Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
Stan Lee Ā· Peter David Ā· Colleen Doran
Nov 2015 Ā· Simon and Schuster Ā· Narrated by Peter Riegert
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In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Leeācomic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroesāshares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be.
Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he was the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and brought to lifeāand into the mainstreamāsome of the worldās best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his career. His storiesāfilled with superheroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexityāadded wit and subtlety to a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil. Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so, created a new mythology for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
In this beautifully illustrated graphic memoirāillustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doranādiscover the true story behind the man, written with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he brought to the world of comics. Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current cinematic resurgence, Amazing Fantastic Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career.
This funny, moving, and incredibly honest memoir is a must-have for collectors and fans of comic books and graphic novels of every age.
Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he was the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and brought to lifeāand into the mainstreamāsome of the worldās best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his career. His storiesāfilled with superheroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexityāadded wit and subtlety to a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil. Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so, created a new mythology for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
In this beautifully illustrated graphic memoirāillustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doranādiscover the true story behind the man, written with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he brought to the world of comics. Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current cinematic resurgence, Amazing Fantastic Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career.
This funny, moving, and incredibly honest memoir is a must-have for collectors and fans of comic books and graphic novels of every age.
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November 14, 2018
Stan Lee is the greatest hero ever in his comics. I love him and his Marvel comics. Excelsior!!!
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November 15, 2018
Stan Lee is the best legendary comic book be He died age 95 we love Stan Lee š š
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Fantastic fun and moving, now listing to it a second time.
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Stan Lee (1922ā2018) began his career with wartime Timely Comics, and staying the course throughout the Atlas era, Stan the Man made comic book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in story writing that endures to this day. With some of the industryās greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After an almost literal lifetime of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POV! Entertainment. He was Marvelās chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.
Stan Lee (1922ā2018) began his long career with wartime Timely Comics, but āthe Manā made comic book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in comic book writing that endures to this day. With some of the industryās greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Uncanny X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After a lifetimeās worth of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POW! Entertainment. He was Marvelās chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.
Stan Lee (1922ā2018) began his long career with wartime Timely Comics, but āthe Manā made comic book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in comic book writing that endures to this day. With some of the industryās greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Uncanny X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After a lifetimeās worth of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POW! Entertainment. He was Marvelās chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.
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