A newly discovered collection is being offered by Mark S. Zaid of EsquireComics.com and Dan Cusimano of The Flying Donut Company, both of whom are advisors to The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.

"The collection is loaded with Silver and Bronze Age keys, including Action Comics #252, Amazing Spider-Man #4, 5, and 14 Adventure Comics #260, Brave and the Bold #28, Daredevil #1, Fantastic Four #4, Green Lantern #76, House of Mystery #174, House of Secrets #92, Journey into Mystery #83, Justice League of America #1, Showcase #22, Strange Tales #110, Tales of Suspense #39, and X-Men #94," Zaid and Cusimano said in a press release.

They reported that the collection contains Marvel runs with some breaks such as Amazing Spider-Man #4-100, Avengers #3-200, Daredevil #1-150, Incredible Hulk #2-6, Journey into Mystery #81-125, Strange Tales #101-170, Tales of Suspense #39-70, X-Men #3-66, 94-95. They said the DC comics in the collection "include all major titles."

The duo's press release also included the background of the collection.

"In a small Missouri town, 90 miles southeast of Kansas City, two young boys began collecting comic books in 1958. Buying from the Rexall Drug Store, one brother bought Marvels, the other brother bought DCs. For the next 30 years, they bought and bought, and they traded back and forth from each other, thereby creating the Western Missouri collection," the release said.

The collection is listed at approximately 3,000 books, and it is estimated that 90% were bought off the rack by their original owners. Zaid and Cusimano said the collection averages in the Fine range. It also contains EC titles, Charlton comics, some Golden Age issues, and "a significant numbers of rare underground and fanzine titles from the early 1960s - 1970s"

The comics from this collection will be primarily offered through eBay under the IDs EsquireComics or Flying-Donut.

For more information you can contact Zaid at EsquireComics@aol.com or (202) 498-0011 or Cusimano at dcusimano@usa.net or (703) 731-6035.