of the apartment. I ascertain that because it is recessed into the wall and it is an old building made of concrete that the moisture has been affecting the books and making them wavy.

this *SQUEE* me off to no end.

So I completely redesigned my place, switching out my dvds so I could put the books on the regular bookshelf. I figured that the dvds were in plastic so the moisture would not affect them and I put my criterions in the recessed bookshelf.

big mistake.

The next day, half of the criterions had wavy paper iin their plastic sleeves. so much for OOP value.

Anyone else have experience accidentally destroying their comics/trades?

Peter Parker · Post by **Peter Parker** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:11 pm

Well, I once had my books stored in a climate controlled storage room under the stairs in one of my parents homes. Eventually, there was a leak

that lightly saturated a few boxes. My prized Amazing Spider-Man books, specifically# 5-8 were ruined by water spoting

I still have those books as a reminder of the chaos mathematics of life, but did upgrade them after they were wet and damaged.

Other than that scarey tale, the only other "bad" thing to happen to my Comic books was...my wife

Hey, after all, they're only Comic books....right?

...I mean, that's what SHE's always telling me?...yeah, right.

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:05 pm

I lost a few long boxes of books, mostly early 90's Marvels to a flood in the x-wifes basement (or in my x-house).

Does that make me an x-man, I don't think so!

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:44 pm

I keep them well protected but recently there was an incident with a comic and cat pan needless to say the cover has a little something extra to offer

By the way does anyone need a Turok the Hunted #2 it's the C.S.S.S. version, 1 of a kind $50 any takers

Master Dorque · Post by **Master Dorque** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:25 pm

So far I've been lucky...

. I remember reading somewhere that approximately 5% of any collectible gets destroyed every year through natural disaster, fire, human error, etc. That's one of the main reasons this stuff appreciates over time. Slowly but surely the supply gets eaten by the ravages of time.

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:45 pm

In my long history of collecting, I can't recall anything ever getting seriously damaged, except I had a Marvel comics 'sparkle' set, (where you put sparkly stuff on a picture), it was under my bed, & the cat shat upon it. So badly I threw it away. It's a wondr I still remember it, but I have an outstanding memory when it comes to trivial things.

ANYWAY, don't feel bad I remember reading an article about Stan (The Man) Lee, where he said that he had copies of everything he'd ever done (all the way back to Timely) destroyed by water damage in his basement. This article was in Rolling Stone back in 1971, & had a good piece on Strenko as well. The Hulk is on the cover.

This also reminds me of a bookstore in Dayton---Bonnetts. I went there one time & they were bringing up boxes that had got wet from a burst water pipe in the basement. I remember seeing alot of early issues of Famous Monsters that were ruined. These issues are valued at $100 & up each. It made me want to cry, & I didn't even own them.

My heart goes out to you guys!

---Steve

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:17 pm

The only thing I've ever really cried over was my FC #223 in a box that my mom had put in her garage...and it rained...and you know the rest.

At least I saved the rest of the box.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:58 pm

Tape pull on an Captain America #100 in 7.0 or higher condition. It was in considerably less condition when it came off. A moment of silence please.

<*bag pipes playing*>

oldjello · Post by **oldjello** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:26 pm

My mom cleaning out the attic and throwing out all of my Valiant Voices... and my Boba Fett Standup.

She will suffer....

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:27 pm

whetteon wrote:Tape pull on an Captain America #100 in 7.0 or higher condition. It was in considerably less condition when it came off. A moment of silence please.

<*bag pipes playing*>

I had a tape pull incident once, but it wasn't my fault. It was on Marvel Feature #3 (Defenders vs The Titan, who was originally called the Hulk in Journey Into Mystery #62 & #66, pre-Bruce Banner Hulk).

Anyway, I went to a drugstore that sold comics. They had this issue (& a couple of others). It was new, & I needed it. It was their only copy. I didn't have my money on me at the time, so I asked the clerk if she would hold onto these 3 or 4 comics for me until I could come back in a half hour to get them. She said "Sure". Well, I came back to get them and she pulled them out from under the counter, & there was a "Reserved" note TAPED to the cover of Marvel Feature #3!! She pulled it off, & 'tape pulled' a quarter sized piece from below the logo. I was kinda *SQUEE*, but didn't want to come across like an anal kid to her. I bought the comics & left. And wound up getting a different copy elsewhere, later that month.

Back in those days, I didn't worry about tape pull from a comic bag, because I didn't keep any of them in bags. Bags were fairly new, & no one in town sold any. Plus I was on a small allowance which barely allowed me to buy all the Marvels I was collecting, let alone bag & board all of them!

---Steve

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:28 am

Girls...they SO don't understand comics.

Well...you know, for the most part.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:40 am

Every now and then at a show I see a really nice Silver Age comic that has been punched through for a 3-ring binder (surely so some kid could take it to school stuck in a notebook).

I saw a FF No. 6 like that once at a con in Miami ... $25 bucks, with three damn little holes in it.

I've never done that, but I did tear the cover off a few comics once when I was a kid, and stuck the covers inside a photo album. Artsy!

hillmanthe2nd · Post by **hillmanthe2nd** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:47 pm

Back in the day I went to a LCS that had quite a nice selection of Silver Age Marvel in the back issue bins. Well, on this particular day some kid between 10 - 12 years old starts going through the back issues. Of course, being 10, 11, 12 years old and not quite tall enough look at the issues in the back of the bins, he starts pulling them out about halfway and BENDING them at a 90 degree angle so he can see the next one

The little comic crusher got through a run of silver age Tales To Astonish and Tales of Suspense before the owner of the shop stopped the madness.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:20 pm

hillmanthe2nd wrote:Back in the day I went to a LCS that had quite a nice selection of Silver Age Marvel in the back issue bins. Well, on this particular day some kid between 10 - 12 years old starts going through the back issues. Of course, being 10, 11, 12 years old and not quite tall enough look at the issues in the back of the bins, he starts pulling them out about halfway and BENDING them at a 90 degree angle so he can see the next one The little comic crusher got through a run of silver age Tales To Astonish and Tales of Suspense before the owner of the shop stopped the madness.

UGH...this makes me break out in a cold sweat panic. I cringe...HARD...when I see someone breaking spines like that. Ugh!

As for the hole punched stuff...I LOVE it! So long as there aren't words n' stuff missing (and there generally aren't) I'll buy stuff like that all day long at Poor prices! Especially if the books are otherwise decent.

I LOVE solid, 'otherwise F or VF' books like that! My other favorites are single large tears on the covers, large pieces missing out of the BACK cover, torn interior pages, and the like. Stuff that you KNOW is solid, but has that one big glaring flaw...

You know, the QUALIFIED GLOD stuff.

And you know what? It's HARD to find that stuff!

Valiant OCD · Post by **Valiant OCD** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:38 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: UGH...this makes me break out in a cold sweat panic. I cringe...HARD...when I see someone breaking spines like that. Ugh!

I know what you mean, I DREAD the INEVITABLE day when My son is older and I come home to valiant carnage in my "man room"

I know it'll come, I just know it......

Peter Parker · Post by **Peter Parker** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:47 pm

That wouldn't happen to be...THE "Mikes Comic Hut" on Northern blvd in Flushing Queens, NY?..is it

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:51 pm

these were some of the funniest threads I ever read......tape is evil........i had a dvd rack with some new comics on it that I just bought.....me being the lazy human that i am, left a cup on the top rack for a couple days.....soda.....it eventaully ate through the cup, ruining all those books

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:10 pm

oh ever put a book in a bag/cardboard for safe keeping and then open it months/years later and realize that the back cover got folded back??? ughhhhh

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:18 pm

speedracex wrote:oh ever put a book in a bag/cardboard for safe keeping and then open it months/years later and realize that the back cover got folded back??? ughhhhh

Yep. That was when I learned to always take the board out and put it in WITH the book.

putz · Post by **putz** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:44 pm

Great. Now I gotta go thru all my comics and check.
I suppose I'll have to read a few to make sure the words are still there.
heheheheh

Valiant OCD · Post by **Valiant OCD** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:47 am

Peter Parker wrote:That wouldn't happen to be...THE "Mikes Comic Hut" on Northern blvd in Flushing Queens, NY?..is it

Yes sir, Don't tell me it's still there!

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:39 am

Valiant OCD wrote:
Peter Parker wrote:That wouldn't happen to be...THE "Mikes Comic Hut" on Northern blvd in Flushing Queens, NY?..is it
Yes sir, Don't tell me it's still there!

Ah, Queens...I grew up in Richmond Hill off Liberty Ave. & 124th St. There weren't any Comic Hut's at the time, but I bought many a comic at the numerous newstands along Liberty Ave. I moved from there in 1971.---Steve

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:06 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:
Valiant OCD wrote:
Peter Parker wrote:That wouldn't happen to be...THE "Mikes Comic Hut" on Northern blvd in Flushing Queens, NY?..is it
Yes sir, Don't tell me it's still there!
Ah, Queens...I grew up in Richmond Hill off Liberty Ave. & 124th St. There weren't any Comic Hut's at the time, but I bought many a comic at the numerous newstands along Liberty Ave. I moved from there in 1971.---Steve

Wait, we have Queens here, too!

Oh...not THOSE kinds of Queens...?

Ok. Nevermind.

dave · Post by **dave** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:51 pm

i took a sharpie to some of mine and did my own editing-who needs shooter anyway?

Valiant OCD · Post by **Valiant OCD** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:49 am

Vault-Keeper wrote:
Valiant OCD wrote:
Peter Parker wrote:That wouldn't happen to be...THE "Mikes Comic Hut" on Northern blvd in Flushing Queens, NY?..is it
Yes sir, Don't tell me it's still there!
Ah, Queens...I grew up in Richmond Hill off Liberty Ave. & 124th St. There weren't any Comic Hut's at the time, but I bought many a comic at the numerous newstands along Liberty Ave. I moved from there in 1971.---Steve

Mike's used to be a 20' by 20' hole in the wall That was literally beneath the marquee of an old RKO theater back in the mid 70's. Later he moved to a BIG place a little west of the original location. I'd be shocked if any LCS could stay in business THAT long! If it's still there go in and tell them Sean Says thanks!!