Should I use tape to repair my comic books?

Should I use tape to repair my comic books?

Mark Zaid (Owner of Esquire Comics) gives expert video advice on: How does restoration affect a comic book's price?; Should I use tape to repair my comic books?; What is comic book 'color touching'? and more...

One should never use tape to repair a comic book. Now, there are - in archival paper categories, instances where tape is actually commonly used. In the comic book community however, it is not used. It is not looked upon favourably. The tape will obviously damage the comic book, and you'd think that there would be a sort of nuance of saying, "Well, I've torn it. I want to put a piece of tape on it." But if you do that, you will actually lower the value of the comic book more so than just the presence of the tear itself.