I spent 12 years bagging my comics upside down and never noticed

Last month I was reorganizing my long boxes and a buddy pointed out that all my Silver Age books had the bag flaps facing out. I always thought the flap went on top for easy access, but apparently it goes on the back so dust doesnt settle on the opening. Now I gotta re-bag about 300 issues, which is gonna take forever. Has anyone else done something like this and only caught it way later?

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felix_jones7h ago

Honestly, how did you not notice the bags were facing the wrong way for 12 years? I mean, I flipped my entire collection around after I realized the flap trap was real, and now I keep a sharpie line on the front of every bag so I never mix it up again. Tbh, you might as well just rebag the key issues first and leave the filler books for a rainy day, that's what I did with my 90s junk. Ngl, the dust thing is no joke though, I found some gritty buildup on a few of my older books after making the switch.

nathan_bailey5h ago

The "flap trap" is REAL and I still can't believe Felix went 12 years like that. I did the same thing with my whole collection a few years back and it felt SO good once I fixed it. The sharpie line idea is actually genius though, I might steal that for my new bags. And yeah, I agree about the dust thing. Some of my older books had this weird gritty film on the top edge that freaked me out.