Bob Batchelor
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiv, 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Batchelor offers an eye-opening look at the life of Stan Lee, the man who created (with talented artists) many of history's most legendary characters. Becoming the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager, and 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...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Centennial edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 224 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xvi, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Widely considered "America's Man of Letters, " John Updike is a prolific novelist and critic with an unprecedented range of work across more than 50 years. No author has ever written from the variety of vantages or spanned topics like Updike did. Despite being widely recognized as one of the nation's literary greats, scholars have largely ignored Updike's vast catalog of work outside the Rabbit tetralogy. This work provides the first detailed examination...