With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Jul 24, 2010

1h 20m

★ 6.8

The Incredible Story Behind the REAL Supehero

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

1821 Pictures

Emerging Entertainment

POW! Entertainment

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Trailers

Cast

Self

Stan Lee

Self

Joan Lee

Self

Sean Astin

Self

Kenneth Branagh

Self

Nicolas Cage

Self

Michael Chiklis

Self

Thomas Haden Church

Self

Kirsten Dunst

Self

Jon Favreau

Self

Lou Ferrigno

Self

James Franco

Self

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