Marvel biography comic books

Few figures in popular culture have been under more critical and biographical microscopes than revolutionary comics writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee.

Of course, since the ‘60s, Lee has been a constant self-promoter providing countless interviews, appearing at numerous conventions, and, along with co-author George Mair, writing his 2002 autobiography, Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan lee.

In short, no one would describe Lee as a private man shying away from attention or the limelight.

In addition, there has been no shortage of both appreciations and criticisms of Lee’s work at Marvel; the most exhaustive is likely Sean Howe’s excellent 2012 Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.

With all this, is there a need for a new full-length biography of a man whose presence has always been public but perhaps a tad mythologized?

I suppose much depends on how much you already know about the life and legacy of Lee or how much you want to kno