Comic fortress

[The-Collector]

Hi guys

 

I saw that Ankur had a book in on one of these and I also saw an add on the back of a 90s comic. But I can not find them for sale on the Internet. Are they no longer available? Are they any good? They look impenetrable but hard to open and mega bulky. Your opinions would be appreciated.

 

Sincerely

 

 

Jake

[scooter99]

They don't manufacture them anymore.

 

If you are looking to purchase some of them your best bet is placing a WTB thread on the boards here.

 

The only ebay link I could find is right here:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-Silver-Age-Current-Comic-Storage-Fortress-Hard-Case-/190736456462?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item2c68c75b0e

[dgarthwaite-migration]

 

 

DG

[dgarthwaite-migration]

I've seen used ones for sale. That's about it.

 

Actually, I think you aren't allowed to say "as recommended by the Library of Congress", despite that flyer saying it.

 

DG

[Mark 1]

[Mark 1]

I love the fortress. Not hard to open and not much bulkier than a slab

 

 

[comicwiz]

They are pretty neat, but they've long stopped making/selling these and the only way your going to get your hands on one is if it comes with a book you buy (usually have only ever seen them used on GA books).

[comix4fun]

Hi guys

 

I saw that Ankur had a book in on one of these and I also saw an add on the back of a 90s comic. But I can not find them for sale on the Internet. Are they no longer available? Are they any good? They look impenetrable but hard to open and mega bulky. Your opinions would be appreciated.

 

Sincerely

 

 

Jake

 

 

I keep my most important comics in them. (thumbs u

 

 

[The-Collector]

Thanks guys. I will be on the lookout to buy some.

[comicwiz]

These usually came with fancy pouches to slide them into and protect them from being scratched. Although I've seen quite a few without. I think what would work just as well though is like a scratch-guard static-cling type of film that they sell for phones.

[Mark 1]

Interesting idea about the scratch protection film over the fortress. Would be good with some UV as well.

 

Here is that fancy pouch you mentioned.

 

 

 

[comicwiz]

Interesting idea about the scratch protection film over the fortress. Would be good with some UV as well.

 

Here is that fancy pouch you mentioned.

 

 

 

Yes, a barrier of UV protection would be good too (thumbs u

[Magneto]

Hi guys

 

I saw that Ankur had a book in on one of these and I also saw an add on the back of a 90s comic. But I can not find them for sale on the Internet. Are they no longer available? Are they any good? They look impenetrable but hard to open and mega bulky. Your opinions would be appreciated.

 

Sincerely

 

 

Jake

 

 

I keep my most important comics in them. (thumbs u

 

 

 

[dupont2005]

Why are they so expensive? At that price, why isn't anyone making them anymore?

[Comicdey]

I've sold and seen them for sale for around $35-$75 each. GA or SA

[Mark 1]

I picked up a couple from the boards for $40 each

[etanick]

i have 3 and to be honest, while I have no plan to sell them, the only time I use any of the 3 is whenever I want to show off the book(s) to non collectors that have no idea how to handle a comic book. Other than that, I no longer keep any of my books in them because I enjoy flipping thru them too often.

 

If you plan to buy them, be careful in indicating Golden age if you want to use for Golden age book. Even when I did that, 2 of 3 times I bought the fortress, I ended up with Silver Age fortress that wasn't designed to fit the larger book. I had to manually cut the boards and sanded them down to fit GA books.

[Dano]

I LOVE my fortresses. I have both GA and SA

 

Dan

[The-Collector]

I was thinking of getting some as I have a tenedency to over handle my books and take them out of their Mylars to browse. So having them sealed up would dissuade me from doing this.

 

I was also thinking of having my framer knock up some museum quality frames that I can slot them into. But these are all just ideas at this stage.

[AnkurJ]

I have probably a dozen of them and all are in use. They are not nearly as thick as CGC slabs for golden age so much easier to store.

 

The thing about the little desicants is funny. Many people think those last forever. They dont. All of the fortress books in my collection are in the safe deposit box (they fit very comfortably), with a large desicant container in the box itself. This keeps every comic and other valuable dry.

 

They stopped making them due to the cost involved I beleive. But they do truly rock, and were the gold standard for big time books before CGC came into the picture.

 

Here are two of my books which are housed in Fortresses.