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Scoop recently learned that Marnin Rosenberg of Comiccollectors.net and Collectorsassemble.com will soon debut a newly discovered Golden Age comic book collection. The collection is being called the Detroit Trolley Collection.

A young teenage boy discovers an interest in comics and has enjoyed drawing his heroes including Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Buck Rogers, from the rough paper pages of the colorful comic books that he had purchased for a dime.

In the summer, he worked as an office errand boy for the New York Central Rail Road on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. He remembers picking up the latest issues of his favorite comics along the turn-around route of the Trumble Trolley in his neighborhood. He recalls his anticipation as he opened each new adventure, while he sipped on a soda, at the corner soda shops, Richs' and Cunningham's, or maybe while retreating to his own room. He did not consciously plan to be a collector. He just kept each issue, so he could re-read them and experience their adventures again and again. He used them to help improve his own sketching skills and his drawing perspective. He stored each treasured copy in an orange crate that he kept safe in his room.

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and at age 17 he joined the Navy to serve his country and he was trained in underwater demolition. The orange crates full of comics and his easel, stayed home with his mother and father. While serving in World War II, his mother began donating some of his comic books to the Detroit Children's Hospital, but his father rescued the rest.

After returning home from the war, the comics were boxed for safe keeping and pretty much forgotten until the 1960's when it came up in a conversation with a neighbor. This neighbor knew a collector who came and looked over his collection and offered to purchase them all. This was the first time that he realized the potential value of his collection. Fortunately, he did not sell them. Now this 65-year-old collection has been brought out of storage to be experienced again. All books are raw, completely unrestored in their original state of preservation. When all is said and done, this incredible collection encompassing approximately 300 to 400 books will predominantly average a grade range of FN+ to VF.

Each book will include a certificate of evaluation and authenticity, provided by Susan Cicconi of The Restoration Lab stating that each book is unrestored and in stated condition. The first seven books from this collection will appear on the upcoming re-launch of the CollectorsAssemble.com that will feature many non-certified unrestored comics.

Over the coming months, issues from the following Golden Age titles will be unveiled in non-timed Auction format. The titles will include Ace Comics, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, All American Comics, All Star Comics, Amazing Man, Banner Comics, Batman, Big 3, Big Shot, Blue Bolt, Buck Rogers, Bulletman, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Champ Comics, Crack Comics, Crackajack Funnies, Crash Comic, Crime Does Not Pay, Daredevil, Daring Mystery Comics, Detective Comics, Detective Eye, Exciting Comics, Feature Comics, Flash, Flash Gordon, Green Hornet, Green Mask, Heroic Comics, Hi-Spot Comics, Hit Comics, Human Torch, Jumbo Comics, Jungle Comics, Keen Detective Funnies, Lightning Comics, Marvel Mystery Comics, Master Comics, More Fun Comics, National Comics, New York World's Fair, Nickel Comics, Pep Comics, Red Raven, Silver Streak, Superman, Whiz Comics, and World's Finest Comics.

For Additional information contact Marnin Rosenberg at www.Comiccollectors.net or 516-466-8147.