“Centennial Edition” Celebrates the Life on American Creative Icon
Rowman & Littlefield is offering a 30% discount on Stan Lee: A Life, which publishes on October 15, 2022.
Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of history’s most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture – billions of fans devour every superhero creation Marvel produces.
An up-close look at the charmed life of a legendary figure, Stan Lee: A Life gives the full measure to a man whose genius changed culture – and continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide. Candid, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, this is the biography of a man who dreamed of one day writing the Great American Novel, but ended up doing so much more – revolutionizing culture by creating new worlds and heroes that have entertained generations around the world.
Angels & Airwaves front man, To The Stars founder, and BLINK-182 legend Tom DeLonge wrote the Foreword, offering a glimpse into Stan’s legend and lasting contributions from one creative icon to another.
Stan Lee: A Life —
— Captures the cultural zeitgeist of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Marvel Universe at a time when millions of people are viewing Marvel/Disney content as part of their personal entertainment experience.
— Reveals how Stan Lee’s life is a representation of American history over the last century: poor on the streets of New York during the Great Depression through life in the Internet and Social Media Age and film cameos.
— Provides an entertaining, yet deeply-researched, portrait of an important American and global icon who may in fact be more popular around the world (particularly China) than he is in the U.S.
— Gives Stan Lee full credit for what he achieved and his enduring legacy – providing a voice and style that became part of American folklore during the 1960s, but grew into the storytelling mythology of the contemporary world.
— Provides a full and richly-researched perspective on the idea of “co-creating” the iconic Marvel superheroes with artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.