| Description |
xiv, 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Dawn of the fantastic -- Stanley Lieber, New Yorker -- Teenage editor -- Army playwright -- Return to Marvel -- Public enemy number one -- Birth of the new hero: The Fantastic Four -- Spidey saves the day! -- Horde of superheroes -- Marketing the Marvel Universe -- Creating an icon -- Marvel's multitude of maladies -- Lure of Hollywood -- Marvel manipulations -- Rise and fall of Stan Lee Media -- Meanwhile... -- Larger than life -- Conclusion: American icon. |
| Subject |
Lee, Stan, 1922-
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Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.
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Lee, Stan, 1922- (OCoLC)fst01731031
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Cartoonists. (OCoLC)fst00848081
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Marvel Comics Group -- History.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Batchelor, Bob. Stan Lee. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 9781442277823 (DLC) 2017007019 |
| ISBN |
9781442277816 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1442277815 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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