Stan Lee (eBook)

The Man behind Marvel

Bob Batchelor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
260 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7782-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This first true biography of Stan Lee is an eye-opening look at a pop culture visionary. This book traces Lee's life—from his Depression-era childhood to his years as a teen editor and ultimately to his triumphs as the genius behind some of the most beloved characters in pop culture history, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor.

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The Amazing Spider-Man. The Incredible Hulk. The Invincible Iron Man. Black Panther. These are just a few of the iconic superheroes to emerge from the mind of Stan Lee. From the mean streets of Depression-era New York City to recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Lee's life has been almost as remarkable as the thrilling adventures he spun for decades. From millions of comic books fans of the 1960s through billions of moviegoers around the globe, Stan Lee has touched more people than almost any person in the history of popular culture.In Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel, Bob Batchelor offers an eye-opening look at this iconic visionary, a man who created (with talented artists) many of history's most legendary characters. In this energetic and entertaining biography, Batchelor explores how Lee capitalized on natural talent and hard work to become the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager. After toiling in the industry for decades, Lee threw caution to the wind and went for broke, co-creating the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and others in a creative flurry that revolutionized comic books for generations of readers. Marvel superheroes became a central part of pop culture, from collecting comics to innovative merchandising, from superhero action figures to the ever-present Spider-Man lunchbox. Batchelor examines many of Lee's most beloved works, including the 1960s comics that transformed Marvel from a second-rate company to a legendary publisher. This book reveals the risks Lee took to bring the characters to life and Lee's tireless efforts to make comic books and superheroes part of mainstream culture for more than fifty years.Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel not only reveals why Lee developed into such a central figure in American entertainment history, but brings to life the cultural significance of comic books and how the superhero genre reflects ideas central to the American experience. Candid, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, this is a biography of a man who dreamed of one day writing the Great American Novel, but ended up doing so much morechanging American culture by creating new worlds and heroes that have entertained generations of readers.

Autor

Bob Batchelor (Miami University) is a cultural historian who has written or edited 28 books on popular culture, modern American literature, and mass communications. Among his books are John Updike: A Critical Biography (2013), Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), and Mad Men: A Cultural History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Batchelor is Editor-in-Chief, Popular Culture Studies Journal, and oversees several series for Rowman & Littlefield.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 18 Illustrations including: - 18 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Ant-Man • Avengers • Black Panther • books about Captain America • books about Guardians of the Galaxy • books about Iron Man • books about Marvel Comics • books about Marvel's Avengers • books about Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy • books about Stan Lee • books about The Avengers • books about the Marvel Cinematic Universe • books about the Marvel Universe • books about Thor • Captain America • Captain Marvel • Comic books • Deadpool • Doctor Strange • excelsior • Fantastic Four • Graphic Novels • Guardians of the Galaxy • History • history of comics books • Hulk • Iron Man • Jack Kirby • Marvel • Marvel Cinematic Universe • Marvel Comics • marvel comics books • marvel comics creator • Marvel's Avengers • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy • Marvel Universe • Nick Fury • Pop culture • popular culture • Roy Thomas • Shield • Spiderman • Stan Lee • Stan Lee biography • Stan Lee book • stan lee pop • Stanley Lieber • Steve Ditko • The Avengers • Thor • Thor: Ragnarok • Timely Comics • Wolverine • Writer • X Men
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7782-3 / 1442277823
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7782-3 / 9781442277823