Stan Lee introduced his
epic poem "God Woke" during the 1972 event
A Night with Stan Lee at Carnegie Hall, where it was recited by Lee's wife and daughter. In the mid 2010s, Mariano Nicieza, president of the publishing company Shatner Singularity, founded by actor and author
William Shatner, negotiated with Lee and with Gil Champion of Lee's
POW! Entertainment to adapt the poem as a
graphic novel. Nicieza's brother, comic-book writer
Fabian Nicieza, created visualizations to match the text. Mariano Nicieza became the primary artist on the book, abetted by artists Nadir Balan, Shane Connoly, Rick Emond, Walter Flanagan, John Hebert, Wilson Ramos Jr., Michael Yakutis and Kelly Zimmerman. The book was edited by Shatner Singularity editor-in-chief
Frank Lovece, with Matt Murray credited as POW! Entertainment editor. Ramos served as the publisher's art director and lettered the book, and he and Mariano Nicieza were the colorists. The project was overseen by editor
Frank Lovece. Lee introduced ''Stan Lee's 'God Woke''' at a panel at the 2016
Comic-Con International. Lee in 2017 said of poem, "Sometimes you get a thought in your mind and it won’t let go. I’ve had some notions about man’s relationship with God that kept spinning around my brain 'til I had to put them down on paper. That’s the reason for 'God Woke'. Or, you might think of it as therapy for Stan." ==Synopsis==