When it comes to big names in comic books, there are few bigger than Jim Lee. A Korean-American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher, Jim Lee rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s while working for Marvel Comics, most notably on 1991’s record-shattering X-Men #1. With the X-Men dominating the racks, … Read more
From superhero books to newspaper strips to manga, reading comics is a fun and rewarding hobby that people of all ages can enjoy. Yet given how long comic book icons such as Spider-Man and Batman have been around, it can be intimidating to try and dive into a series if you don’t know where to … Read more
A long time ago – the mid ‘90s, to be precise – there was a controversial Spider-Man story called the Clone Saga. This multi-year epic re-introduced a perfect clone of Spider-Man, one who hadn’t been seen since his first appearance way back in 1975, which added a whole new level to the chaos going on … Read more
First introduced by Stan Lee and Bill Everett in 1964, Matt Murdock – AKA Daredevil, “the man without fear” – started out as your run-of-the-mill 1960s smart alec hero. Despite being a blind lawyer (a typically simple yet brilliant Stan Lee concept – justice is blind, y’see?), Daredevil lacked a reason for being. As the … Read more
In the foreword to Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle, Marvel Italia editor Massimiliano Brighel writes: “I have a feeling that Stan Lee would have liked this story”. It’s easy to see where he’s coming from. The concept is disarmingly fun: a telephone game where seven writers took turns to script a chapter before handing the story … Read more