Stan Lee's SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS "A Great Surprise for You from Stan Lee!"

The book ends with the ultimate opportunity to learn from Stan the Man himself...

...an opportunity which no True Believer could possibly pass up, right?

Mind you, it's $1 if he's reviewing just a single page, a book-length (about 64 page) story, or a mini-series!

Wotta deal!
(Plus it was, in fact, his home address!)

I wonder how many would-be writers and artists took advantage of the offer?

At any rate, it's a classic example of Stan Lee's hyperbolic selling style that he'd utilize to great advantage in the Silver Age and beyond as he became the "Face of Marvel" to the world at large!
The back cover ends the tale in equally-enthusiastic fashion...

Excelsior!

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Secrets Behind the Comics

by Stan Lee

The Long Out of Print How-To Book, Digitally Remastered

Stan Lee's SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS "Secret No 14 What Happens INSIDE of a Comic Publishing House?"

In 1947, Timely Comics was based at the Empire State Building!

You'll note not much is actually shown about the office...

Even at this point, most of the creatives were freelancers who either had studios in the city or suburbs and would use the rooms when they were dropping off material...usually to do corrections/alterations.

There were a couple of inkers/letterers on-staff along with the assistant editors to do print production-prep and assist with corrections if deadlines were really tight or the volume of corrections was massive!

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by Stan Lee

Special 1994 Limited Edition Hardcover from Marvel Comics

Stan Lee's SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS "Secret No. 12 How a Comic Strip is Created!"

Here's a classic example of Stan Lee's hyperbolic retelling of history...

...noting the fact it's, at least partially, fiction!

Note that Lee, despite naming numerous other Timely writers and artists in Secrets Behind the Comics, makes no mention of Joe Simon or Jack Kirby!

Note that both Joe Simon and Jack Kirby themselves offer origin stories that are sometimes-contradictory to themselves and each other, so the truth is probably somewhere in-between...and we'll never know the complete story...

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Reading Room: SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS by STAN LEE...Secrets 7-10!

Join us, as we continue to explore the sacred writings of Stan (the Man) Lee...

 ...as he shows us how a comic story is created!

Note: the "Marvel Method" of a writer giving just a basic plot outline or even a page-by-page synopsis to a penciler who would have greater input into the story direction didn't come about until the early 1960s, when the sheer volume of material Stan Lee was editing/art directing/writing by himself became too much to handle.

We'll return to Secrets Behind the Comics in the near future.

Reading Room: SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS by STAN LEE...Secrets 4-6!

Let's rejoin comics legend Stan (the Man) Lee as he reveals...

...in this incredibly HTF book from 1948!

All this has been mere prologue.

Tomorrow we get to the stuff you're dying to see...so don't miss it, true believers!

BTW, you probably don't recognize most of the characters Lee mentions.

Timely/Atlas/Marvel hasn't published most of them in decades.

Note: the blonde model/actress Hedy Devine, (aka "Hedy de Vine"), is not the Hedy who became part of the team of Patsy & Hedy, who had their own book through the mid-60s.

That was brunette Hedy Wolfe, who was a teenager, like her "frenemy" Patsy Walker.
Both of them eventually became part of the Marvel multiverse.

Reading Room: SECRETS BEHIND THE COMICS by STAN LEE...Secrets 1-3!

For those, like myself, who aren't (sob) going to San Diego this weekend...

...here's a "how-to" manual from The Man himself...Stan Lee!

(As if you couldn't tell from the "soft-sell" text!)

Tomorrow...

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