Esquire Comics and Socal Comics have announced they are offering a new find, which they have dubbed "Hollywood Hills Collection." Mark S. Zaid of EsquireComics.com and Jamie Newbold of Southern California Comics reported they discovered the collection, which contains, "some of the best and highest graded Silver Age Marvels that have been seen in many years," the said in a press release.

"The large Hollywood sign parked upon the hills of Tinseltown is a familiar sight to most everyone. From those hills came such movie stars as Greta Garbo, Clark Cable, Marilyn Monroe and Harrison Ford. The world watches with delight the lives that percolate throughout Hollywood as they pulsate with celebration and scandal," they said.

"Forty years ago, from late 1965 to early 1968, a young collector would purchase multiple copies of each issue of such titles as Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Tales of Suspense and X-Men. One copy would be read, and the others would be meticulously placed away for safe-keeping. Ultimately approximately 1,000 books were amassed, of which nearly 400 have been acquired by EsquireComics and SOCAL (about half of those have been CGC certified and the remaining books were retained by the owner's son for sale on eBay). The result is as breathtaking to comic collectors in the present as Jayne Mansfield was to the young men of that day," the press release stated.

"While I am certainly far more of a Golden Age dealer/collector, I was star struck with the high quality of the grades and pages of these beautiful Silver Age books and couldn't pass them up. If collectors are looking for the best original and un-manipulated copies these Hollywood Hill books are for you," Zaid said in the release.

"The collection was carefully scrutinized and obtained through constant negotiations over a two month period. Impressively, the owner's form of storage prevented paper discoloration. Those received from CGC to date are near-perfect comics with "white pages". This is unparalleled for such a large collection of 40 year-old books," Newbold said.

The collection includes the following comics which have been CGC certified: Amazing Spider-Man #34 9.6, Amazing Spider-Man #43 9.6, Avengers #42 9.4, Daredevil #13 9.6, Fantastic Four #57 9.6, Tales of Suspense #73 9.6, X-Men #17 9.6 and X-Men #24 9.8. Many of the books fall within the 9.2 - 9.6 range.

"These comic books were very fresh with that 'new snap' feel to them. The original owner must have really loved these beauties to keep them in such nice shape," CGC President and Primary Grader Steve Borock said in the release. "Some of these copies will grade right up there with others of the same issues from recognized pedigree collections."

The books will be available for sale to the general public beginning December 1, 2006, simultaneously at www.EsquireComics.com and www.SocalComics.com.

For more information you can contact Mark at EsquireComics@aol.com or (202) 498-0011, and Jamie at Socalcom@aol.com or 858-715-8669. EsquireComics and SOCAL are members of the Network of Disclosure (www.NetworkofDisclosure.org).