UnsplashWhen I was a kid a house-wide flood once soaked a number of my comic books. It’s an incident that I still remember freshly today. That incident taught me to take better care of my comic books and to organize them. After all, the more things you own, the more they own you. So, what are the best comic book storage boxes and bins?
The Best Comic Book Storage Boxes and Bins (How I Learned to Love Them The Hard Way)
When I learned about the existence of comic book storage boxes and bins as I kid, I got several. I think I own over 2,000 comic books. And I stored all of them in cardboard long boxes.
One day, my younger brother brought his girlfriend at the time over for a visit. She saw that I had my cardboard comic book boxes on the floor. She cautioned me to get them off the floor in case they get damaged and moldy from a water flood.
I laughed it off. A few weeks later, the washing machine malfunctioned and flooded the entire house. The bottom of my long boxes and the comic books within got soaked. It was a hard lesson.
After that event, I was obsessed with placing my comic books in plastic sleeves with backing boards before putting them in comic book storage boxes and bins.
It doesn’t matter if you are a hardcore comic book fan or a causal reader – you have to put everything in its right place. Whether you collect comic books as a personal hobby or a collectible investment, you should store and protect them properly.
And you can buy the best comic book storage boxes and bins very cheaply or expensively depending on your needs.
Here are five of the best comic book storage boxes and bins for you to consider.
REDSHELL Comic Book Storage Box
If you are looking for the best comic book storage boxes and bins on a budget, REDSHELL might have the answer for you.
This company sells an affordable 15-inch long and foot-long high collapsible comic book box. It is black and is made of high-density polypropylene which is covered with Oxford cloth.
This storage box can store up to 180 comic books.
When not in use, the box can collapse to a height of less than two inches for easy storage. The manufacturer claims that when the lid is closed, your comics will be in an airtight storage environment.
This storage box is also water resistant. It also has two handles on each end for convenient lifting.
This is a standard collasible comic book box with a colorful aesthetic. The exterior of this storage box features colorful stock comic book panels and comic book fonts.
Here are the product’s dimensions: 15″L x 8.25″W x 11.25″H.
It can hold up to 150 comic books. It can also double as a tote bag.
While this is a standard cardboard storage box, the cardboard is corrugated and doubly thick for added durability.
Big Fudge Comic Book Storage with Comic Book Holder Display
This is a wheat-colored comic book long box that is aesthetically designed to resemble a wooden crate. This product is lightweight and built from mahogany veneer wood panels.
Here are the product’s dimensions:13.5″L x 8″W x 11.5″H
The front of this product features a see-through, top-loading display case. This product also requires minimal assembly with a screwdriver.
You can store about 150 comics in this storage box.
Keep in mind that while this comic book can comfortably store your comic book, you’ll trade protection for style aesthetics. Your comics will be exposed to the elements. This product is optimal for stylishly storing and displaying your comics, not protecting your most valuable comics for the long run.
BCW is a well-respected comic book supply company. It is one of the best comic book storage boxes and bins companies in the industry.
This is a black-colored long box made of durable acid-free plastic. It is just about two feet long and a foot long in height. Here are the exact dimensions by width, height, and length:
28.4″L x 12.25″W x 8.63″H.
This long box has a butterfly-style lid that opens up and separates. And it can comfortably hold about 300 comic books.
This long box will protect your comic book from floods, but not if it is fully submerged. If you buy more than one, they are designed to be stackable for easier storage.
One of the best comic book storage boxes and bins is fireproof and relatively affordable. Here are the dimensions – 15.5″ x 13.25″ x 8.5″.
The CASEMATIX comic book storage box is black colored, made of fiberglass, collapsible, and has a zippable cover. It is made of PVC that is coated with silicone-covered fiberglass, a feature that makes it relatively heat-resistant and fireproof. It’s also waterproof.
It is lockable and has durable zippers which keep the lid well-sealed. And it has three partitions to help organize your comic books.
However, this comic book storage system is designed to protect 30 comic books at the maximum. So, you should buy this to protect your sentimental or financially valuable comic book collectibles.
This storage box is optimal for protecting your slabbed and graded collectible comic book investments.
If you cherish and buy physical comic books, then you are a member of a dying breed with comic book stores closing and the advent of digitally scanned comic books.
Appreciating comic books is as much of an art form as creating them.
You have a responsibility to yourself and the protection of your comic books to buy the best comic book storage boxes and bins to store and protect them.
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Consult With Experts: Learn about comic books and storylines from comic book readers and experts. Study Potential Investments: Understand why your investment is valuable to collectors, and you will maximize potential profits. Seriously, You Need to Study Comics: If you don't fully understand why the comic and its history are valuable to collectors, you'll lose money or get ripped off. Scarcity and Rarity: Rarity is what makes something valuable. Unappreciated Gems: Learn comic book history and current history and find comics that the crowd won't appreciate until too late. Study Recent Comic Book Past: You should look for affordable investment gems published within the last 40 years. Why Are You Investing in This Comic? Use research to determine why your investment choice will increase in value. (Yes, you must strategize before investing). Stay Abreast of Comic Book Media News: Learn comic book history and strategize which comics based on upcoming films and shows will surge in value. Long-Term or Short-Term? Decide if you are a short-term speculator or long-term investor. Adjust your strategies accordingly. Develop a Budget: Strategizing an investment's future value is more important than spending too much for it today.
