Stan makes the mistake of bicycling past Yancy Street, as drawn by Lee Weeks! Then, Roy Thomas and Scott Kolins depict an untold incident set during Stan's years in the service, guest starring some of the wildest characters of comics' golden age!
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
Although I did think the whole ‘Stan Lee Meets…’ issues were a little too self indulgent (and still do), this was probably the best, mainly for the artwork of Lee Weeks. Lee Weeks supplies the cover and the art on the first story, showing he was born to draw the Thing. Outstanding art. The second story I enjoyed. Roy Thomas wrote a tale of Stan Lee back in his war-time Timely Comics days, meeting his early creations, nicely illustrated by Scott Kolins.
The reprint this time round was an excellent choice, the Ben Grimm-centric Fantastic Four #79, from 1968.