{"product_id":"amazing-fantastic-incredible-a-marvelous-memoir-9781501107764","title":"Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes--shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he was the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and brought to life--and into the mainstream--some of the world's best-known heroes and most infamous villains throughout his career. His stories--filled with superheroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexity--added wit and subtlety to a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil. Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so, created a new mythology for the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this beautifully illustrated graphic memoir--illustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doran--discover the true story behind the man, written with the same inimitable wit, energy, and offbeat spirit that he brought to the world of comics. Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960s to the current cinematic resurgence, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Fantastic Incredible\u003c\/i\u003e documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis funny, moving, and incredibly honest memoir is a must-have for collectors and fans of comic books and graphic novels of every age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee, Stan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stan Lee (1922-2018) began his career with wartime Timely Comics, and staying the course throughout the Atlas era, Stan the Man made comic book history with \u003ci\u003eFantastic Four #1\u003c\/i\u003e, harbinger of a bold new perspective in story writing that endures to this day. With some of the industry's greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in \u003ci\u003eIncredible Hulk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Spider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After an almost literal lifetime of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POV! Entertainment. He was Marvel's chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.","brand":"Gallery 13","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492672999698,"sku":"9781501107764","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23f51d49-9d47-4d62-b73f-f8812e5c25ee.jpg?v=1730603281","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amazing-fantastic-incredible-a-marvelous-memoir-9781501107764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}