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TIL I was storing my comics all wrong for 15 years
A guy at a garage sale saw me flipping through a longbox and asked if I used backing boards. I said no, figured they were just for shipping. He told me without them the spines get permanent creases from the weight of the other books stacking over time. I went home and checked my oldest collection from 2008 and sure enough every third book has a spine roll that won't flatten. Now I use both boards and bags on everything and swapped to short boxes so they don't sag as much. Has anyone else had to rebag a whole collection after realizing a basic mistake?
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wood.eric1mo ago
Tbh I found a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #300 with a permanent fold line from my own dumb stacking habits.
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murphy.mason1mo ago
@wood.eric that's rough man, how bad is the fold line? I've been wondering if those spine presses actually fix stuff like that or if it's just snake oil for collectors.
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