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Fingeroth, Danny,

A marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee / Amazing story of Stan Lee Danny Fingeroth. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019. - 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381) and index.

Preface -- JFK, the Beatles... and Stan Lee -- The dress cutter's son -- The Pied Piker of West Forty-second Street -- The psychopathology of comic books -- Breaking out and staying in -- Gathering forces -- From the ashes -- Webs tangled and otherwise -- Creating characters -- The ties that bind -- Boom boom boom -- Revolution in the air -- Surfing the waves -- Tense transitions -- Power politics -- The chaos and the King -- Returns and departures -- Goodbyes and hellos -- California dreamin' -- Follow the money -- Of love and law -- The undiscover'd country -- Legacy -- Afterword: Last thoughts on Stan Lee.

Stan Lee's name has appeared on more than a billion comic books, in 75 countries, in 25 languages. His creations have starred in multibillion-dollar grossing movies and TV series. This is his story. Danny Fingeroth writes a comprehensive biography of this powerhouse of ideas who changed the world's understanding of what a hero is and how a story should be told, while exploring Lee's unique path to becoming the face of comics. With behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with Stan's brother Larry Lieber and other industry legends, The Marvelous Life has insights that only an insider like Fingeroth can offer. Fingeroth, himself a longtime writer and editor at Marvel Comics and now a lauded pop culture critic and historian, knew and worked with Stan Lee for over three decades. Due to this connection, Fingeroth is able to put Lee's life and work in a context that makes events and actions come to life as no other writer could.

ISBN: 9781471185755 1471185753 9781471185748 1471185745

LCCN: be2019047709

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lee, Stan, 1922-2018. author, creator.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Marvel Comics Group.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cartoonists--United States--Biography.
Comic books, strips, etc--Authorship.
Comic books, strips, etc--History--United States--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PN6727.L39 / Z6455 2019b

Dewey Class. No.: 741.5973092