Do You Read Your Valuables? 0

[miraclemet]

1 hour ago, TwoPiece said:

You have to bend all of the pages aggressively to remember where you left off, right?

if it takes you longer than one sitting to get through a comic.... well as we say down home.. "bless your heart..."

[spracknetch23]

I used to read every single comic book I bought, regardless of value. Now I rarely read comics period, but still collect them. Makes no sense I know. 

[Jeffro.]

4 hours ago, DocOck said:

Do You Read Your Valuables

No, but I value my readables

[Ken Aldred]

1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

Ever smell a Mile High?

I'd be too concerned about accidentally sneezing on one of those.  It would be tragic.

Unless, the newsprint of a Mile High is still so pristine and clean that it doesn't significantly irritate the nostrils?

[Robot Man]

The paper is bone white. It has a faint order of pine or cedar. The books were dispersed so long ago that many might have lot that scent. Mine still have most of it. You would never know in a slab.

[bc]

6 hours ago, DocOck said:

I wouldn't say mine are VALUABLE, but they would set me back if I had to replace them. Yet, I prefer to read comics issue-by-issue rather than in a collected paperback. Always extremely careful, of course. And of course I would NEVER, take risks with a Golden Age book, except to verify all the pages are there.

How does everyone else feel about reading what they consider to be their valuables?

Read all of them that aren't slabbed, including GA. Also own some reprints of the more valuable books that I like to regularly read.

Not that difficult to establish a safe protocol to read a comic book without mutilating it. They somehow made it into our careful stewardship from the original owners who were likely kids/teens who had no regard for preservation techniques.

And @Robot Man is absolutely right, enjoying the whole experience of the cover gloss, page quality, interior content and smell is what collecting is all about. I check out all the dumb ads and read all the text stories between the covers, this helps put that book into the American Pop Culture spectrum which is as interesting to me as the actual comic book.

If I wanted to invest money into something that gave me absolutely no entertainment or nostalgic experience that might increase in value over time, I'll stick with stocks.

[jcjames]

3 hours ago, dupont2005 said:

Woke up in Tijuana three days later 

 

[Buzzetta]

4 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Ever smell a Mile High?

Yes, at every Phish show I've ever been to. (Buzz don't do that - that was just a joke - despite the Mayor basically allowing it all over the city)

Seriously though. 

I just don't like that acrid or acrid and musty smell of older comics. Some people do, I just don't for some reason. 

[obiedagod]

I don't ever since I tried to check the page quality of my (7.0?) Spectacular Spider-Man #1 and the cover got caught on a defective bag flap. 

Luckily I bought the book for $4, so...

[Jeffro.]

16 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Ever smell a Mile High?

 Is that the come on comic nerds use? 

Edited March 15, 2019 by Jeffro.

[Aweandlorder]

6 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Hell yes I do. I have read it at least looked through every book I own. 80% GA. This includes Mile Highs, Gaines file copies and every book no matter what is. What is the point of having a slabbed Mile High for instance? You are missing out on the snow white pages, the gloss and dripping wet color and that “smell”. You got to be careful, very careful but if you know how to handle books you will be fine. I love my comics from nose bleed grades down to coverless and read them all!

Now that chicks are into comic books, I don't know how on earth did Calvin Klein not put out a cologne made out of that old vintage smell. 

At least a deodorant... SOMETHING!

[Badger]

5 hours ago, Robot Man said:

And you listened to her???

Together 26 years so, yeah, I listened.  Besides, she bought it for me.  

[1950's war comics]

i have never been able to rekindle the joy of reading comics like i had in my youth .. nevertheless they are still a joy to hold, look at, smell and collect !

[Buzzetta]

2 hours ago, Jeffro. said:

 Is that the come on that comic nerds use? 

 

Welcome back... heard you went away... 

[lizards2]

11 hours ago, DocOck said:

I wouldn't say mine are VALUABLE, but they would set me back if I had to replace them. 

How does everyone else feel about reading what they consider to be their valuables?

I reach down to straighten them out sometimes..., when they get bound up.  But read them?  Not sure I have the flexibility any more.

Valuable?  I  don't know about that - the wife had me fixed about 20 years ago.

[Kahnadah]

I stopped collecting when I realized I was buying books and not even opening them up. I stopped reading them, and that's when I knew my passion for comics was dead. I have a big box of TPBs I'll never read again and can't sell off, and it upsets me greatly. They cost me a lot, and I can't justify throwing them away or giving them away for nothing. I'm not really even sure why I still look a the boards, to be honest. Habit, I guess.

[Jeffro.]

7 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Welcome back... heard you went away... 

DNA vindicated me.

[theCapraAegagrus]

14 hours ago, miraclemet said:

if it takes you longer than one sitting to get through a comic.... well as we say down home.. "bless your heart..."

[lizards2]

2 hours ago, Jeffro. said:

10 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Welcome back... heard you went away... 

DNA vindicated me.

Yours?  Or the other guys?

[theCapraAegagrus]

I also wash my delicates.