Stan Lee A Life In Comics Jewish Lives

Liel Leibovitz

ISBN 10: 0300257910 / ISBN 13: 9780300257915

Published by YALE University Press, 2020

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Synopsis:

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a meditation on the deeply Jewish and surprisingly spiritual roots of Stan Lee and Marvel Comics Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created--Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four--occupy Hollywood's imagination and production schedules, generate billions at the box office, and come as close as anything we have to a shared American mythology. This illuminating biography focuses as much on Lee's ideas as it does on his unlikely rise to stardom. It surveys his cultural and religious upbringing and draws surprising connections between celebrated comic book heroes and the ancient tales of the Bible, the Talmud, and Jewish mysticism.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Stan Lee A Life In Comics Jewish Lives
Publisher: YALE University Press
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good