A major business venture, Stan Lee Media, resulted in stock manipulation, bankruptcy, and criminal charges. Lee was dogged by accusations from his long-time collaborators Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko over who really created Marvel's signature characters-icons for whom Lee had always been suspected of taking more than his due share of credit. Without him, the global entertainment industry would be wildly different-and a great deal poorer.īut Lee's unprecedented career was also pitted with spectacular failures, controversy, and bitter disputes.
On top of that, his carnival-barker marketing prowess more or less single-handedly saved the comic-book industry and superhero fiction. He served as editor in chief of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time, launched more pieces of internationally recognizable intellectual property than anyone other than Walt Disney: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Black Panther, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor. Stan Lee-born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922-is one of the most beloved and influential entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century.
He served as editor in chief of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture-at a steep personal cost. The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture-at a steep personal cost.
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