<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">To Rodney:<BR>
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I only got into Disney comics during the Disney Comics(1990-93) era. My only first-hand expreience(comics I've bought myself when they appeared for the first time) is with Disney Comics and Gladstone Series II. The only Series I comics I've ever had were bought used in comic shops, in which a majority of them are yellowed in the way I described. So I guess I had the luck of being comics that weren't stored properly(though the covers and pages outside of yellowing are great). <BR>
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Personally, except for the few comics(Series 1, a few others) I've bought that were already bagged/boarded, I've just put my Disney comics in small stacks in plastic grocery bags! They've all stayed nice and white/great condition overall. I guess the Don Rosa way of comics storage is the best way!<BR>
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But I've thought of buying bags/boards for the rest of my comics. So you suggest changing them every few years? What happens to the boards/bags that hurts the comics?<BR>
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Oh, a small comment about the upcoming DDA. Apparently it will be called #1? I feel sorry for a Disney comics newbie just getting into DDA collecting. You have DDA #1 from the Gladstone era. Then DDA #1 for the Disney Comics era. Then Series 2 begins with it's own numbering continuing from Series 1. Now, here's a third DDA #1. Has Disney comics decided to follow Marvel? ;)<BR>
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Also it seems that the formerly titled Gemstone comics 'Donald Duck and Friends' has now become Donald Duck? Yet it'll still have a supporting Mickey story? If that's so, the DD&Friends moniker would have seemed a better fit with 'Mickey Mouse and Friends', which is doing the opposite, except with Mickey at the forefront.<BR>
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Derek Smith</FONT></HTML>