Heritage Auction Galleries is offering a top-flight Silver, Bronze, and Modern Age collection, the Fantastic Frank Collection, in their auctions beginning this week.

"The words ‘9.8 white pages’ are going to be seen over and over in the Fantastic Frank collection," said Ed Jaster, Vice-President. "Our Sunday Internet Comics Auctions has a number of these gems from the late 1970s and early 1980s, and almost every one is the best copy we’ve seen of the respective issue. Frank’s Silver Age books in the 9.4 range are impressive too, and this is just the first small batch. If you collect DC books from 1963-1975, you are going to find lots of upgrades in the weeks to come."

Fantastic Frank is Frank R. Johnson, whom longtime comic fans may remember from his mail-order business, the Fantasy Mail Company, which used to advertise in the late-1970s Overstreet Comic Book Price Guides.

Frank was very successful in his day job as a chemical engineer, until one day in the early 1980s, when he was trapped in a devastating fire. It dramatically impaired his speech and hand movements, he was unable to continue at his job, and society labeled him "disabled." But with his upbeat, positive attitude, Frank was able to prosper despite his disability.

For more on Frank, visit fantasticfrank.com.

"The overall quality of the collection is so superb that you could argue it merited a pedigree designation," Jaster added. "In that regard it reminds me of another high-grade, white-page Silver and Bronze Age hoard, the Janowicz Collection. Believe it or not, Joe Janowicz and Fantastic Frank are fast friends, both from the Rochester, New York area. Frank saw the stellar results for Joe’s collection, which by the way has passed $400,000 in auction sales with much more to come, and decided to consign his collection to us as well. With both Fantastic Frank and Janowicz books up for auction in the coming weeks, our selection of Marvel and DC will have something for everyone."

Look for the notation "Fantastic Frank Collection" on each lot from the collection that Heritage sells. For more information, visit Heritage.