Who was Stan Lee? Two biographers discuss his life and legacy.

Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee so inspired a generation of readers and writers, a multiplicity of biographies was inevitable after his death in 2018.
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On the occasion of the publication of Oak Park, Ill., native Abraham Riesman’s entry, True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee (www.penguinran...) , the Chicago Public Square Podcast invited Riesman and A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee (us.macmillan.c...) author Danny Fingeroth to join a conversation about Lee’s life and legacy.
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■ Contrary to a statement during the Zoom session (but edited out of the podcast), Meyerson interviewed Stan Lee just twice. You can hear those encounters here (www.meyersonst...) and here (www.meyersonst...) . But he also witnessed Lee’s first Chicago comics convention appearance, which you can read about here (www.meyersonst...) ; and his final public Chicago appearance, which you can hear here (www.meyersonst...) .
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