News Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:15:55 CST Vu

Lansing man on mission to help his 'super friends'
Published March 31, 2007
By Hugh Leach
Lansing State Journal

Comic book super-heroes and the people who created them have provided Dan Frazier with untold hours of enjoyment over the past 40 years.

Now he wants to give something back to the people who introduced him to Captain America, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Superman, Wonder Woman and many others.

Frazier, 46, wants to use his huge collection of autographed comic art to raise money to help comics creators who have fallen on hard times.

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So far, about 150 artists, including most of the biggest names in the industry, have signed the agreement.

Artist George Perez, who has drawn virtually every hero for both DC and Marvel, the two biggest comics companies, devoted one of his fan newsletters to Frazier and his idea, which he called "Dan's Dream."

Perez even traveled to Lansing from a comics convention in Novi to look at Frazier's collection and discuss his ideas.