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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I don't know exactly where is the best place to get them, but I feel like a plastic container with hook folders is a good bet for comics. I'm sure the cardboard boxes are "fine", but it's not water proof, and I'd be scared to crush a collection under weight if I needed to stack things.
I would further suggest buying a wire rack from Amazon. They're between 60-100 bucks depending on size. I'd have a few boxes on each shelf (each shelf can take up to 200-300 lbs) and stack it that way to organize, rather than stack boxes on top of each other and risk destroying the contents inside.
I saw my parents do this with Vinyl and it was very uncomfortable to me to see the damaged boxes and vinyl stacked 3-4 feet high. I was worried it would cause some of them to crack or whatever. I bought a black wire rack off Amazon and set it up for them (seemed classier than a chrome rack in a den). The boxes are still crushed and dented and I haven't had time to replace them yet (they're those large case fruit boxes), but at least there's far less weight of stuff stacked together.
I'd definitely consider the plastic box and hook folder set up for the nicer stuff, especially if it will sit on the floor. Cardboard boxes for organization seems fine for the other meh stuff and if on a higher shelf on a wire shelf, I wouldn't be as worried about liquid damage in case of flooding.
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Generally plastic boxes are bad for comics, as they are made from plastic that does a lot of off-gassing that degrades the paper comics are made from. This isn't as big a deal on stuff from the mid 90s and up, because the paper used now is infinitely better than the stuff used from the 30s to the 80s. If you have anything valuable you shouldn't be storing it anywhere water can get at it anyway.
As for stacking, comic boxes are fine stacked up to at least 4 or 5 high. I've seen them up to 10 high without really damaging anything in the lower boxes as long as they're full and bagged and boarded.
Ten high is kind of dangerous though, haha. I don't recommend it, unless you need to get 300 long boxes in a one car garage...
