1 Jeff McLaughlin, ed., Stan Lee: Conversations (Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2007).
2 Sean Howe, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (New York: Harper, 2013), 33.
3 Comics Journal #134, February 1990.
4 Larry Lieber, interview with the author, December 16, 2016.
5 Ibid.
6 “A Conversation with Artist-Writer Larry Lieber,” Alter Ego v3, #2, October 1999.
7 Fingeroth and Thomas, eds., The Stan Lee Universe, interview with the author, January 28–29/2008, 22.
8 Larry Lieber, interview with the author, December 16, 2016.
9 John Coates, Don Heck: A Work of Art (Raleigh, NC: TwoMorrows, 2014).
10 Ibid.
11 Toni Mendez archives, Billy Ireland Museum, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
12 Ger Apeldoorn, “Get Me Out of Here!,” Alter Ego #150, October 2017.
13 FOOM #17, March 1977, 15.
14 Mendez archives, Billy Ireland Museum.
15 Ibid.
16 FOOM, 15.
17 Stan Lee and George Mair, Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee (New York: Fireside, 2002), 104.
18 Steve Ditko, essay on Spider-Man, Avenging World (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2002), 57.
19 Mark Evanier, Kirby: King of Comics (New York: Abrams Comic Arts, 2017), 111.
20 Will Murray, “Stan Lee Looks Back,” Comics Scene, vol. 3, #1, 2000.