Captain America Comics Annual                                  

Square-bound volumes always pose an interesting challenge.  Since the cover is not attached to the rest of the text block by staples, but instead by adhesive at the spine, separation of the cover from the interiors is not easily achieved.  Testing must be done to determine the appropriate solvent and once determined, it must be applied conservatively so that no staining of the interiors occurs.  Once the cover is off, then the staples holding the folios in place can be removed.  The cover of this book was flattened, infilled and then all infilled areas of the cover were inpainted to recreate missing artwork and graphics. The cover was then reattached using an archival adhesive (instead of the traditional adhesive used by the original binder) and the entire book was then pressed.