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A review by joeypajamas
A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee by Danny Fingeroth
4.0
An absolutely wonderful telling of a hugely inspirational man, this is one of the best biographies of Stan Lee I've read (and I've read a few). The majority of the book (rightly) focuses on the hey day of Lee, Kirby and Ditko's time at Marvel, roughly 1940-60.
Some things I feel are brushed over a little too quickly and I would have liked to know about what Lee was doing outside of Marvel from the 2000s on with Stan Lee Media and POW!, but then I guess I'm a hardcore fan of Lee's and more general fans may not find that stuff as interesting. After all, he is famous for his Marvel work.
Still, this is a wonderful recount of Stan's life, told with much love and respect, but not afraid to bring up some of the more controversial parts of his life.
Well worth a read for any fan of Marvel or comics in general.
Some things I feel are brushed over a little too quickly and I would have liked to know about what Lee was doing outside of Marvel from the 2000s on with Stan Lee Media and POW!, but then I guess I'm a hardcore fan of Lee's and more general fans may not find that stuff as interesting. After all, he is famous for his Marvel work.
Still, this is a wonderful recount of Stan's life, told with much love and respect, but not afraid to bring up some of the more controversial parts of his life.
Well worth a read for any fan of Marvel or comics in general.