Taking GOOD care of your comics?

[Issa]

I've got most of my slabbed books sitting on shelf, above my desk. My naked books are in mylar bags with acid-free boards. These are in a cardboard, comic-book box that I picked up at a local comic shop. My favorite books are a Hulk 181 CGC 9,6 and Hulk#1 CGC 5.0 SS Stan Lee. My question is: How do you guys store/protect your books (slabbed and unslabbed)? Do some of your books get special treatment? What do you recommend I do?

 

FYI: Technically, isn't it possible for unslabbed and even slabbed books to disintegrate over very long periods of time? ....How do you prevent that? I mean, the U.S. government protects the Declaration of Independence, right?

 

Thanks!

-Issa

[bullseye]

Use microchamber paper, acid free tape, and acid free boxes, should protect the books from offgassing. and I think CGC books are supposed to be reslabbed every 7 years or so.

[nascar]

Also cool dry and dark storage back of closet ect... Less light the better

[Ivanko]

Low humidity, even temp, and try not to smoke around them either.

[Korvac Saga]

Use microchamber paper, acid free tape, and acid free boxes, should protect the books from offgassing. and I think CGC books are supposed to be reslabbed every 7 years or so.

 

Is that true about slabs? Hadn't heard that before.

[Flaming_Telepath]

Use microchamber paper, acid free tape, and acid free boxes, should protect the books from offgassing. and I think CGC books are supposed to be reslabbed every 7 years or so.

 

Is that true about slabs? Hadn't heard that before.

 

Yeah. I think it was something Steve Borock recommended.

[Korvac Saga]

Use microchamber paper, acid free tape, and acid free boxes, should protect the books from offgassing. and I think CGC books are supposed to be reslabbed every 7 years or so.

 

Is that true about slabs? Hadn't heard that before.

 

Yeah. I think it was something Steve Borock recommended.

 

Nick, do they also change the inner well? I've had books reslabbed but it was always my impression that they only changed the outer well.

[MutantKeys]

Use microchamber paper, acid free tape, and acid free boxes, should protect the books from offgassing. and I think CGC books are supposed to be reslabbed every 7 years or so.

 

Is that true about slabs? Hadn't heard that before.

 

Yeah. I think it was something Steve Borock recommended.

 

Nick, do they also change the inner well? I've had books reslabbed but it was always my impression that they only changed the outer well.

I only sent in one comic before for reholdering and they changed both. I just sent 8 books for reholdering and I sent them specifically for the entire treatment. I hope thats how they come back

[ShoNuff-migration]

Nick, do they also change the inner well? I've had books reslabbed but it was always my impression that they only changed the outer well.

Yes. They change the microchamber paper in the book and put it in a completely new slab...inner well included.

[Wally's Comics]

My naked books are in mylar bags with acid-free boards.

 

You might want to also place a large leaf around the groin area of the book...

 

they may be aware of their nakedness.