They look like this:
Do you usually just call them plastic wrappers or wrappings?
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3I would call it a sleeve until it introduced itself properly.– MetaEdSep 22, 2013 at 14:17
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I'm certain there's a technical term in publishing, but the general public will likely not refer to the plastic as X, but rather to the magazines/comics as sealed.– RegDwigнtSep 22, 2013 at 14:18
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I would call it a cellophane bag because cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose.– user51029Sep 22, 2013 at 14:33
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The bags shown look like polyethylene rather than cellulose or Cellophane, ie probably are poly bags– James Waldby - jwpat7Sep 22, 2013 at 16:24
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At our publishing company, as jwpat7 mentions, we call these polybags.– JLGSep 23, 2013 at 20:47
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When the article is tight-wrapped in that material, or with some people any material, people use the adjective "shrink-wrapped" or "shrink-wrapped in cellophane". When it's wrapped loose—and often fastened with a bow—, as with holiday presents, people usually say "in cellophane bag" or "in cellophane."
Edit: AFAIK and concerning mostly AE
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3Unless you're a Brit, where we just say 'plastic wrapper or plastic wrap'.– bambooSep 22, 2013 at 15:22
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I don't think this fully or perhaps even effectivey answers the question. Shrink-wrapped refers to a means of (tightly) covering the book/magazine. But, especially as magazines are concerned, I don't think the term Shrink-wrapped is the whole story; comments to the original question seem to support this statement. Sep 20, 2016 at 16:39