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Stan Lee : the man behind Marvel / Bob Batchelor.

by Batchelor, Bob.

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Rowman & Littlefield, c2017.

Lee, Stan, 1922-2018-

Marvel Comics Group -- History.

Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.

9781442277816 (hc)

1442277815 (hc)

Alternate title:

Man behind Marvel

xiv, 229 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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