Stan Lee
Subtitle: the man behind Marvel
By: Bob Batchelor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781442277816
Subjects: Cartoonists; History and criticism; Marvel Comics Group; Comic books, strips; Biography; History
Description: Batchelor offers an eye-opening look at the life of Stan Lee, the man who created (with talented artists) many of history's most legendary characters. Becoming the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager, and toiling in the industry for decades, Lee threw caution to the wind and went for broke, co-creating the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and others in a creative flurry that revolutionized comic books for generations of readers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Dawn of the fantastic; title: Stanley Lieber, New Yorker; title: Teenage editor; title: Army playwright; title: Return to Marvel; title: Public enemy number one; title: Birth of the new hero: The Fantastic Four; title: Spidey saves the day!; title: Horde of superheroes; title: Marketing the Marvel Universe; title: Creating an icon; title: Marvel's multitude of maladies; title: Lure of Hollywood; title: Marvel manipulations; title: Rise and fall of Stan Lee Media; title: Meanwhile...; title: Larger than life; title: Conclusion: American icon.