The result is a new, expanded book that brings the full man to life-his personal hopes and dreams, challenges, and how he became one of America’s most beloved icons over a career that stretched over parts of nine decades.Ĭandid, 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.įor an interview or contributed article on Stan Lee, Marvel history, or other cultural history topics, please contact: For an Advanced Reader Copy of the book (pdf), please contact the author or Publicity at Rowman & Littlefield: You can order a copy via the publisher’s NetGalley catalog at. For this book, Batchelor engaged with research and ideas over the five-year span since the publication of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel debuted in late 2017. The Centennial Edition includes completely new material to give the full measure of a man whose genius continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide.
Stan Lee: A Life takes an up-close look at a legendary figure. “What a wonderful idea: legions of young people creating and imagining a better world, but one that might actually be a bit more on the nose than anyone would suspect…but minus the supersuits. “Stan paved a path for artists like me to be creative and make a living from our creative energy,” said Tom DeLonge, founder of To The Stars* and Blink-182.
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. Beyond the characters and film cameos, however, is a life that is uniquely American and representative of recent history.”īatchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at Lee as an iconic visionary. “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,” said Batchelor. Blink-182 has sold more than 25 million albums. The book’s foreword was written by multimedia superstar Tom DeLonge, the founder of award-winning vertically-integrated entertainment company To The Stars, Inc.* and Grammy-nominated punk band Blink-182, called “arguably the most influential pop-punk band ever” by Alternative Press Magazine. Celebrating his iconic life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor has written Stan Lee: A Life ( Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, hardback, October 15 2022, adult trade, retail: $22.95). Stan Lee would have been 100-years old on December 28, 2022.
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