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Stan Lee
And the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
by Tom Spurgeon ; Jordan Raphael
ISBN: 1556525060
ISBN-13: 9781556525063
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Chicago Review Pr
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 306
Publisher's Notes
Based on interviews with Stan Lee and dozens of his colleagues and contemporaries, as well as extensive archival research, this book provides a professional history, an appreciation, and a critical exploration of the face of Marvel Comics. Recognized as a dazzling writer, a skilled editor, a relentless self-promoter, a credit hog, and a huckster, Stan Lee rose from his humble beginnings to ride the wave of the 1940s comics books boom and witness the current motion picture madness and comic industry woes. Included is a complete examination of the rise of Marvel Comics, Lee’s work in the years of postwar prosperity, and his efforts in the 1960s to revitalize the medium after it had grown stale.
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Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
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Chicago Review Press, 2003-09-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, former library copy with minor cover and read wear, pages clean, binding tight. Q1 ( more information) Offered by acsbooks (United States)
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Raphael, Jordan and Spurgeon, Tom
Chicago:: Chicago Review Press (2003). First Printing. ISBN: 1556525060 6"x9" Color pictorial wraps. xiii, 275pp. Illustrated with thirty black & white photos. "Stan Lee is known as a dazzling writer, a skilled editor, a relentless self-promoter, a credit hog, and a huckster -- a man equal parts of P. T. Barnum and Walt Disney." Advance Reading Copy. Signed and inscribed to the title page by the authors. Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by Appleby Books (United States)
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Raphael, Jordan; Spurgeon, Tom
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Chicago Review Press, 2003. Biography looking at Lee's accomplishments in building Marvel Comics into a cultural phenemenon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Memories Lost and Found (United States)
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Raphael, Jordan; Spurgeon, Tom
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Raphael, Jordan; Spurgeon, Tom
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2003. Based on interviews with Stan Lee and dozens of his colleagues and contemporaries, as well as extensive archival research, this book provides a professional history, an appreciation, and a critical exploration of the face of Marvel Comics. 304pp.. ISBN: 1556525060. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CARTOONISTS STAN LEE BIOGRAPHY MARVEL COMICS ILLUSTRATORS. ( more information) Offered by Fireside Bookshop (United Kingdom)
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