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When I think about my influences as a writer/journalist, the names that come to mind include Stephen King, John O'Grady, James Herriot, John Wyndham and Hunter S. Thompson. But about halfway through Excelsior!, I realised there was another man who shaped the way I wrote - and the course I took in life - as much as any of those aforementioned. His name was Stan Lee, and Excelsior! is his autobiography (or "bio-autography" as he calls it, which we'll get to in due course).

One of my earliest memories is watching The Incredible Hulk on television. I must have been only three or four. I had a strange relationship with the show: throughout the 'boring' parts I would be willing David Banner to change into the Hulk, but when he finally did I'd get so scared I'd put a cushion in front of my face.

I also watched the Spider-Man TV show, and the crappy (and not-so-crappy) animated series they made from The Incredible Hulk, Steve ditko biography.