Storing Shonen Jumps

[eledoremassis02]

Figured I'd start a thread for those who collect Shonen Jumps. It always perplexed me how to keep them safe (given their age). I bought some Vinyl sleeve bag/protectors and realized I can use them as a sort of Comic protector sleeve.

It worked out great!


How do you protect/display your jumps? I figure a Windowbox frame could also be a sweet way of protecting/displaying your Jumps

[coola]

Each Shonen Jump have like 400 pages, right? I would love to see pictures with every Jump, that had DB chapters

[dougo13]

These will still deteriorate. I have some from the 1980s in fair to good shape. Others have had the glue in the binding deteriorate causing the issue to literally fall apart. I had stored hundreds in my garage because I ran out of space in the house. That was a bad move as the paper absorbed the water content from the air and destroyed them. Still, even without going to extraordinary lengths, I have a few issues left. For more expensive paper goods like the many anime mags I collected starting from 1980 or so, most are still in good condition but many are having the bindings come apart as the glue aged and cracked. Other than sealing them in plastic and using a vacuum sealer, there probably isn't any real way of preserving them indefinitely...

[eledoremassis02]

These will still deteriorate. I have some from the 1980s in fair to good shape. Others have had the glue in the binding deteriorate causing the issue to literally fall apart. I had stored hundreds in my garage because I ran out of space in the house. That was a bad move as the paper absorbed the water content from the air and destroyed them. Still, even without going to extraordinary lengths, I have a few issues left. For more expensive paper goods like the many anime mags I collected starting from 1980 or so, most are still in good condition but many are having the bindings come apart as the glue aged and cracked. Other than sealing them in plastic and using a vacuum sealer, there probably isn't any real way of preserving them indefinitely...

You're right 100%. I had one jump (the start of Goku and Vegeta's fight) get recked due to my house flooding which is one reason why I wanted to bag these. I have a 30's pulp magazine that is slowly falling apart even in a case.

Each Shonen Jump have like 400 pages, right? I would love to see pictures with every Jump, that had DB chapters

I was scanning covers at one point
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14517016@ ... 6364928260

but I stopped getting these when the Omnibuses came out (they're not 100% but close enough)