Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel. Biography

This is truly a landmark book for everyone who loves comics.

Marvel is not just a universe of heroes—it’s a whole generation of people who grew up on these comics and films. From the millions who read comics to the billions in movie theaters, everyone watched as Spider-Man lost his beloved, and an egotistical billionaire turned into the selfless Iron Man. Did 17-year-old Stanley Lieber know that he was destined to change the world as much as the characters he created?

Stan Lee is the father of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the X-Men, and many other superheroes. It was him who gave them their characters, their destinies, and of course their superpowers. Each of them is unique—able to love, to feel, to protect, and to fight. You know them well—but who created them? What kind of man was he, and with what villains did he encounter on his way to the Olympian heights? This biography is the key to understanding a magnificent artist; it’s the most attentive look at his life. Step by step, the wonderful biographer Bob Batchelor reveals the identity of the man who overturned the comics and cinema industry.

The many-sided maestro Lee became the face and the brain of Marvel—and thus the face of the entire comic industry for 60 years. The man who wanted to write a great American novel did far more. Without a doubt, he became one of the most important creative icons in modern American history.

If you like reading what Stan Lee created, this biography will be to your taste.