By Press Release
posted: 02 March 2010 09:00 am ET
BOOM!'s Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid, creator of BOOM!'s runaway hit series IRREDEEMABLE and its smash sister book INCORRUPTIBLE, will be writing one of the series. Two other series will follow, featuring A-list writers as a part of the creative team. Further announcements will clarify the teams and the timing for the roll-out.
This past December, POW! announced that Walt Disney Studios had entered into a first-look deal with POW! and currently has a number of projects in development where it is working closely with the world-renowned Lee.
The revelation of Stan Lee’s presenting a series of three superhero titles at BOOM! follows on the heels of a viral marketing campaign announcing "Stan's Back" that hit the internet early last week. Across major comic book news sites and blogs last week, ads appeared teasing "Stan's Back." The L.A. Times' Hero Complex & L.A. Times' Brand-X also got in on the action, running the "Stan's Back" campaign in print and on their respective website. All the banner ads linked back to www.stansback.com, a site which had only the "Stan's Back" logo and nothing else disclosing additional information.
For one week, the internet was in a frenzy with comic fans everywhere trying to figure out what could the "Stan's Back" teaser campaign mean. Today it has finally been revealed - Stan Lee is back, presenting a comic book series for the Direct Market comic specialty market that Lee was instrumental in fostering.
POW! Entertainment and BOOM! Studios had no further details at this time. More forthcoming.
About POW!
(Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment, Inc. (Pinksheets: POWN) An
advanced media and entertainment company, POW! was founded by Stan Lee
together with award winning producer Gill Champion and intellectual
property attorney Arthur Lieberman, Esq. to create, produce and license
original intellectual properties. POW! specializes in franchises for
the entertainment industry, including animation and live-action feature
films, plus television, DVDs, video games, merchandising and related
ancillary markets, all of which contribute to global expansion.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) is a unique publishing house
specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of
different genres from some of the industry’s biggest talents, including
Philip K. Dick’s DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, The Henson
Company’s FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE.
BOOM!'s children publishing imprint BOOM Kids! publishes titles such as
Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney’s THE
MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND
STORIES. The "lit comix"-oriented BOOM! Town imprint was launched this
year with upcoming trading cards from underground comix artist R.
Crumb. In 2010, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.





