True believer : the rise and fall of Stan Lee / Abraham Riesman.

"The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture at a steep personal cost. Stan Lee-born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922-is one of the most beloved and influential entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century. He s...

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Main Author: Riesman, Abraham (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Overture : what it takes -- Ambition and its discontents. Escape at any cost (To 1939) ; Means of ascent (1939-1945) ; Quiet desperation (1945-1961) -- Mister Marvel. What price victory? (1961-1966) ; Lonely at the top (1966-1972) ; Chafing in the C-suite (1972-1980) ; Lost in Hollywood (1980-1998) -- Get rich quick. The great experiment (1998-2001) ; Spotlight and shadow (2001-2017) ; Disintegration (2017-2018). 
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