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Clintjohnston30 Posts: 4
10/20/2016
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Hello, inventive people who know more about preservation than I do.
My father had a large collection of Gladstone Comics that my family and I would like to preserve by bagging and boarding, but we've not the first clue where to begin. I was hoping one of the more avid collectors might have the proper measurements on hand, so we can spend our money only on the sizes that will be of use. I was told that the average Marvel size was not the right kind.
Many thanks,
Clint, Who is posting this in the "General Discussion" section too just in case.
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expander Posts: 241
10/21/2016
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From what I gather most of these issues seem to be moderns and modern bags and boards should fit.
How-ever since some bronze age issues had differing heights (3-4mm) you may want to look at TPB bags or (Trade paperback bags.)
I have the conventional bags which just have a standard flap at the top and I also have the self sealing bags.
I've noticed that "prestige format books don't fit as comfortably into the self sealers so I just use current size bags and boards with those.
A lot of Gladstone stuff is just thicker books because of the high page counts (some as high as 90 pages.)
Check out this wiki page for some nifty pub. history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Publishing
Also when my lcs is out of suplies i default to the following site for supplies.
https://www.bagsunlimited.com/
Lots of cool stuff. Hope this helps and if you need more help just ask!
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kds_comics Posts: 686
10/23/2016
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It is really not so difficult to find out this information. A quick web search brings up
http://www.wikihow.com/Size-Your-Comic-Books-for-Proper-Storage
I would suggest you just make sure the comic fits loosely in the bag. (not too loosely, but slips in easily) The bag does shrink slightly over time - if the comic is too snug you may degrade the comic.
Hope this helps.
KDS
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Clintjohnston30 Posts: 4
10/23/2016
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Thanks for your help, folks!
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expander Posts: 241
10/26/2016
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No problem, feel free to ask if you need help with anything else.
That's how I wound up finding the forums in the first place back in the day.
This is a great community of fellow collectors whose knowledge is vast,
I still pick up on new things almost daily.
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