Bags, Boards and you.

[krazijoe]

What do you use for your comic collection?
I currently use BCW Current Bags and Boards but I recently got some comics that my mother has been storing for me (bunch of mid 80's and early to mid 90's stuff, Incredible Hulk #102, Secret Wars #8, Spider-Man #252, X-Factor #5 to name a few). Do you use the Mylar bags and different boards? Is it worth the upgrade or should I just stick with the regular ole bags and boards?

[Legion564]

All my singles are modern cause I'm new to reading but I use mylites2 with fullbacks. They feel so much better protected. I've also gone overboard and started to put mylar over my hardcover dust jackets too.

[WeirdSpace]

I just use ordinary PP bags with no board. Some of the comics make the bags wrinkle due to the printing process, so I plan to change these to mylar.

[marvelmaniac6169]

All of my books (Gold and Silver, 2000 books???) are in Mylites with Halfbacks and have been since Mylites were available to me...late 80's???

[quinnzel]

What do you use for your comic collection?
I currently use BCW Current Bags and Boards but I recently got some comics that my mother has been storing for me (bunch of mid 80's and early to mid 90's stuff, Incredible Hulk #102, Secret Wars #8, Spider-Man #252, X-Factor #5 to name a few). Do you use the Mylar bags and different boards? Is it worth the upgrade or should I just stick with the regular ole bags and boards?

I've just been using BCW bags and boards so far, and they've been working great. The only problem is that I bought a longbox and placed my comics in them, and the box got turned over in my closet and so some of the comics slid down and were leaning against others, and a couple of them are sort of buckled or bent now. But I've since moved the box to where this shouldn't happen and everything's been fine so far. I think it really depends on the level of protection you're looking for and of course, personal preference!

[Bad Wolf]

I just use regular polypropylene (I hate polyethylene) bags and a board. I try to get bronze age bags as sometimes the new size ones are too small for either the comic or the board. I only use mylar for very old books (1960s), which I don't have many of anyway.

[Mace Dolex]

I buy the bags from my LCS and I have every comic I own bagged and boarded, I also bag and board the prestige format books that are thin enough to be fitted, with larger graphic novels I use the magazine size bags.