Vent: My friend spilled soda all over my mint copy of The Killing Joke at our local shop

We were at the back table of Comic Cave in Denver, and he knocked over a full Dr. Pepper right onto the open pages. I grabbed a bunch of napkins and tried to blot it, but the colors ran and the pages are stuck together. What's the best way to try and save a book after a spill like this?

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finleyh8917d ago

Man, that reminds me of the time my cousin dropped a whole milkshake on my old X-Men trade paperback.

adam7316d ago

My copy of Dark Phoenix Saga still has a faint chocolate stain on page 22. I found putting it in the freezer for an hour made the pages easier to separate and clean. A dry toothbrush got most of the gunk off without damaging the art.

amy48317d ago

Oh man, @finleyh89, that hurts just reading it. I used to get so mad about stuff like that. But honestly, seeing how my own kids treat my old books made me let go of keeping things perfect.