Alien Factor [Import] [Unbound]

Stan Lee (Author), Stan Timmons (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Ibooks (October 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1590196309
• ISBN-13: 978-1590196304
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. Nevertheless: Having begun his career with wartime Timely Comics and staying the course throughout the Atlas era, Stan the Man made comic-book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in story writing that endures to this day. With some of the industry's greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men and more -- forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After an almost literal lifetime of writing and editing, Lee entered new entertainment fields and earned Marvel one opportunity after another. He remains one of Marvel's best-known public representatives.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A unique deviation from Stan Lee's natural element, May 10, 2002

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Joshua C Harrison (Kirkland, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Alien Factor (Hardcover)

Alien Factor is a sci-fi, action book based in a time that Stan Lee has practice with -- the Second World War. But this isn't exactly Captain America material. Rather, Lee makes heros out of Hogan, a thick skinned soldier, and a young French boy tangled in an intergalactic debacle.

The book has a great theme beneath its pages, though I often could sense that Stan Lee was straining to write the book. From time to time it can be hard to follow Lee's written form, and I often felt that if he had a picture next to the text (like in a comic book) it would have made much more sense. But if you can devote yourself to the book, you may find it worthwhile. I think this is a 3 star book that was written by a 5 star mind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Logan's Losers" lose it, February 21, 2003

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alien Factor (Hardcover)

This is not a bad book, but is not the book it claims to be. Lee combines two favorite ideas in a story of alien contact during WWII. But the alien is really just a McGuffin, and the reader is treated to a tale of Allies, Nazis, Communists, spies and resistance all trying to outfox one another and protect their own ideas. The alien could easily be replaced with a munitions dump, secret weapon, or other typical WWII target without changing the story very much. Good war story but a lousy alien tale.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this one, December 14, 2002

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Timothy J. Mccarthy "Mongo" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alien Factor (Mass Market Paperback)

Sci Fi and WWII don't mix well in this failed effort. Imagine the Dirty Dozen saving ET from the Nazis in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and you've got the story. Lee is not a bad writer, but there's just no originality here. He gets sloppy with his facts too. The villan's pistol is alternately a Luger and a Ruger. The good guy is sometimes referred to as a Captain, sometimes a Major, and sometimes a Colonel. Give this one a miss.