All right, welcome in to a very special Thursday edition of Friends from Work,

a podcast about all things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,

and it's hosted by me, Kyle Sconowil, and my longtime friend, Robbie Earle.

Robbie and I have hinted at on social media at the FFW podcast, we've hinted that we've wanted

to get into doing a few more interviews on this podcast, like the one we did with Matthew Berry last year.

And if you missed that interview, be sure to go check out that episode.

That was really fun.

But earlier this week, we had the very special chance to speak to Abraham Reesman.

He recently published a biography on Stan Lee,

and we thought you guys might like it.

The book is called True Believer,

The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,

and it's full of fascinating insight

into the man who became the face of Marvel Comics.

We had a stinking blast talking with Abraham,

and we think you guys will really enjoy hearing

what he had to say. That said, we jumped into the deep end like pretty quickly. So we wanted

to be sure you guys had some context before you hit play. As many of you know, Stan Lee is credited

with the creation of many of Marvel's most famous comics and characters, including, among others, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk,

Thor, Dr. Strange, Iron Man, the X-Men, and of course, Spider-Man.

But as Abraham explains, the unique manner in which these comics were created has given rise

to some debate over exactly how much credit, if any, should go to Stan Lee

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