Archive for the Comic Book Basics Category


Your Comic Books are Worthless

Bloomberg Business week ran an article that was picked up by Yahoo Finance on Halloween titled “Those Comics in Your Basement?  Probably Worthless”  There was a lot of buzz among comic book collectors and on the Internet forums so I thought I’d weigh in on the story. The unfortunate truth for many is the article […]

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Comic Book Storage Secrets – Microchamber Paper

It’s unfortunate for us comic book collectors, but our perishable paper comic books are facing two very persistent enemies – time and the environment.  Comic books were always meant to be perishable and quickly disposed of, so the early issues were made of the worst possible paper.  If you read the earlier post about the […]

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What Size Mylar Bag Should You Use?

Do you every wonder what size comic bag (especially Mylar) you should use for your comic books?  Should you go with Modern, Silver, Standard, Gold or Super Golden Age? They aren’t cheap, so it’s frustrating when you try to fit that 1970’s comic in a Mylar bag only to find out it’s too small. Well […]

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