Culture and Thrills, Inc. and DTA Collectibles are now offering material from the newly discovered Southern States collection, which consists of about 1,700 original owner first issue comic books, pulps and magazines published from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

“Most of the items were original news stand purchases. The comic portion of the collection is heavy on esoteric and hard to find comics, lots of crime, romance, teen, horror and war. Many of the comics are the highest graded or only copy on the CGC Census,” said longtime industry figure and Overstreet Advisor David T. Alexander.

“The original owner had lived all over the south from Texas to Florida. Although the books had been moved periodically they stayed in generally nice condition with many being among the highest graded copies in the CGC Census. They will be offered on the CultureandThrills.com website, on the CGC boards, on eBay and at the Tampa Bay Comic Con.

Each will be sold with a Certificate of Authenticity. Inquiries can be directed to talexander@cultureandthrills.com.