Good day and salutations everyone

Oh hell yeah finaly i found some fellow comic book collectors forum thanks to evoHahn. Basically i just got back collecting comics when i moved from jb to kl. So keep me posted to the latest stuff ok. Thanks. Btw http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1989233&hl= Is a post of stuff i am currently looking for. Anyone know where i can get some of these books ? I tried amazon, tfaw and milehigh but they dont have em.

What you guys reading now?

For me currently Fables, Y-The Last Men and Ex-Machina. I know they are not the latest stuff but the stories are good.

I still have not receive my orders from milehigh
how long does it take for the package to arrive ?

i guess i was too greedy for the 60% sale, ordered heaps then they just scam your money ??????

Yeah i think i jumped the gun a bit my boxes came in from MileHigh. Good stuff nicely packed so much better then Amazon.
I think the Amazon needs to learn from these small timers how to pack books properly

Hard to get the good ones nowadays, most of the time are the crappy ones.
Good ones are like Mylar
Good ones are also quite expensive about RM 1 to 3 for plastic and RM 3 to 5 for the board.
You can get them in most stores listed at the 1st page

BTW do you have anything that is worth a lot i suggest you get the ultra pro plastic slip case or hardback turtle clamp shell ones.

For me my expensive ones like Sandman (Death's brother not the other wanker superhero) issue 1 i place it in a ultra pro slip case

But if you like me have valuable HC books then very difficult to keep em properly. what i do is to wrap em in thick wrapping paper.
not like a normal book wrap but like a present wrap

Most of the time i just share the el cheepo plastic/backing board combo with 2 books but if the book has a white back cover i usually purchase the larger plastic variety and place the backing board in the middle

The key here is to stop silverfish and air to go into your books.

I remember that back in OZ i have a friend that purposely built a climate control cleanroom to store his collection. that is what i call extreme

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Added on March 15, 2012, 3:14 pmOH BTW only CGC your books if it already very valuable. the CGC is to confirm its condition as .5 of a value may be the diff between 500k to 1 mil. i hardly suspect that anyone in Malaysia have any golden age books. The oldest i have seen are the silver age Marvel books which includes FF1, Amazing Adult Fantasy etc...

This post has been edited by cjlio1: Mar 15 2012, 03:14 PM

try the comic shops listed at the main page of this thread

i bought mine at comics corner about a decade ago

hard to say. i saw some shifty malaysian publishers re-print issues of sough after books before at those dodgy indian stall.

instead or DC or MARVEL it show some other kind of logo

RM600++

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I follow Ryan Stegman on twitter n he said that he would be on Scarlet Spider forever. I get it tho I mean its like his baby. He n Yost brought it to life, so to speak.

I really don't like it when Publishers play musical chair with the artist of a title. I wish an artist which is great & suitable for a tone of a comic would stay with it forever. But obviously its too good to be true.

At least independent publisher like Image don't rotate their artist so much. Charlie Adlard of The Walking Dead & Ryan Ottley for Invincible are examples of 2 great long term artist on a series.

Well aside from that I want to ask where would u guys normally get a longbox to store ur comics? N what the usual price for 1?

And if u have any other tips for taking care of comics can u please share?

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Long boxes are quite expensive more then RM50 per piece for the good ones.
Usually i recommend the short boxes for easy storage

Use long box only if you have the space to place them on sturdy individual shelves with reinforced brackets. Else the entire structure will sag

NEVER stack long boxes on top one another perpendicularity as the ones at the bottom may sag and totally destroy the entire structure.
You can only stack them criss cross style

Things to note when keeping comics are the dust, mildew, sunlight and your No 1 enemy the silverfish.

When using backing boards and plastics just go for the el cheepo ones and place 2 book in one pack. with the back cover to the backing boards
Most of the time in our climate even the good ones will cause the plastic to crumple and backing boards to turn color.
Change the packs when required.

Expensive books you should keep in UltraPro hard plastics or those turtle shell casing

Like i mentioned do not stack long boxes only the short ones

EvoHan you should also be wary of your box's weight and place the heavier ones at the bottom logically

You can strengthen the box by taping the sides around continuously with duct tape

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Added on April 19, 2012, 9:36 amSo many horror stories of boxes and shelves warping and collapsing under the weight of comics. Mine you they are light singularly but collected in an army, fwah damn heavy the boxes especially with the backing boards and plastics combo

This post has been edited by cjlio1: Apr 19 2012, 09:36 AM

duct tape time

Golden or Silver age books will devalue if it got any blemishes including signature.

Its like Leonardo placing his signature on the Mona Liza, as far as i know there is no signature on the painting

Anyhows i would recommend the Just Image series where Stan the man retell the story of the DC super heroes or the fattest biggest omnibus book you can get if possible i believe FF or Amazing Adult Fantasy have chunky fat humongous ones

try to get those ultrapro hardbacks from your comic shop ?

as framing will press the book and sometimes if not done properly the extra air bubble will cause the book cover to warp a bit and stress the book's spine then the staples will be pushed infront towards the cover

This post has been edited by cjlio1: Jul 4 2012, 03:05 PM

i have only this

http://www.comicvine.com/tales-from-the-cr...erth/37-185329/

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Added on July 5, 2012, 11:00 amyou can try the tales from the crypt stuff

This post has been edited by cjlio1: Jul 5 2012, 11:00 AM

Your only copy of Beano comic does not count as a collection

Fwah 9.8 cgc graded x-men and 9.6 iron man

RIP Joe "Sgt. Rock" Kubert

are you local W Malaysian or others

For my older collection in single issue as i have tons of sets that requires tons of single issues
nothing very far just from around mid 90s to early 2000s

Currently i just collect HC

Already placed order, now the waiting game begins