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...that work has made Lee one of the real powers in the comic book trade. He no longer writes, although he still trains the writers who work for him at Marvel Comics. As publisher, Lee oversees an operation that controls forty per cent of the American comic book market, selling some six million comics a month. He takes his work seriously...
...uninitiated, it might appear that all comics are basically alike. Lee, perhaps not surprisingly, doesn't see it that way. Asked the difference between Marvel Comics and other brands, he responds confidently, "the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a skateboard. Marvel has a more adult vocabulary. Marvel has a sense of humor--everything is done in a lighthearted way. We have a lot of satire in our books. Our stuff is much more realistic. If we take a character like Spiderman, we say, 'What would it be like if there were a guy like Spiderman? How would...
According to Lee, when he arrived at what is now Marvel Comics, their comics weren't much different from those of their competitors. The idea to try what he describes as a different approach was, he says, "mine, all mine." The reason for the change was "sheer boredom. I figured, all right, I'm going to try and write the kind of stories I might enjoy if I read comic books. I figured, what would I like? I wouldn't want these card-board figures who are just one-dimensional--a character who's all good, and the villains...
...collection of the original issues of Marvel Comics, Son of Origins, Lee describes Spiderman's creation: "we recklessly flew in the face of all established tradition and dared to create a hero out of a shy studious, insecure, mollycoddled momma's boy." As Lee puts it, "He's the Woody Allen of the superheroes...
Critics of the single-bullet theory also dwell on the relatively undamaged condition of the bullet recovered near Connally's stretcher at Parkland Hospital. They marvel sarcastically at all of the wounds this bullet is supposed to have inflicted, while remaining so "pristine." The bullet is only slightly flattened at its rear, with a mere 2 to 2.5 grains of its soft lead core missing...