The X-Men and Shadowpact Have Arrived.
June 21, 2008 – 9:28 pm
I won a few eBay auctions recently and they finally arrived! I got 37 various issues of X-Men Vol.2 and the complete run of Shadowpact 1-25. Altogether I spent $50.80 for 62 comics. That’s about $0.81 per issue. Not too shabby. The best part is that these comics are in very fine/near mint condition. They all look pretty much like I pulled them off of a shelf today. I’m very impressed. It took me a while to put all those issues in bags and boards, but I did it and now I need another long box to hold all my comics.
My re-embracing of comics presents a new problem. Where am I going to put all these comics? This leads me to the closet reorganization project that I wanna do. I think the whole thing starts with metal racks. This will give me a lot more vertical space and they don’t cost a whole lot. Then I can use the half-size boxes for storage and get plastic Tupperware type boxes for all the junk and crap that is precariously stacked against the closet walls. While half-size boxes are more convenient for shelves than long boxes, its still sort of not ideal. I found another option called “Volstor” that might be cool too. Check it out: http://www.volstor.com/products.html
Volstor is like a cross between a binder and a box that you can put on your shelf. It holds 15 bagged and boarded comics, but stores on a regular book shelf. That holds a full year of an ongoing comic or a short run of a finished comic. They also have those nice plastic pockets like on a standard school binder that you can put your own art or label sheets in to display the title. I like the concept, but it seems impractical for large collections and I don’t know how much they cost so it could get a little expensive.
Okay, time to go read some comics.
One Response to “The X-Men and Shadowpact Have Arrived.”
Dude I recently bought the same x-men comics you did!!! How crazy is that? Although I got them during wonder-con. I paid about 30 bucks. But that’s pretty funny. Although, I was just trying to collect the Jim Lee covers. I haven’t read the comics. It took me a while to bag and board them. I decided not to buy regular bags for my collection. I only use thick mylar bags for all my comics. I figure if I’m going to go through the trouble of collecting them I should protect them as best as I can. I hear you’re supposed to switch out bags and boards every so often. With Mylar bags I’m certain I don’t need to disturb the comics for a long time. And as someone who enjoys the cover art, I really like how clear the Mylar bags are compared to the cheap plastic bags. OH! One thing that sucks about the Mylars is that it takes up slightly more space in a box.
By Gary on Aug 30, 2008