Author: Stan Lee
Narrator: Thom Rivera
Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 09/24/2019
Categories: Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels
Stan Lee (1922–2018) began his long career with wartime Timely Comics, but “the Man” made comic book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in comic book writing that endures to this day. With some of the industry’s greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Uncanny X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After a lifetime’s worth of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POW! Entertainment. He was Marvel’s chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.
Laziness spurs creativity The X-Men were born when Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Marvel's premiere creators of new superhero comics, noted that superhero teams such as the Fantastic Four were box-office, so why not start another one? Lee wroteThen once I figured out what powers they'd have ... how did the......more
I enjoyed about two thirds of this book. I just felt that the latter stories had less substance. Although, the artwork was amazing throughout! I haven’t read a comic since I was 7 or 8 🤣 but I did enjoy this.......more
Loved this collection of classic 'X-Men' comics, it is actually my favourite of the Penguin Classics Marvel Collection so far. The characters are so fun and dynamic, which makes watching them work as a team so exciting. I loved the way they would combine their powers and come up with plans to be rea......more