Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the Dc Universe 1

It is exactly what it says. This is a couple stories about characters with the same names as the ones you know and love. I suppose I didn’t want a collection of (mostly) self contained single issues with a three-act structure. Gets two stars for being fine.Made me realize these two books will be the only things that will ever be in my collection with a Stan Lee writing credit. He definitely is a concept guy and not a writing guy. Good energy in interviews, seemed like a kind guy but will in the future stick more to the modern writers.

THIS IS A DC COMICS VERSION OF "WHAT IF" FROM A LEGENDARY STAN LEE. GREAT STORIES, A FUTURE MOVIE MIGHT COME OUT FROM ONE OF THESE STORIES, QUICK ONE DAY SHIPPING, A SMALL COMPLAINT... A LITTLE DENT ON THE COVER WHEN I GOT IT, BUT WHY SEND COMIC BOOKS OR BOOKS IN GIANT A BUBBLE ENVELOPE?? AT LEAST WRAP THE COMIC IN A BUBBLE WRAP AND THEN PUT IT IN A ENVELOPE. POOR SHIPPING HANDLING.

It was delivered in great condition and the Book is better than I expected

In 2001-2002, DC Comics published a series of comics books imagining Stan Lee what the DC Universe would had been light had Stan Lee created it (or more aptly what it would have been like had Stan Lee created in the early 21st Century.)This collects the first four issues, imagining Stan Lee's version of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Green Lantern.The key to enjoying this book is to remember what it is and what it isn't. The book does not set out to offer new and improved versions of DC's heroes. As Lee said on the back, "Please don't think for one minute that this is an attempt to improve on any of the truly great characters that have become legendary throughout the world." Rather, Lee creates a Staniverse, characters with the same name but entirely different origins that should be judged on their own merit.Stan Lee's Batman is a black ex-con and pro-wrestler who fights to avenge his wrongful imprisonment the death of his parents. His father died at the hands of a local crime lord. His mother died while he was in prison for a crime he didn't committed. Wonder Woman is from Peru and receives her powers through Incan rather than Greek mythology and seeks to stop a man who killed her father. Superman is an intergalactic policeman who has to be extra tough because he's the only member of the force not genetically altered. However, when he lands on Earth, he finds himself the most powerful man on the planet. He seeks to avenge his wife's death and get home. Finally, Green Lantern is an archaeologist who finds the tree of life.The stories occasionally pepper in the names of traditional DC characters. Steve Trevor appears in the Wonder Woman story with Diana Prince in the back up feature. Superman does adopt the identity of Clark Kent based on reading a couple signs (although, he could have just as easily adopted the identity of Peter Parker) and hires an aggressive agent named Lois Lane. It's worth noting that far more characters in this story became heroes through deaths than in the traditional DC universe. Of the four, only Batman became a hero that way in mainstream, but in the Staniverse only Green Lantern didn't, and even he lost someone he'd been interested in, though in a pretty shallow way.Personal pain and tragedy is more often a motivator for Lee-created superheroes than for DC's traditional stable. Other Lee touches are present as well. The Batman story is evocative in some ways of Spider-man with Batman's wrestling and the Green Lantern looks a lot like a glowing green Silver Surfer.The villain is Reverend Dominic Darrk, a classic Dr. Doomlike villain preaching hate and evil in his crossless church.Overall, while none of the characters are going to replace the mainstream DC continuity, for a thought experiment, the book is fun and well-put together. I'll look forward to future volumes and see how the plot lines all resolve themselves.

I have historically been much more of a Marvel guy but this was Stan Lee and these were classic characters he retouched, so I gave it a try.BATMAN: A decent story, but not one I go back and read when I see the TPB in my room. Decent story, decent character.WONDER WOMAN: I like Maria Mendoza, who become Wonder Woman, quite a bit. She's a great character. However, I'm not that big on Wonder Woman thro. Still, this is the one that I really wish had more issues of, as I'd love to see how Maria adjusts from a life in a Peruvian village to Los Angeles with super powers to boot. Plus, you have Jim Lee drawing a featured female character, so it's hard to go wrong.SUPERMAN: I think the overall character works the best of the four, but Lois Lane is annoying and in the story they keep saying he can no longer fly, but yet the artwork keeps showing him in situations where he can only be flying. I also like how his earth name of "Clark Kent" was almost something else entirely, which I won't spoil here.GREEN LANTERN: I liked this one the least. A so-so civilian identity and an even more so-so superhero. Good thing this was meant to be a one-shot because there is definitely no wanting of more.I'll give it a mild recommendation, mostly for the new Wonder Woman and Superman.

I'm not much of a DC fan and I am a big fan of Marvel, so I thought that this would be interesting, getting to see Stan Lee "create" the classic DC characters. And it was interesting if not great. I think he did a great job with Batman, though he's the one DC character that needs no tweaking. The Wonder Woman story was pretty interesting, though not something I'd want to see a whole lot of (though certainly better than her original version). His Superman was weak. There isn't a whole lot you can do to change Superman, so Stan Lee was sort of doomed from the start. His Green Lantern was basically Silver Surfer. Beside what can you do with Green Lantern. It was all very interesting though.

This is the second graphic novel I've needed negative stars to adequately express my feelings for in the last two months. I really was taken aback by Stan Lee's writing. "He created my favorite comic superhero, Spider-man, how bad could this be?" was my thought when I bought this. The story lines are really bad. I guess the best way to describe it would be to compare the stories to the mostly bad 70's comics. This isn't something that I'll ever reread due to the poorly written stories which is a shame since I respect most of Stan Lee's work. My true review of this would be about negative 2 stars. I hated it but I didn't throw it away which I was very tempted to do with Frank Miller's DK2 travesty.

This book contains four separate but loosely connected stories focusing on reimagined versions of Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern and Batman, all written by Stan Lee. In each one he takes the basic concept of each character and gives them a new name, history, personality and so on. In this version Batman is Wayne Williams, a wrongfully imprisoned ex-convict who becomes Batman to get revenge on the mobster responsible for his incarceration, Wonder Woman is Maria Mendoza, a South American activist empowered by an Aztec sun god, Superman is Salden, an alien police officer stranded on Earth and Green Lantern is Len Lewis, a professor given super-powers by the World Tree Yggdrasil. All the stories are a lot of fun and the new versions of the classic DC heroes are intriguing characters that you want to see more of after reading this. There are a few plot holes (for example how is Batman able to make a fortune as a pro wrestler without revealing his identity?) but overall this is a highly enjoyable read, suitable for both long-time fans and new readers.

Got it eventually. Nice lockdown diversion.