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Q-Collection


The Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project is a non-profit project aimed at preserving historic comic books from the 1930s to the 1960s (the Golden and Silver ages of comic book production).

The preservation of these key comics is necessary due to the acidic pulp paper that the books were printed on during the first fifty years of this art : “Comic books were not designed to last for generations, under normal storage conditions”. The project's method of preservation is to remove the pages from the comic books, find any missing pieces and duplicate them if necessary and laminate each page. Once laminated, the comics are encapsulated in binders that open for reading and then close up to protect their contents.

In 2001, John Sindall purchased a coverless copy of the 1939 New York World's Fair Comic in poor condition. He sent it to the restoration specialist Matt Nelson who concluded that it could not be restored because of the brittleness of the paper.

It was then that Nelson and Sindall started exchanging e-mails about what could be done with rare comics in poor condition. The Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project is a direct result of that discussion.

This preservation project began while John was living in Quincy, Massachusetts hence its original name: "Quincy Collection" then shortened to "Q-Collection".

Starting in 2001, key gold and silver age comic books, in affordable low-grade condition were collected from a wide variety of sources. They were selected for preservation if they were first issues in a series, if they presented the first appearance of a new character or were of some significance to comic book history.

In the past, laminating comics proved to be unsuccessful due to the use of cellulose acetate as a lamination material. However, heat-treated UV-resistant long-life Mylar laminating pouches were introduced and proved to be safe for preserving comic books.


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