A Marvelous Life

The definitive biography of the beloved¿often controversial¿co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of ¿Stan the Man,¿ who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe.

"[Fingeroth''s] intimate yet balanced account, highlights Lee¿s humanity, humor and even humility. But it doesn¿t ignore how his canny self-promotion at times shortchanged his collaborators and constrained his own choices." ¿Wall Street Journal

Stan Lee was the most famous American comic book creator who ever lived.

Thanks, especially, to his many cameos in Marvel movies and TV shows, Lee was¿and even after his 2018 death, still is¿the voice and face of comics and popular culture in general, and Marvel Comics in particular. How he got to that place is a story that has never been fully told¿until now.