Who Is Stan Lee?
Read to Learn 階段 | 傳記
Who Is Stan Lee?
R 790L
書籍資訊
| 適讀年齡 | 8 - 12 |
| 適合年級 | 3 - 7 |
| 字數 | 字 |
| Grade level equivalent | |
| AR level | 5.4 |
| F&p/guided reading level | R |
| Lexile | 790L |
| DRA level | |
| 出版社 | Penguin Random House |
| 出版日期 | December 2014 |
Stanley Lieber was just seventeen when he got his first job at Timely Comics in 1939. Since then, the man now known as Stan Lee has launched a comic book empire, made Marvel Comics a household name, and created iconic superheroes such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four. Stan Lee is still dreaming up caped crusaders and masked vigilantes in his nineties. Who Is Stan Lee? tells the story of a New York City kid with a superhero-sized imagination.
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