My uncle told me to bag my comics back in 1985

My uncle Ray was a big collector in the 70s and he swore by stacking comics flat in plastic bags with cardboard backing. I bagged all my early issues like that, including a first print Secret Wars #8 I picked up for a dollar. Fast forward to last year, I pulled that issue out to get it graded and the bag had stuck to the cover in spots. The humidity in my basement did a number on it over 40 years. Anybody else had bags ruin older comics or is it just my bad luck?

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emma52212d ago

I caught an episode of Comic Book Collecting Live on YouTube a few months back where they talked about this exact thing. Poly bags from the 80s and 90s are notorious for that chemical breakdown over time, especially in some humidity. I read that the plasticizer in those old bags can actually migrate and bond with the glossy cover stock, which is basically what happened to your Secret Wars #8. Sorry about that though, that's a brutal loss on a key issue like that. Mylar is supposed to be the only safe long term storage now but I've never fully switched over myself lol.

joseph44811d ago

@emma522 That really is a brutal loss on Secret Wars #8, I feel for you.