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Stan Lee : a life / Bob Batchelor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Batchelor, Bob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, Stan, 1922-2018.
- Lee, Stan.
- Cartoonists--United States--Biography.
- Cartoonists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- Centennial edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture's most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. Stan Lee: A Life is the definitive biography of the Marvel legend by noted cultural historian Bob Batchelor, celebrating the centennial of Lee's birth.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. How the Marvel Universe Conquered the Globe
- 2. Origin Story
- 3. Mr. Timely Comics
- 4. Winning World War II
- 5. Taking Comics into the Cold War
- 6. New Heroes for a New Age-The Fantastic Four
- 7. Spidey Saves the Day!
- 8. The Marvel Universe
- 9. The Superheroes
- 10. America's Pop Culture Ambassador
- 11. Marvel's Multitude of Maladies
- 12. Hollywood
- 13. Turmoil
- 14. King of the Cameo
- 15. Saying Good-Bye to a Hero
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41321-9
- 1-5381-6204-0
- 9798881847821
- OCLC:
- 1300754078
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