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Author Raphael, Jordan

Title Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
Published Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (338 pages)
Contents pt. 1. 'From humble beginnings ... ' -- pt. 2. 'Excelsior!' -- pt. 3. 'The Marvel age of comics has truly begun' -- pt. 4. 'A Marvel pop-art production' -- pt. 5. 'With great power comes great responsiblity' -- pt. 6. 'Flame on!' -- pt. 7. 'This man, this monster' -- pt. 8. 'It's clobberin' time!' -- pt. 9. 'If this be my destiny.'
Summary Based on interviews with Stan Lee and dozens of his colleagues and contemporaries, as well as extensive archival research, this book provides a professional history, an appreciation, and a critical exploration of the face of Marvel Comics. Recognized as a dazzling writer, a skilled editor, a relentless self-promoter, a credit hog, and a huckster, Stan Lee rose from his humble beginnings to ride the wave of the 1940s comic books boom and witness the current motion picture madness and comic industry woes. Included is a complete examination of the rise of Marvel Comics, Lee's work in the years of
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Subject Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography
Cartoonists
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Spurgeon, Tom
ISBN 9781613742907
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