In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan
Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the
Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel
superheroes--shares 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 life--and into the mainstream--some of the
world's best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his
career. His stories--filled with superheroes struggling with personal
hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological
complexity--added 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 memoir--illustrated by
celebrated artist Colleen Doran--discover 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.
