This title is available through the Evergreen Indiana Consortium. In the book, Batchelor fleshes out the context and setting of Stan Lee’s life from when he was just an editor to when he became one of the biggest creative minds in all of Marvel. In return we see how Marvel influenced Stan’s life. Batchelor examines Lee's fascinating American life by drawing out all its complexity, drama, heartache, and humor, revealing how Lee introduced the world to heroes that were just as fallible. Throughout the book, we see how the two coincide, how Marvel could not have existed without Stan Lee. It details Stan’s life as he lived through the Great Depression, and mentions all of Stan’s accomplishments throughout the 20th Century.īatchelor not only goes into the life of Stan Lee, but the life of Marvel itself. Batchelor goes in depth as he writes about the man who co-created famous superheroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, and many more. Written by the award winning cultural historian, Bob Batchelor comes a biography celebrating the 100th birthday of the legendary Stan Lee.

Candid, authoritative, and absorbing, this is the biography of a man who dreamed of one day writing the Great American Novel, but ended up doing so much more-revolutionizing culture by creating new worlds and heroes that have entertained generations.Most have heard of Stan Lee or one of his many works in Marvel, but how many actually know the story of how Stan Lee came to co-create the heroes that we all know and love today? How many know the way he introduced everyone to the world of superheroes? Batchelor examines Lee's fascinating American life by drawing out all its complexity, drama, heartache, and humor, revealing how Lee introduced the world to heroes that were just as fallible and complex as their creator-and just like all of us.Īn up-close look at a legendary figure, this centennial edition includes completely new material to give the full measure of a man whose genius continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide.

Born in the Roaring Twenties, growing up in the Great Depression, living and thriving through the American Century, and dying in the twenty-first century, Stan Lee's life is a unique representation of recent American history.

In Stan Lee: A Life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary. He is the host of True Crime Tuesday with Bob Batchelor, which airs bi-monthly on WCPO’s Cincy Lifestyle. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture, loved by millions of superhero fans around the world. Stan Lee's extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. 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. The definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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