Four Color Comics

Like Superman returning from the dead, like Jean Grey rising from the ashes (again), I have returned, returned with news that Stan Lee will once again be writing Marvel Comics!

In September Stan Lee is writing the main feature for five brand new self-contained one-shots. Entitled Stan Lee Meets, the specials’ main stories will feature five of Stan the Man’s greatest creations — Spider-Man (drawn by Olivier Coipel), The Thing (Lee Weeks), Dr. Doom (Salvador Larroca), Dr. Strange (Alan Davis), and Silver Surfer (Mike Wieringo), respectively, each actually meeting their maker…literally, not figuratively.

Okay, so it sounds hokey. But it might be kind of fun. I love this quote from editor Tom Brevoort: ““Did you see Stan water the lawn in X-Men: The Last Stand How could we ever possibly compete with that kind of searing drama on the printed page? No, we had to play to our strengths…”