Stan Lee: A Life is the epic tale of one of the world’s most important creative icons. With Spider-Man, the Avengers, Black Panther, and countless other Marvel superheroes he co-created, Stan introduced heroes that were complex and fallible – just like all of us. Championing Marvel for parts of ten decades, Lee revolutionized global culture.
Read moreYoung Readers Edition of Stan Lee Biography
In this young adult edition of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary. Batchelor explores how Lee, born in the Roaring Twenties and growing up in the Great Depression, capitalized on natural talent and hard work to become the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager. Lee went on to introduce the world to heroes that were complex, funny, and fallible, just like their creator and just like all of us.
Read moreStan Lee: A Life Explores American History through Lens of Creative Icon
The definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Stan Lee's extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture, loved by millions of superhero fans around the world. In Stan Lee: A Life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary.
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Who's going to see the Spider-Man movie today? Who has already seen it?
I'm going today...First time back in a theater...
Superman launched comic book superheroes, but Spider-Man made them human. This nerdy teenager from Queens was full of complexities and angst, just like the rest of us. But, he still abided by Stan Lee’s immortal line: “With great power, there also must also come -- great responsibility.”
The film is taking the world by storm during a dark time — two years of a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, political chaos. Will Spider-Man save the day?
