For Father’s Day, my wife hit the mother lode at a garage sale and got me a huge run of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel comic books in mint condition. I’ve already got the comics in trade paperback format, so I figured I’d frame some of them and display them. A quick Internet search turned up a couple options to display comics in archive-safe enclosures.
Bags Unlimited sells a low-priced solution with its Archival Comic Frames Kits. A frame and matte to display a contemporary-sized comic book is $29. Unfortunately, there are almost no details as to what exactly qualifies this as an archival storage method.
ComicFrames.Com, in contrast, sells a comic book frame that is much more expensive — about $65 each. It comes with a mylar plastic sleeve sandwiched between acid proof matte material. In addition, the frame comes with framing grade acrylic designed to shield the comic from UV light, and ComicFrames.Com sells a number of alternatives to bump up the UV protection if necessary (such as in a brightly lit room).