Stan Lee

Bob Batchelor

doi:10.5771/9781538162064

Stan Lee

The Man behind Marvel

Erschienen 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538162064
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-6205-7
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-6206-4
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

The definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, now adapted for young readers.

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 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.

Featuring amazingly detailed illustrations by artist Jason Piperberg, the young adult edition of Stan Lee also includes new details from Stan Lee’s life, like how he became a pioneer in crafting female and African-American superheroes and his crucial role in establishing one of the world’s most popular film franchises in history. Candid, authoritative, and absorbing, this is the biography of a man who revolutionized culture by creating new worlds and heroes that will entertain for generations to come.

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i–xii Preface i–xii
- Contents
- Foreword
1–10 1. A Hero Is Born! 1–10
11–20 2. Origin Story 11–20
21–30 3. Mr. Timely Comics 21–30
31–48 4. Through War and Cold War 31–48
49–64 5. New Heroes for a New Age—The Fantastic Four 49–64
65–78 6. Spidey Saves the Day! 65–78
79–96 7. Creating the Marvel Universe 79–96
97–112 8. The Superheroes 97–112
113–128 9. America’s Pop Culture Ambassador 113–128
129–144 10. Marvel’s Multitude of Maladies 129–144
145–162 11. The Lure of Hollywood 145–162
163–178 12. King of the Cameo 163–178
179–190 13. Saying Good-Bye to a Hero 179–190
191–198 Epilogue 191–198
199–202 Acknowledgments 199–202
203–216 Notes 203–216
217–222 Index 217–222
223–224 About the Author 223–224

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9. America’s Pop Culture Ambassador S. 113-128
„... AMBASSADOR114 CHAPTER 9In addition, the spokesperson role ensured that Marvel remained in the public eye ...” „... . The public reaction to the superhero characters he helped create stacked up on his desk in the form of ...” „... Spider-Man #96 (May 1971), published without the Comics Code Authority stamp. © 1939–2022 Marvel Characters ...”
13. Saying Good-Bye to a Hero S. 179-190
„... authority, raising children to be better off—were traits that did not serve him well as he grew more ...” „... wounds from the public shaming he felt about working in comics, which included the 1950s national uproar ...” „... baseball”–level detail about Lee’s role at Marvel during the 1960s heyday that much of the general public knows ...”
11. The Lure of Hollywood S. 145-162
„... Maria Shriver and Forrest Sawyer, and Entertainment Tonight.Despite the public relations successes, New ...” „... , rocking the icon and the company he helped immortalize. The challenges, from the public’s changing tastes ...” „... was an initial public offering (IPO), which might generate many more millions. In the quest to emulate ...”
10. Marvel’s Multitude of Maladies S. 129-144
„... cents a copy.Despite the downturn, the public Lee—the face of Marvel—remained as joyful as ever. Legions ...” „... Archie Goodwin took over in 1976, he had broad author-ity since many people considered him one of the ...” „... hero-ines was tied to sales figures. Circulation numbers held final authority. Books that didn’t sell could ...”
4. Through War and Cold War S. 31-48
„... questioned Wertham’s authority.The proceedings took a dramatic turn when Kefauver questioned EC publisher ...” „... joined eight other artists, filmmakers, and writers to create public relations pieces, propaganda ...” „... easy-to-understand manuals, films, and public relations documents. Stan wrote about using combat cameras, caring for ...”
6. Spidey Saves the Day! S. 65-78
„... influence and authority. He used some of the profit to pay freelance writers and editors more money, which ...” „... spider-like. A crowd led by publisher J. Johan Jameson calls out: “Freak! Public Menace!” as the hero retreats ...”
5. New Heroes for a New Age—The Fantastic Four S. 49-64
„... Code Authority. Directly in the origin story section, for example, Lee told Kirby that when it came to ...” „... the tumultuous 1950s and public backlash against comic books, many people thought the entire industry ...”