I finally stopped bagging my comics and just use these cheap photo sleeves instead

So I've been putting every issue in those standard comic bags for like 15 years, thinking that was the only way. Then last month I grabbed a new release from my local shop in Portland and noticed the bag had that weird wavy texture on the cover, almost like it was sweating. Turns out some bags off-gas over time and can actually stain the art. I switched to Mylar sleeves for my key issues and plain photo sleeves for the rest, way cheaper at around $8 for 100. Has anyone else run into bag-related damage or am I just paranoid about a $4 book?

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anthony88310d ago

Well I'll be. You are not paranoid at all. I had a run of mid-90s books straight from the spinner rack and those old bags have gone yellow and brittle, and a few of the covers have that same wavy stain you described. It's like the plastic just turned to goo over the years. I switched everything over to those same photo sleeves about five years back after a long box disaster, and honestly the only thing I miss is the stiffness when you're flipping through a box. They're not as rigid, so you have to be a little more careful, but for reading copies and back issues, they work just fine. I still use Mylar for my top ten books, but for the other four hundred, the cheap sleeves do the job.