With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

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2010-07-24

At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment. With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, from the early days of his Depression-era upbringing through the Marvel Age of Comics and beyond! The film uncovers original transcripts, illustrations, photographs and stories of Lee's fascinating journey from his early years at Timely Comics and World War Two, the comic book industry's censorship battle of the 1950's led by Dr. Fredric Wertham, the dawn of Marvel Comics and the legendary characters Stan co-created, to his current company POW! Entertainment.

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At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment. With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, from the early days of his Depression-era upbringing through the Marvel Age of Comics and beyond! The film uncovers original transcripts, illustrations, photographs and stories of Lee's fascinating journey from his early years at Timely Comics and World War Two, the comic book industry's censorship battle of the 1950's led by Dr. Fredric Wertham, the dawn of Marvel Comics and the legendary characters Stan co-created, to his current company POW! Entertainment.

Released

2010-07-24

Runtime

80

Director

Will Hess

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

1821 Pictures

Emerging Entertainment

POW! Entertainment

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    Stan Lee

    Stan Lee
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    Joan Lee

    Joan Lee
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    Sean Astin

    Sean Astin
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    Kenneth Branagh

    Kenneth Branagh
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    Nicolas Cage

    Nicolas Cage
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    Michael Chiklis

    Michael Chiklis
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    Thomas Haden Church

    Thomas Haden Church
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    Kirsten Dunst

    Kirsten Dunst
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    Jon Favreau

    Jon Favreau
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    Lou Ferrigno

    Lou Ferrigno
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    James Franco

    James Franco
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    Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. Jackson
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    Tobey Maguire

    Tobey Maguire
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    Eva Mendes

    Eva Mendes
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    Jeremy Piven

    Jeremy Piven
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    Seth Rogen

    Seth Rogen
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    Kevin Smith

    Kevin Smith
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    Patrick Stewart

    Patrick Stewart
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    Paris Hilton

    Paris Hilton
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    Avi Arad

    Avi Arad
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    Roger Corman

    Roger Corman
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    Kevin Feige

    Kevin Feige
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    Paul Levitz

    Paul Levitz
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    Todd McFarlane

    Todd McFarlane
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    Jim McLauchlin

    Jim McLauchlin
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    Frank Miller

    Frank Miller
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    Joe Quesada

    Joe Quesada
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    Brett Ratner

    Brett Ratner
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    John Romita Sr.

    John Romita Sr.
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    Bryan Singer

    Bryan Singer
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    Michael Uslan

    Michael Uslan