“I Belong To All Worlds”- on The Time Capsule Charm of Spurgeon & Raphael’s Seemingly Forgotten 2003 Stan Lee Biography

“As much as ninety-percent of what Lee said at any given time might have been bullshit, but it was delivered happily, and with an admission that it was mostly bullshit, which made him a rather hard person to hate. And hey, he cared enough to bullshit you. That’s something, right?” – J. Caleb Mozzocco, 2009 […]

“Such a Shame That A Little Fame And Attention Began to Get to Len’s Head…” On Roy Thomas’s Erasure of The Real Creators of Wolverine

2024 is upon us which means we’ve also got one more gruesome event to look forward to in the new year: the 50th Anniversary of popular mutant antihero Wolverine which will, inevitably, lead to anniversary-centric convention appearances and interviews with “Rascally” Roy Thomas himself, ostensibly to further the rather recent perception of himself as the […]

“Always The First Person In The Room to Point Out It Wasn’t Just You…” The Slog That is 2002’s ‘Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters & Marvels’

I had known about this truly intolerable documentary, in actuality a long-form interview conducted by the equally intolerable Kevin Smith, since it initially appeared in 2002 when I was considerably younger. I’d like to stress that I avoided it completely then, largely due to my immense dislike of Smith which was quite possibly formed by […]

“He Kinda Looks Like A Supervillain”- A Look at the Clues- And Responses- To Funky Flashman

This is not an article which attempts to inform you on the history behind Jack Kirby’s character Funky Flashman, a brilliant send-up and factually correct satire of Stan Lee. That’s been covered numerous times to varying degrees of success and factual correctness, notably on the excellent According to Kirby blog. No, today we’re going to […]

“Fabled and Notorious THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY…” EXHUMING 2015’s DISGRACEFUL & Offensive ‘Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible!’

When it premiered in 2015, “Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir” received credit from the press for being in the graphic novel format, as if this were some innovative approach in biographical storytelling. It was just another instance of the media giving Stan Lee credit for something that numerous creators before him had already done […]

De Facto Protege: The Changing Continuity of Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas- repped by his omnipresent manager John Cimino- admittedly falls into the “doesn’t need an introduction” category, such has his long tenure been in the world of comics these past six decades. What is generally glossed over and seldom explored however is his changing timeline, the alternate realities of his career, his blatant retcons […]

“Energized by her own enthusiasm”: 11 Untruths in 2002’s Stan Lee Autobiography

It was nothing if not a genuinely pleasant surprise to witness that the recent documentary/propaganda piece “Stan Lee“, directed by David Gelb, actually had the unintended effect of nudging a certain conversation a few more inches forward into the lexicon. That conversation was largely about the lack of credit and acknowledgement for collaborators such as […]