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Mr. Leibovitz provides fresh interpretations of the Marvel universe, itself a super-heroic feat. Lee's contentious heroes, he finds, take their cue from the Talmud, which unveiled spiritual truths through the clash of opposing interpretations. -Michael Saler, Wall Street Journal The Marvel and DC universes are almost certainly the most extensive pieces of continuous narrative in human history-which should commend them to the attention of anybody interested in culture...The Jewishness of the early comics industry...is ever present in the story...[and] Leibovitz drills deeply into this. -Sam Leith, Prospect Liel Leibovitz's Stan Lee: A Life in Comics interprets Lee's and his collaborators' Marvel co-creations-such as the X-Men and Spider-Man-in a uniquely Jewish context, bringing fresh insights and added dimension to characters whose genius lies, in part, in their ability to credibly sustain such interpretations. -Danny Fingeroth, author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee From one of our most incisive Jewish cultural critics-someone who is equally at home in the history of Jewish thought and text and the pop culture world of the postwar period-this is a thoroughly entertaining, deeply intelligent, and highly thoughtful work. -Jeremy Dauber, author of Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

Liel Leibovitz's Stan Lee: A Life in Comics interprets Lee's and his collaborators' Marvel co-creations--such as the X-Men and Spider-Man--in a uniquely Jewish context, bringing fresh insights and added dimension to characters whose genius lies, in part, in their ability to credibly sustain such interpretations. --Danny Fingeroth, author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee From one of our most incisive Jewish cultural critics--someone who is equally at home in the history of Jewish thought and text and the pop culture world of the postwar period--this is a thoroughly entertaining, deeply intelligent, and highly thoughtful work. --Jeremy Dauber, author of Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

Liel Leibovitz's Stan Lee: A Life in Comics interprets Lee's and his collaborators' Marvel co-creations-such as the X-Men and Spider-Man-in a uniquely Jewish context, bringing fresh insights and added dimension to characters whose genius lies, in part, in their ability to credibly sustain such interpretations. -Danny Fingeroth, author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee From one of our most incisive Jewish cultural critics-someone who is equally at home in the history of Jewish thought and text and the pop culture world of the postwar period-this is a thoroughly entertaining, deeply intelligent, and highly thoughtful work. -Jeremy Dauber, author of Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

Liel Leibovitz's Stan Lee: A Life in Comics interprets Lee's and his collaborators' Marvel co-creations-such as the X-Men and Spider-Man-in a uniquely Jewish context, bringing fresh insights and added dimension to characters whose genius lies, in part, in their ability to credibly sustain such interpretations. -Danny Fingeroth, author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee From one of our most incisive Jewish cultural critics-someone who is equally at home in the history of Jewish thought and text and the pop culture world of the postwar period-this is a thoroughly entertaining, deeply intelligent, and highly thoughtful work. -Jeremy Dauber, author of Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

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Liel Leibovitz is the author of A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen. He is a senior writer for Tablet magazine and a cohost of its popular podcast, Unorthodox. He lives in New York City.

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