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Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book was assembled through a unique research process. Unlike most unauthorized biographies, we were able to draw on a number of interviews with Lee himself, conducted both for the book and for an earlier Los Angeles Times Magazine profile by co-author Jordan Raphael. In addition, we conducted interviews with many of Lee's friends, relatives and former associates, as well as experts in comics history and criticism.

We also drew on the boxes and boxes of papers on file in the Stan Lee Archives, housed in a facility at the University of Wyoming. The archives contained personal papers, in-house Marvel communications, and numerous examples of Stan Lee's writing that have yet to see the light of day.

In the weeks leading up to the September publication of the book, we will showcase various documents from our research process, along with notes on how we found them and how we used them.

A new document will be posted every Thursday, so check back often.

Book Extras!

Dear Jack... (posted 7/17/03)
A Stan Lee missive to the legendary Jack Kirby!

Days That Will Live in Infamy (posted 7/24/03)
Stan Lee confronts the threat of Atlas Comics.

Stan and Joan Lee Robbed! (posted 7/31/03)
The Marvel publisher tells all to his famous friend -- Alain Resnais.