Amazing Fantastic Incredible, Stan Lee
Amazing Fantastic Incredible, Stan Lee
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Amazing Fantastic Incredible
A Marvelous Memoir

Author: Stan Lee, Peter David, Colleen Doran

Narrator: Peter Riegert

Unabridged: 1 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2015


Synopsis

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.

About Stan Lee

Stan Lee (1922–2018) began his long career with wartime Timely Comics, but “the Man” 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 industry’s greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in The Incredible HulkThe Amazing Spider-ManThe Uncanny X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After a lifetime’s worth of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POW! Entertainment. He was Marvel’s chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

I don't mind saying it brought a tear to my eye. The story of the lonely kid who grew up to be Stan Lee. Pretty awesome. The best bit about this book, I feel like they really captured Lee's voice. Reading it FEELS like Stan Lee talking. Full of great anecdotes. The end get a little list-y, lots of st......more

Goodreads review by Craig

This is a very fun and entertaining autobiographical reminiscence of Lee's life presented quite appropriately in graphic novel form. He has come under fire in more recent years for some of his views and business deals and other such, but the fact remains that he was instrumental in creating and pres......more

Goodreads review by Grace

In loving memory of Stanley Martin Lieber. May he ever rest in peace. I reread this graphic memoir and it was difficult for me. I look up to Stan Lee. He made my life what is it today. He brought so much joy to my life and I cannot ever thank him enough. It's so hard to know he's gone, but I'm so gla......more

Goodreads review by Colleen

I didnt grow up reading comics so didn't know much about Stan Lee. So when I saw this shiny cover I thought I would give it a read. This is a graphic Memoir of Stan Lee's working life with snipits of his personal thrown it. It was good and I am happy with what I learnt. It is bright, colourful and c......more