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[The Lions Den]

29 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

Oh. Mea culpa,. Someone mentioned "brittle pages too" in their post.

And that does make more sense now that a book as badly water damaged as this, obviously stored in a damp environment, like a basement, would have pages closer to supple and white rather than arid-stored books (attics), which typically have dark to brittle pages.

Nice observation, JJJ. 

[The Lions Den]

9 hours ago, comicdonna said:

I guess for books that for whatever reason, are too wide.  The 1st wrap to Action 1 I had was in this type of holder, because it wasn't evenly folded.  

I've seen quite a few Golden Age books placed in magazine holders...for various reasons.  

[James J Johnson]

1 hour ago, ThothAmon said:

What a great cover!

The cover is spectacular. With it's red, white, and blue colors on the black field, just a very dramatic cover. Although the cover art is attributed to Fred Ray, it always looked to me as though Wayne Boring had an integral hand in it.

[James J Johnson]

8 minutes ago, The Lions Den said:

I've seen quite a few Golden Age books placed in magazine holders...for various reasons.  

Exactly. This is super golden age size. Also, many books from this era tend to develop a spine roll, just from reading back in the day, and even a mild roll can add enough side to side extra size that the only safe way to store, aside from CGC slabs, is to house super golden age sized books with magazine bags/boards/mylars.