I've been a comics retailer since the mid 1980s. Prior to that, I was a traffic manager in international freight, warehouse manager, and shipper. I have designed corrugated boxes for multiple purposes.



Diamond, in my opinion, does an excellent job in packaging. Scott criticizes the C400 boxes, but fails to mention that these are simply outer sleeves. They are single wall, relatively lightweight, but they enclose two C200 cartons, which are both doublewall. Effectively, on the sides, the comics are protected by three layers of flute and five boards. That's extreme in itself. On the top and bottom, the flaps add four layers of flute, eight layers of board. These are not simply ECT42, the UPS limits for such are simply not applicable.

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