It’s not a shelf, but I was able to get a spinner rack from my LCS and I love it! My wife let me put it in our living room and now I just stare at it. If I had more they’d be in every room in the house. Anywho, I just wanted to show it off!

Does anyone here have any of the old spinner racks? I’d love to figure how to do a topper.

Am I missing anything crucial from my Batman collection? I’ve got the cult on the way. I’m saving up to tackle the no man land omnis, but is there anything else I should prioritise?

Please ignore how dirty it is as context: i got this pillow as a kid and was my absolute favorite. Now im curious who drew it and what exact comics it is. I did some digging and couldnt narrow it down. Anychance y'all might know this?

I had to get a new bookcase cause I ran out of space keeping my collected editions in the same Kallax as my single issues. But now idk how to sort the books. In the old one I had them sorted kinda in alphabetical order but also in order of groupings (so all elseworlds together, all JLI together, all batfam together, etc.) But now, with how the new shelves are, that’s a lot harder to do.

So I’m wondering how other people sort stuff. Do you sort them by group/character, by format, purely alphabetically, something else? What have you found works best for you? And if you sort it by format do you ever get frustrated/annoyed having books about the same character, or maybe even from the same run separate?

Question for everyone. Alphabetically or by character, what’s everybody’s preference?

My partner and I learned today that we won’t likely be able to convert our attic into our dream climate-controlled storage space, or at least, not until we win the lottery.

I’m wondering if anyone has cool or custom storage solutions for comics they can share as we rethink where they can live. Specifically looking for visual examples of custom shelves, drawers, IKEA hacks, etc. I don’t know exactly how many long boxes we have in storage, maybe… 20?

Thanks in advance!

I’m reshelving my manga collection but I have no idea how to set up the top and bottom shelves. Pls dm me any advice or ideas you have!

I’ve got a bunch of slabs and floppies getting ready to go. I’m just posting because it’s a change of paradigm. - change of philosophy. It breaks my heart, but I’m realizing the next gen doesn’t care. So, I’m outing myself here for therapeutic purposes. About to embark on creating an eBay store and saying goodbye to my heroes… sadness.

Hey 👋

I just got a new shelf for my comics and figures and I’m looking for some lights to make it pop a little more. Preferably without much cable management required. What do you guys recommend?

The shelf model is Kallax from IKEA.

Hello ! :) Started collecting comics in July and have been really enjoying the hobby. Batman: Hush was my first read, and it was absolutely amazing! I’m wondering if anyone could speak on the idea of shelf/comic perfectionism. When I’m accidentally dinging a book, as naturally happens, I find myself getting upset that it’s not pristine and perfect anymore. I understand it is irrational, does anyone get protective over their shelves?! They’re made to read, which I totally get, but does anyone have any techniques of letting go and wholly enjoying / relaxing in hobby? I have ADHD which may be relevant.

Also, any recommendations for further reads? Think I’d like to get into some more quintessential Batman, Silver Surfer epics but I noticed due to OOP you have to start at vol.3…

THANK YOU !

Hey there yall, I was looking around my house and found about 6 boxes of comic books filled to the brim. Some of them are in laminated sleeves, while others are not. Here are a few pictures. Anyone know anything about them? Theres a lot of Marvel and some other DC. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated and am happy to help with any questions about certain comics potentially.

Curious as to what the community thinks - keep by series or place with characters. For example, I have the complete premiere classics set. Do I keep them together, or do I separate to each of their respective sections (Avengers with Avengers, Captain A with Captain A, so on and so forth). Or like Fear Itself and Siege, keep them as a set or separate.

I have Omni’s separated by character. Essentials separated by character. Inclined to separate all these by character. But figure a good discussion is worth while. So what say you?

Hey guys - Hope you can help me size my collection.

Background - I’m 53. Stopped collecting at 29 as kids and life came along. Started when I was 12, so a solid 17 years of collecting (during the highest comic book production era). I don’t think I have much of value in my collection. They’ve been in my basement since I moved. Rarely do I go in there.

Have a ton of long boxes and short comic book boxes.
How do I size each box? I don’t have them over or under stuffed.

Thanks - I’ll come back with photos and questions.

After a lot of hunting I managed to get all of these comics for a series I promised myself I'd own after enjoying it so much. I love the idea of the batman who laughs and other crazy batman takes from alternate universes, but I never checked the communities palse on this run. How does every else feel about dark nights metal? Should I try going for dark nights heavy metal next? Or is the follow up not as good?

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm reaching out because I'm facing the classic collector's dilemma and would love to hear how you all handle this.

I have a pretty varied collection (mostly Marvel) spanning different eras and, more importantly, all kinds of formats: standard single issues (floppies), hardcovers, thick magazines, and old newsstand editions without barcodes.

I've been using a European tracking app (Bubble BD), but it really shows its limits as soon as I step outside of standard formats. My other major issue is that I'd love to get a rough estimate of my collection's overall market value, which is completely missing right now.

Because of this, I'm torn between two approaches:

1️⃣ The "Miracle" App: Is there an app out there (even a paid one) that actually does a GREAT job handling diverse formats (including old, barcode-less magazines) AND provides a reliable market valuation? 2️⃣ The DIY Route: Moving everything over to a custom Excel spreadsheet. I'm very comfortable with Excel so the setup doesn't scare me, but the major downside is that pulling market values manually will take forever.

How do you guys manage your "hybrid" collections? Any killer apps, workflows, or custom methods you'd recommend?

Thanks in advance for the help! 📚🦇

Just for context the top left is all marvel comics and the top one next to it is all dc and some Funko pops on each but I got a bunch more on both bottom shelfs

I am going through my Dad's old comics, and I found the original first appearance of wolverine. However, the cover has the top 1/3 intentionally cut off. I just learned some cursory info about how publishers would give CBSs credit if they sent back a piece of products that weren't selling, but my real question is this: what is the demand for remaindered comic books like this? This seems like a really cool thing, but on CGC idk if it would even get a 1.0. Thoughts?

stupid storage company let my comics get moisture riddled, i saved a few, many of them were cheap but, still those were my childhood comics.. man...

I’m mostly a single issue reader/collector but I also have a decent collection of trade paperbacks that I’ve received as gifts or bought myself because I wanted to read an entire arc without having to go through each single issue.

Right now as I am building it I’m going first by publisher (DC, Image, Marvel) followed by superhero (Batman, Green Lantern, Superman; Captain America, Spider-man, X-Men) followed by alphabetical title for the superhero (Hush, Killing Joke, Long Halloween).

My question to everyone is do you mix and match trade types such as DC Compacts with standard DC trades (or Marvel Premier Collection with Epic Collection)? or do you separate these out by trade types to make it look more aesthetically pleasing such as DC compacts with DC compacts followed by regular size trade DC?

I ask because I want to expand more on my trade paperbacks & there are some comics that are simply more cost affective buying the DC Compacts or Marvel Premier Collections but I think it will look weird if the DC Compacts are mixed in with the regular size DC prints or even if the color scheme is different between the Marvel Premier Collections & Epic Collections.

I have about three shelves worth of space on my bookcase for regular books which are next to my smaller bookcases that store my long boxes for my single issues. I want to fill these three shelves with my current trade paperbacks collection and the future library I intend to build of trade paperbacks.

Lastly; are omnibuses worth it? The money and care involved seem like a pain & I only really want to get involved with them if it’s easier & more cost efficient to cover runs like Geoff John’s’ work with Green Lantern or to get an arc like Batman Knightfall instead of getting the three separate trade volumes.

Thanks in advance for any your help, ideas or suggestions you may have!