Shoutout to that guy at my local shop who told me to stop bagging my comics

I was keeping all my floppies in those poly bags with the tape on the flap, thinking I was protecting them. He said moisture gets trapped in there and can actually damage the paper over time. Switched to just using boards and leaving them loose in a short box 3 months ago, and my books from the 90s that I rebagged look way better already. Anyone else get bad advice from old collectors that they later found out was wrong?

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hall.charles8d ago

My buddy back in the 90s swore by those thick Mylar bags and taped them shut so tight you'd think they were vacuum sealed. His early 80s books all came out with brown spots and wavy pages, total bummer.

willow2448d ago

Totally feel that, man. I did the same thing with my old comics and a few paperbacks back in like 2003. Thought Mylar bags and tape were the ultimate hack, but I came back a few years later and some of them had this weird sticky residue from the tape that bled into the cover. Ended up having to toss a couple issues of Sandman because the pages got all wavy and the ink started smudging. Such a bummer when you think you're doing everything right and it just backfires.