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Stan Lee: A Life by award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor

“Fascinating…Great work!” — Max Foizey, “Max on Movies,” The Big 550 KTRS, St. Louis

Stan Lee: A Life traces the icon’s journey from Depression-era New York to his reinvention as Marvel’s tireless ambassador, exploring his creative breakthroughs within the currents of American history and media.

“Respectful, well-sourced … may be the best of the bunch.” – Booklist

“Exceptionally well written…an extraordinary biography.” – Midwest Book Review

In Stan Lee: A Life, Batchelor explores how Lee and his collaborators transformed comics through serialized storytelling, moral complexity, and a humanized superhero—innovations that later powered the Marvel Cinematic Universe and cemented Lee’s status as a cross-media icon.