Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution

Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution by Ro, Ronin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781582345666.

Tales to Astonish relates the spectacular life and times of Jack Kirby, the legendary forefather of American comic books. In the 1960s, Kirby joined with Stan Lee to develop many of our best-known and most beloved superheroes, including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, the Avengers, and the Silver Surfer. Ronin Ro chronicles Kirbys poverty-stricken origins in New Yorks Lower East Side, his early commercial triumphs and failures, his renowned partnership with Lee, and his revolutionary artistic innovations, tracing the comic book industry from its inauspicious beginnings to its sensational successes.