You are a book chiropractor, now that is proper stretching.

This was the best video I've found so far as a new reader. The new books I've bought and the few used ones had next to no eye. I had done the flipping the pages from the front and back leading to the middle on all of them several times and didn't see much improvement in opening the eye, though it did help with stiffness. The big key was when you pinched the pages front to back from the middle and open and closed the book slowly, this really made the eye come through and got rid of almost all of my gutter loss, not to mention making the books more comfortable to read since I could lay them completely flat. Thank you

I’ll definitely be using this technique in the future. I have 4 DC omnibus coming in the next month, so I’ll have lots of practice lol

Wow! This is so helpful! Will use this technique from now on as well.

Awesome video

Very helpful video as many of my recent eyes are pretty flat even after stretching the spine. So just leaving a comment to help people notice this video! Great stuff.

WoW! I needed this! I’m tired of DC Omnis Gutter-Loss! You created an “ Eye “ where there was none. Great handy work! Never knew to try it this particular way! Will try this soon! Great Video! Your correct! It’s damn worth it to me as well! - Thank You! Best Regards, ⚡️KidFlash ⚡️

Definitely the best video I have seen for stretching the spine 👍

I still have my New Teen Titans first print Omi. Book two, I'm going to try this technique on it. Thanks for the tips. Keep up the good work 😁👍

Thank you! This worked *wonderfully* on my copy of Lucifer.

This is fantastic mate! works so well.. Just got a used first printing of Scott Snyders Batman omnibus 1, few minutes already massive improvements.

Awesome video and good technique

Just did this with my first omni, Batman by Snyder and Cappulo. Came out beautifully.

Thank you so much. I did stretch the spine normally like I would any other omnibus but I also did it like 4 or 5 times. The other things you did by stretching by sections I did a little different. I put markers in the middle of the book to get a bit of an eye and then started stretching by sections by applying pressure. I used smaller markers for one day and then the next day used a bigger marker. But I really do see that your way seems that it would be harder to damage the book and I will be using your techniques from now on. Thank you again for the video, I found it very detailed and informative.

Brother that's the way to go I'm stretching my omni's now your the man.

Thanks for sharing this with the KZfaq comic book community! I've been stretching my spine all wrong this whole time 😅 I'll be doing this technique from now on 👍

Yup. That's exactly how I do it as well. However, i go page by page...lol. great video!

This is the best video I’ve seen on spine stretching. It’s so invasive though I’m afraid to send it to my friends, however I myself will be doing this. That is incredible how you did that

These unwrapped Final Crisis and Blackest Night omnis are about to get STRETCHED lol

Dude, amazing video. I've put down some books because of the binding and how annoying it was to read them. Going to try this out. Thanks so much!

Perfect. You rule. I got a library copy of the absolute sandman and was wondering how come my omnibus version of it didn't even remotely behave as well despite clearly being bound just as snug and well as it I have subbed to you and will be watching all your other videos! Thank you so much. I am way past my return window on the big damn sin city but if it doesn't open up (I'm sure dark horse is better at looser bind but still). That will be the ultimate test at 14+ lbs of book lol

Well done, mate! Great idea on how to deal with these bricks that are built like small tanks. Your ingenuity and bravery both come through on this video. 😊 Quick question: Does the omnibus indicate where it was printed and by whom? Publishers like DC usually maintain a slew of printers in various parts of the world and some books may be jobbed out to 2 or 3 different printers who might not all be able to deliver the same quality and consistency in terms of binding.

Awesome video!! I was wondering if you do these spine stretching techniques everytime you go to read a omnibus or do you just strectch it out how you did when you first open a book?

HVe you got any tips for looking after omnibus and collected editions as in how to store them properly to avoid unnecessary damage

First of all, I want to say that your video is super beneficial. But, I may have over stretched my omnibus. Although, I believe I haven’t exerted that much pressure I noticed that some of the pages tend to open way more than others and stitching of the sewn binding become slightly visible on those pages. I have tried to be extra gentle since it was my first omnibus. It is unfortunate if I have damaged it. Could it be normal for the stitching the show up after the stretch? Thanks!

I did this on my new infinity gauntlet omnibus & it really helped

I have noticed with my large DC omnibus and even a few large image hard covers, that if you have them standing steait in a few months there is some "sagging". Basically the top part of the paper seems to be hanging down from the spine. Is this some thing to worry about? Im worried my books will fall apart. Strangely this never happens with my marvel books

Hi I was wondering if there are solutions to prevent for pages that sag for larger books?

Can you do this with smaller hard covers? I have thisAvengers Red Zone hardcover I recently bogught(its roughly 69 pages and the size of a normal comic)and it looks like the eye is glued to the spine but Im not sure if its supposed to be like that or not Im also trying to do this on a Batman hard cover, and the eye is opening at the bottom more than the top

Do you need to do this for Deluxe edition hardcovers like the Justice Deluxe edition?

Great vid - I would be interested in books that you've done this to, how they held up over time. I've had thick books like this (not DC Omnis but computer books) completely fall apart after like 10 years on my shelf. I did NOT stretch the spine when I got them as I didn't even know that was a thing. I have a theory - it's about the glue curing. When these books are new, you can gently break them in like you show. However after the glue used on the spine cures (after many years), I'm not sure it'll still work. I'm wondering if the book will still hold together or if you'll have parks of the spine fully break and possibly even some pages or groups of them that want to fall out. I hope not but I do wonder how your books would stand up against others like 10, 15 and even 20 years on.

Do i need to do this every time I open the book?

This may be a nightmare for the immortal hulk omnibus

Loeb and Sale Batman looks like not enough glue was used. I stretched the spine and I was just waiting for it too completely come off the ribbon

I did It to marvel only step 1 so yeah love you man no homo doe you have discord or maybe TikTok ?

Sometimes the pages are coming off from the ribon though. I would be scared to Fuck it up haha

Thanks for the video! That's one of the most informative (and courageous!) omnibus spine stretching videos I've seen. I am relatively new to the omnibus scene. I've only been purchasing them for about a year and a half. My question is this: Why exactly is it desirable to have a larger eye for your omnis? Is it ONLY to prevent gutter-loss? Because if that's the only reason, I think I'd prefer to have LESS of an eye in mine. I have about 30 omnis now. I'd say about half of them have a fairly large, open, flexible eye, and the other half have pretty "squarish", blocky types of eyes, similar to the eye in the beginning of this video.. I have had a couple of my omnis begin to have problems, and it seems like it only happens to the books that have the largest, most flexible eyes. It sort of seems like the larger the eye, the more likely it is that the spine will have problems, such as the ribbon becoming detached from the block (which I know is also a fixable condition, but I'd rather not have to). Another problem I've had is where the eye doesn't really form a nice "arc". Rather, it seems to form a crease or a crack and kind of seems more like a triangle than an arc.. From my, admittedly limited, experience it just seems like the books with lesser eyes, or almost NO eyes at all, don't develop these problems. I was just wondering what your thoughts on this are. Of course, anyone else who'd like to chime in with their two cents are also welcome. I'd love to hear from anyone who has an opinion about it.

What about marvel omnibus same method 🤔

Did you ever do this with one of their really huge books (doom patrol, hellblazer, Green Arrow mike grell...?)

I'm not sure if I did this wrong or was too aggressive but my geoff John's gl vol 1 now lays flat like a dream but I think the edges of the text block have peeled off the covers. I can send you a vid if you have Facebook or something? I wanna get your opinion before I break in more books this way!

Not too crazy about this storyline, though love the art style & coloring, it,s just being a bit of a purest, don,t like Dick Grayson being Batman. Didn't like it in the Knightfall storyline either, love Damian Wayne being another Robin though, go figure, eh? Only recently have come to actually like the Jean Paul Valley Batman replacement in Knightfall, love it now, hated it in the day. Suppose I know now how Robin purists may,ve felt about Jason Todd being the new Robin in early eighties. Jason & Jean Paul were fine though for me only Bruce Wayne can be Batman to me. ( At Marvel have only recently have come to accept that Tony doesn't HAVE to be the only Iron Man.).

Looks good of a technique until you break the glue...