Stan Lee Collaborates with Hiroyuki Takei

Shuesha Inc, one of the largest publishers in Japan, has announced that Stan Lee, creator of Spiderman and Xmen, will be teaming up with Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of 'Shaman King' to work on a prologue chapter called 'ULTIMO'.

'ULTIMO' will represent a first of its kind partnership between Lee and a Japanese manga creator.

It will consist of 32 pages, which includes 3 pages in full colour. The chapter is set to debut in a special April issue of the Japanese manga magazine Jump SQ.

Stan Lee says, 'I am deeply honored for this great opportunity to collaborate with an award-winning artist/writer of the stature of Hiroyuki Takei. I enthusiastically expect that the combination of an American story-telling style merged with Takei-san's acclaimed Japanese style will result in our joint creation 'ULTIMO' presenting an original, exciting type of manga that will appeal to comic book fans around the world.'