| The Comic Book Greats | |
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| Genre | Interview |
| Created by | Stan Lee |
| Directed by | Rick Stawinski |
| Starring | Stan Lee |
| Composers | Rick and Rob Stawinski |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Peter Bierstedt, Stan Lee, Michael R. Rielly |
| Producer | Paul Burke |
| Production location | Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Dennis Weiler, Dave Jenkins |
| Editor | Dan Fox |
| Production company | Excelsior Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1991 (1991) – 1992 (1992) |
The Comic Book Greats is a 1991[1] documentary series produced by Stabur Home Video. The series was hosted by Stan Lee. Stan interviewed a different comic book artist for each episode. The artists interviewed include Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Sergio Aragonés, Chris Claremont, Bob Kane, John Romita Sr., John Romita Jr. and Will Eisner.[2]
| Episode | Title | Original Airdate | |
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| (1) | "Todd McFarlane Interview" | 1991 (1991) | |
| (2) | "Rob Liefeld Interview" | 1991 (1991) | |
| (3) | "Sergio Aragonés Interview" | 1991 (1991) | |
| (4) | "Overkill with Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld" | 1991 (1991) | |
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Stan Lee challenges Rob Liefeld and Todd McFarlane to design a character in twenty minutes with the name "Over Kill". The character Liefeld and McFarlane came up with became the basis for the character Overt-Kill.
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| (5) | "Interview with Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis" | 1992 (1992) | |
| (6) | "How to create a comic book, Interview with Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld" | 1992 (1992) | |
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Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio give some tips on creating comics.
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| (7) | "Chris Claremont Interview" | 1992 (1992) | |
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Claremont discusses X-Men comics, his creative process, aviation and movie adaptations.
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| (8) | "The Romitas" | 1992 (1992) | |
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Interview with John Romita Sr. and John Romita Jr.
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| (9) | "Interview with Bob Kane" | 1992 (1992) | |
| (10) | "Jim Lee Interview" | 1992 (1992) | |
| (11) | "Will Eisner Interview" | 1992 (1992) | |
| (12) | "Whilce Portacio Interview" | 1992 (1992) | |
| (13) | "Compendium of Greatest Moments with artists from Comic Book Greats Series" | 1992 (1992) | |
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The episode features the best moments of Aragonés, Davis, Eisner, Kane, Kurtzman, Lee, Liefeld, McFarlane, Portacio and the Romitas.
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