{"product_id":"a-marvelous-life-the-amazing-story-of-stan-lee-paperback","title":"A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanny Fingeroth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of the beloved--often controversial--co-creator of many legendary superheroes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e presents the origin of \"Stan the Man,\" who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fingeroth's] intimate yet balanced account, highlights Lee's humanity, humor and even humility. But it doesn't ignore how his canny self-promotion at times shortchanged his collaborators and constrained his own choices. --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e was the most famous American comic book creator who ever lived.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThanks, especially, to his many \u003cb\u003ecameos\u003c\/b\u003e in Marvel movies and TV shows, Lee was--and even after his 2018 death, still is--the voice and face of comics and popular culture in general, and Marvel Comics in particular. How he got to that place is a story that has never been \u003ci\u003efully \u003c\/i\u003etold--until \u003ci\u003enow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith creative partners including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko--with whom he had tempestuous relationships that rivaled any superhero battle--Lee created world-famous characters including \u003cb\u003eSpider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ethe Hulk \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Lee's career was haunted by conflict and controversy. Was he the most innovative creator to ever do comics? Was he a lucky no-talent whose only skill was taking credit for others' work? Or was he something else altogether? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDanny Fingeroth's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eattempts to answer some of those questions. It is the first comprehensive biography of this powerhouse of ideas who, with his invention of Marvel Comics, changed the world's ideas of what a hero is and how a story should be told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith exclusive interviews with Lee himself\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as with colleagues, relatives, friends--and detractors--Fingeroth makes a doubly remarkable case for Lee's achievements, while not ignoring the \u003cb\u003econtroversies\u003c\/b\u003e that dogged him his entire life--and even past his death. With unique access to Lee's personal archives at the University of Wyoming, Fingeroth explores never-before-examined aspects of Lee's life and career, and digs under the surface of what people thought they knew about him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFingeroth, 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 four decades. With his unique insights as a comics world insider, Fingeroth is able to put Lee's life and work in a unique context that makes events and actions come to life as no other writer could. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous warning that \"There are no second acts in American lives,\" Stan Lee created a second act for himself that changed everything for him, his family, his industry, and ultimately for all of popular culture. How he did it--and what it cost him--is a larger-than-life tale of a man who helped create the modern superhero mythology that has become a part of all our lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANNY FINGEROTH was an award-winning writer and editor at Marvel Comics. A highly-regarded pop culture critic and historian, he is the author of acclaimed books including \u003ci\u003eSuperman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Stan Lee Universe, \u003c\/i\u003e an annotated collection of rarities from Lee's personal archives. Fingeroth worked with Lee on numerous projects and conducted original, in-depth interviews with him (and many others) in the course of researching \u003ci\u003eA Marvelous Life.\u003c\/i\u003e Fingeroth has spoken and taught on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, and at Milan's Mimaster Institute, among many other venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759985262880,"sku":"9781250766182","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72306e480f8b19ed09724c27eef0c202.webp?v=1780168035","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-marvelous-life-the-amazing-story-of-stan-lee-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}