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On 3/26/2019 at 5:55 AM, Immortal Hulk said:

This is one of the reasons I don't want to get a golden or silver age comic - I'd want to display it all the time and the fear of gravity damaging the bottom edge and\or spine would drive me nuts!

You're missing out man! GA books have some amazing art! Just make a scan and print a high grade copy. Frame it and be done with it. 

13 minutes ago, ExNihilo said:

I'm late to this, but +1 to storing on the spine.  Basically, when stored vertically, i'm afraid that gravity will pull the interior pages away from the spine over time.  When stored horizontally, the book sits comfortably on the spine preventing such damage.  But then again, my slabs are all tucked away in cardboard boxes so i'm not looking at them every day (or even every month).  I have considered UV framing or some such to display some books, but at this time it's not worth the additional financial cost.

I'm planning to take my high res scans to a printing co and then have them framed. 

45 minutes ago, jfree580 said:

@Ovrclck That TC #44.. so jealous! Not saying the others aren't great, but TC #44 is one of my favorites!

#44 is great! Close second is #41. Both are awesome Schomburgs for sure though!

Reholders - No more newton rings!

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Sub'd my first standard. So far I'm impressed!

Received 

3/12/19

Finalized / Imaged / Shipped 

3/26/19

They're also on insta..Some people are actually excited for this. 

1 minute ago, AngelClaudio said:

Yea I see the 914M2 is 9 x 14 1/4 - I use the BCW graded Mylars which are 9 x 14 1/4 as well. There should be one out there that's either the same height or slightly shorter than the slab so that only the flap is going over the slab neatly. I'll have to research this, because when you fold over the flap and some of the body of the Mylar, it gets all crumpled and like you said you have to do it a few times.

haha yeah it does tend to get a bit crumpled up. Let me know what you uncover as now I'm curious. 

6 minutes ago, AngelClaudio said:

Question, since you're using the Mylar with the flaps, do you also have to bend the flap over and a little bit of the body of the Mylar over the slab? For example I find the slab is a little shorter then the actual body (excluding the flap) of the Mylar.

I use 914M2 from E.Gerber. 

Yep! I try to make sure it's folded over neatly. Sometimes I get too OCD and end up doing it a few times. 

1 minute ago, AngelClaudio said:

According to the links CGC says:

I think I'll stay with vertical lol.

It's all good. It's your books. Do as you please

1 hour ago, AngelClaudio said:

Mylar with flaps? I thought vertical is preferred to horizontal?

Yep! With flaps, just like you I also use painters tape to hold the flap down.

Spine down is preferred.

Linky

I use the E.Gerber Mylar for my slabs and lay my books horizontally on its spine. No issues with space. 

Love those red L.B. covers!

On 3/3/2019 at 4:24 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Change your Preview Resolution to 72 dpi.  The Preview will be much quicker. 

I don't think my scanner likes it that low. It sounds like it's freaking out and the scan blows up (size wise)

32 minutes ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Change your Preview Resolution to 72 dpi.  The Preview will be much quicker. 

Awesome! I'll test that out. Thank you.

13 minutes ago, arexcrooke said:

Im not a fan of how the back cover looks like it has a pink/brown tinge to it with those settings. The front looks better the back looks putrid

I have the same issue with the back as well. For the back, I change to auto levels and it seems to bring the natural tone out.

2 minutes ago, gunsmokin said:

Not really sure but as stated on page 3 of this thread, there is a third font plus the pence variant.

Interesting. Thanks!

4 hours ago, drotto said:

Well I grabbed this like 6 months ago.  Was I wrong?     

Absolutely! Sell it for 100 Darkhawk #1's 

On a more serious note. Great PU!  Now get that baby re-holdered

Here's what I'm currently using. I believe someone posted these settings somewhere on here. 

Result

5 hours ago, arexcrooke said:

 

Really dark with these settings.