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(LEE, STAN). Lee, Stan & Roy Thomas. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2018. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Folio. Boards in Lucite Slipcase. Comics Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 444pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. "This is the big one, True Believers! The mostly true tale of Stan Lee: an unparalleled, Giant-Size extravaganza, eight years in the making, about the one and only Godfather of Comics. From his childhood in Depression-era New York, to making Marvel into the number one comics publisher in the world, to his modern-day reinvention as Chief Creative Officer of global entertainment company POW! Entertainment, Stan "the Man" Lee stands the test of time as the most legendary name in comic book history. With a legendary stable of art partners including Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, and Jim Steranko, Lee unleashed a dizzying cascade of seminal comicbook creations The Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, and the Avengers to name a few. After moving to Hollywood in 1980, he did it again, developing TV and film projects that laid the groundwork for the "Marvel movie", now a cornerstone of 21st-century film. This Collector’s Edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by Stan Lee sold out before it's actual publication date. Eacht includes a foreword by Stan Lee and in-depth career biography by Roy Thomas; complete facsimile comic book reprints of Stan’s greatest hits and coveted rarities from throughout the decades tipped-in throughout the book; a separately bound-in reissue of Stan’s 1947 "Secrets Behind the Comics!"; more than 1,000 images - including intimate photographs and artifacts from Stan and Joan Lee’s personal archives, and new reproductions of original art and rare comics from the vaults of the world’s premier Marvel collectors. This massive undertaking is printed on archival paper, and presented in a custom silkscreened acrylic slipcase". A brand new, pristine example of the 2018 deluxe English language first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the late, great Stan Lee on the title page still in the publisher's unopened printed shipping carton, as issued. 3-8365-3677-3 Inventory Number: 026160