The Amazing Spider-Man

About Stan LeeSteve Ditko

Stan Lee (Author) Stan Lee (1922- 2018) and artist Jack Kirby made comic book history in 1961 with The Fantastic Four #1. Lee oversaw the adventures of many super hero creations for over a decade before handing over the editorial reins at Marvel to others. For the remainder of his long life he continued to serve as a creative figurehead at Marvel and an ambassador for the comics medium.Steve Ditko (Author) Steve Ditko (1927- 2018) was recruited in 1958 to join Stan Lee's Atlas Comics which was later transformed into Marvel. In 1962 Ditko and Lee brought to life the Amazing Spider-Man changing the industry forever. Ditko left Marvel in 1966 for Charlton Comics and DC Comics. He returned toMarvel during the late 1970s and remained there for much of the 1980s.Jason Reynolds (Foreword By) Jason Reynolds is an award- winning and number one New York Times bestselling author. Reynolds' many books include Miles Morales: Spider- Man; the Track series (Ghost Patina Sunny and Lu); Long Way Down which received a Newbery Honor a Printz Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor; and Look Both Ways which was a National Book Award Finalist. His latest book Stamped: Racism Antiracism and You is a collaboration with Ibram X. Kendi. Reynolds is the 2020- 2021 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and has appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Late Night with Seth Meyers and CBS This Morning. He is on the faculty of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Lesley University and lives in Washington DC. You can find his ramblings at jasonwritesbooks.com.Ben Saunders (Introducer) Ben Saunders is a professor of English at the University of Ore­gon. He is the author of Desiring Donne: Poetry Sexuality Inter­pretation and Do the Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality Fantasy and Superheroes as well as numerous critical essays on subjects ranging from the writings of Shakespeare to the recordings of Little Richard. He has also curated several museum exhibitions of comics art in­cluding the record-breaking multimedia touring show Marvel: Uni­verse of Super Heroes-a retrospective exploring the artistic and cultural impact of Marvel Comics from 1939 to the present.