Restoration Discovered in Golden Age Comic Book!
Flash Comics No. 20 Conservation Episode 1: Evaluation and Developing the Conservation Plan.
In this video series we evaluate this golden age comic book--Flash Comics #20, from August 1941--for conservation and submission to CGC. In today’s video i’ll perform an assessment of the current condition of this comic book and develop a game plan for maximizing both the preservation and the equity of this beautiful collectible golden age comic book. Unfortunately this comic has some hidden restoration!
The materials and methods I use are archival and are reversible. If done properly, they do not result in a purple restored label from CGC.
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List of materials and tools I use for cleaning and pressing comic books and links to purchase them on Amazon:
Equipment
Tusy Press: amzn.to/3YqNzjt
10X Magnifying lamp with LED ring light: amzn.to/3XTnPMH
UV LED Flashlight for detecting Restoration: amzn.to/3SGrSbh
3M P95 Respirator for use with organic solvents: amzn.to/3DdqE1B
Pocket Microscope for detecting restoration: amzn.to/48VFrfw
Resource Books
Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3OVR9fe
Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3d9kPIE
Comic Book Pressing and Cleaning: A How To Guide: amzn.to/3BRu4Hw
Dry Cleaning Tools
Pentel Clic Eraser that i prefer: amzn.to/3A7d5jo
Refills for Pentel Clic Eraser: amzn.to/3p9kSHe
Staedler Mars Vinyl Eraser: amzn.to/3BUGDC1
Prismacolor Magic Rub White Block Eraser: amzn.to/3zNq5Ju
Kneaded Eraser: amzn.to/3bHeQdL
Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3djmxr4
Mini Eraser: amzn.to/3QhxAzE
Prismacolor Art Gum Eraser: amzn.to/3JGchoQ
Dotting tools for hand-working creases and dents: amzn.to/3Abampe
Sticker Removal Tool: amzn.to/3Pbg2Uj
LEDs for Photo Bleaching: amzn.to/3AaEb9d
Galvanized Wire for making staples: amzn.to/3QNXZol
Magazine Backer Boards: amzn.to/3S6h6KQ
65 lb Card Stock: amzn.to/3MwBtQa
Strathmore Bristol Paper for pressing: amzn.to/3qAQb1q
Aluminum plate for pressing: amzn.to/3EDDZlv
Crepe Square Eraser: amzn.to/3Dlq4ym
Wet Cleaning Tools
Un-Du: amzn.to/3dmQSok
Mister spray bottle, darkened for H2O2: amzn.to/3nqKT70
Photography tray for wet cleaning: amzn.to/3dgpUyQ
Non-woven polyester sheet or Remay for wet cleaning: amzn.to/3ZpnOPB
Ultra-Fine Stainless Steel Forceps: amzn.to/3N806CJ
Stainless Steel micro-spatula: amzn.to/3W0EBIc
Teflon-coated micro-spatula: amzn.to/3JGyJ19
Methyl Cellulose: amzn.to/3QhfL3y
Wheat Paste: amzn.to/3MXL2s2
Calcium Hydroxide: amzn.to/3zHXs0p
Bestine Solvent: amzn.to/3VpyYDi
Archival Storage Supplies
Mylites2 Mylar Comic Book Bags: amzn.to/3Srj5vp
Full-Back Acid Free Backer Boards: amzn.to/491DtKD
Microchamber interleaving paper: amzn.to/3UqEuaq
Slabbed Comic Books for sale on Shortboxed:
Shortboxed.com/liberty_hill_co...
My eBay Store (raw comics & more!):
www.ebay.com/usr/liberty_hill...
You can also support the channel by following the associate link below to shop on Amazon:
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Ready and waiting 😊
Ugh..... you get your hands on the greatest books!!!!!!! Love it
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
I've been at it for a long time Steve! At any rate it's all relative-sometimes i see the collections of the real whales and feel humbled. Thank you for the kind words. We'll whip this one back into shape.
I enjoy the history lesson included in these vids. Major + that keeps me watching.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it David. These are my favorite videos to create but actually have fewer views than my conservation videos and take me longer to put together. 🤷♂️
Fantastic! I love how you drop little hints about your findings and explain your thought process while inspecting. Always great to see a pro work at their craft.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Dan!
Great comic. Beautiful splash page. Interested in seeing you tackle that glue. Will be glued to this series😂
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Travis!
This is a really exciting project! Love that you caught the amateur work. Hold the beer.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
I got this! 🤣
Great looking book, love the variety of stories in these early 68 pagers. I also liked the cross-company advertising of all their different titles at the time.
@DrPaulKosnik
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Bronzeville! Agree. 👍🏽 All-American is my favorite.
This is such a beautiful book, Dr Paul. It does look well taken care of (and you wonder what happened to stamp collecting?! I used to have some and passed them on to my brother who still collects them). I think this book doesn’t need much to get the glue removed and get it back in its best shape for CGC. Look forward to the series.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Peter. We'll get her presenting as best we can. Regarding stamp collecting, i suppose it's still going strong in certain circles...at any rate the record sale for a stamp, at $9.5M, is nearly double that of the record paid for a comic book at $5.3M. So stamp collecting can't be completely dead, but it does seem like it's not as popular as it once was.
The 11th wrap top left also seems to have a chunk out of the top edge. I agree that it looks like a cutting rip. Hard to tell at just what stage it happened as the first part of the book has the rip, but then you begin to see the alignment cut guide mark at the top edge of the wraps. A very cool FLASH book.
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Michael, you are exactly correct. On the 11th wrap the cut is so rough it looks like the paper was torn away rather than cleanly cut. I really do dig these pre-war golden age books though. 👍🏽
T-Minus one minute and counting!
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed the premiere Mike, i appreciate you joining!
Awesome catch on the resto Dr. Paul. Curious to know if you noticed the glued piece at any point between when you first purchased it up until now when you began to assess it. Thanks for sharing as usual! 👍
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ryan! I did notice it a few years back. That’s when I put it on my long-term project pile. Happy to finally be getting to it now. It should go nicely with my other comics going to CGC in the Vintage tier submission soon.
@upnorthcomics
5 ай бұрын
@@DrPaulKosnik awesome! Glad you got to it 👍 P.s- my name is Bruce, not Ryan 😆
Dang bedtime for me is 9pm 🤭
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
You can stay up late!
I noticed the print seems on an angle 😳
@DrPaulKosnik
5 ай бұрын
Sharp eyes Johnny, it wasn't cut perfectly squarely!