Question about storing larger Golden Age books 1 1

[HuddyBee]

So I recently purchased a raw copy of Captain Marvel Adventures No. 30 from 1943, and to my surprise the book was about 1/2 cm taller than my bags and boards for Golden Age books (BCW). I've never run into a Golden Age book that was too "tall," sure too wide, but never a book that was actually taller than my bags and boards.

I haven't been collecting Golden Age books for a long time (more of a silver guy), so as you can imagine this caught me completely unaware. What do you guys do when you acquire a book that is taller than the traditional bags and boards? Are there special "tall" bags/mylars I can buy? Or is there an alternate type of storage that you usually use for books that are too tall?

Any insight would help, thanks.

Edit: I realize I could just use magazine bags/boards, but I'm wondering if there isn't a better solution.

Edited April 2, 2021 by HuddyBee

[adamstrange]

I use Super Gold from Bill Cole which is 8.25" wide x 10.5" tall (with .75" tab) and that's worked for everything I have that's considered "standard" GA.

I have a couple magazine sized comics but their magazine size works for them.

[Robot Man]

Yep, what he said. There are even magazine size mylars if you need even more room. And all these GA books store well in magazine size boxes. Welcome to the un-familiar world of GA. You will love it!

[adamstrange]

1 hour ago, HuddyBee said:

Edit: I realize I could just use magazine bags/boards, but I'm wondering if there isn't a better solution.

[HuddyBee]

3 hours ago, adamstrange said:

I use Super Gold from Bill Cole which is 8.25" wide x 10.5" tall

Yeah these are the same size that I use. My boards and bags are 10.5" tall however the problem is that the book I have is about 0.5-1 cm taller than the boards/bags.

Edit: So the book is actually probably more like 10.75" tall

Edited April 3, 2021 by HuddyBee

[adamstrange]

I'm surprised that you're having a problem with a book from '43, as the biggest GA books I've run into were pre-WW II.

I checked the Heritage Archives and there are copies of that issue that fit into a standard size slab.  Perhaps you purchased a copy that was cut extra tall at the printing plant?

[HuddyBee]

33 minutes ago, adamstrange said:

Perhaps you purchased a copy that was cut extra tall at the printing plant?

I'm sure I did. Most books would probably be around 10.25". I know that golden age books often have irregularities between issues during printing (at least with width), so I figured that this was probably a fairly common occurrence (a book being too tall) however I'm guessing maybe it's not.

[Readcomix]

I just measured my CMA 30 and it’s 10-3/8” tall. At 10.75” yours does seem to be an unusually tall cut. 
 

There were some books produced post-1943 at taller than standard size; off the top of my head, some of the late run issues of True Comics and a couple issues of Fighting Marines (St John) were taller than normal.

[AJD]

Collecting Australian GA books, some of them are monsters. I usually use magazine size Gerber mylites and fullbacks, but even those don't cut it for the biggest ones! The Australian Fawcett reprints came in at 12" x 8 3/4" and then there are the square(ish) Flash Gordon/Mandrake etc issues at 10 3/4" x 10 1/4". Likewise the UK 'newspaper' size Mickey Mouse weeklies are just too big to store in any standard mylar. I love all those books, but they are a pain in the $%^#*^ to store.

I've found that there are specialist archival suppliers who can supply extra large mylar sleeves - just don't expect to pick them up at the same sort of prices you pay for comic supplies.