How to Remove Price Stickers From Comic Book Bags

When buying back issues of older comic books, you will notice that they are usually priced with a sticker on the outside of the Mylar bag that protects the comic. Many fans find these stickers to be unsightly and feel that they detract from the cover artwork. Here is how to remove those price stickers without damaging the bag or the comic books.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cellophane tape
• Fingernails that aren't completely trimmed

1. Peel up a corner of the sticker with your fingernail. Make sure you get the entire sticker up and not just the top layer of it.

2. Peel the sticker back slowly, attempting to pull up as much of the sticker as possible. Some stickers will peel easier than others. Try to keep the sticker together as a whole; avoid peeling the sticker up in tiny pieces, if possible.

3. Remove any glue or residue left on the bag by pressing the sticky side of the removed sticker against the residue. In many cases, the residue should stick to the sticker and come up cleanly.

4. Use a clean piece of cellophane tape to remove any residue that you were not able to remove in the previous Step. Use the sticky side of the tape in the same manner you used the original sticker. You may have to press the tape down, applying a slight amount of pressure, to get the residue to stick to it.

5. Look for any residue that might still be left behind. Hold the Mylar bag under a bright light and move it around to see the bag from all angles. Repeat the previous two steps as necessary to remove the last bits of residue.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use the cellophane tape that was used to close the Mylar bag in back to help remove sticker residue.
• In some rare cases, a seller uses a price sticker that is almost impossible to completely remove. If you come across this you may want to just buy a new Mylar bag and save yourself the time and aggravation of trying to remove an impossible sticker.
• You may want to remove your comic book from the Mylar bag before attempting to remove the sticker so you don’t accidentally bend it. In some cases, the weight of the comic book in the bag may make it easier to remove the residue from the sticker, but be careful not to bend the comic and only attempt this if you have a backing board in place as well.
• Make sure you remove all sticker residue from the Mylar bag. If you accidentally leave some residue on the bag and place your comic book on it, it could damage your comic book.