#99 Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book

My good friends Jordan Raphael and Tom Spurgeon co-authored this unauthorized biography of Stan Lee, the co-creator of Marvel Comics characters The X-Men, Spider-man and The Fantastic Four (just to name a few). Lee is arguably the best-known name in comics and, in many ways, the least understood. Many think that Lee single-handedly created the Marvel Universe. The ill informed occasionally credit Lee with actual drawing all the comics as well. "Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book" from Chicago Review Press sets the record straight once and for all. The books traces Lee's life -- from his first writing gigs to the huge economic flame out of his dot-com company, Stan Lee Media. Through interviews with colleagues, family members and Stan "The Man" Himself, Jordan and Tom are able to shed much light on many important moments comic book history.

Anyone who has an appreciation of superheroes or sequential art should check out this book.

Read an excerpt here, then order the book from Amazon.