Mark Millar was born in Coatbridge in 1969.
One of six children, he was introduced to the world of comics by an older brother, Bobby, at the age of four. He was bought a copy of The Amazing Spider-Man: and its impact has led to one of the great careers in the comic book world.
Now, 43 years later, after a lauded spell working at DC, Marvel and steering his own comic battleship - Millarworld - he is being compared to the secular god of modern comic books, Stan Lee, and is at the centre of one of Scotland's biggest entertainment deals.
Millar has already made an indelible impact on the world comics and, more recently, comic-book movies - almost as indelible as the spider web he drew on his face which refused to come off for his first Communion.
After growing up in Coatbridge, Millar studied at Glasgow University - politics and economics, but dropped out after his father died, and realised it was "comics or nothing."
His talent for writing comic tales, often unending settled narratives, for the two titans of the comic book world, DC (his first job for DC was writing Swamp Thing) and Marvel, led him to work on some of the company's leading characters including Superman, Batman, The Flash, Spider-Man, and X Men and Wolverine.
Seeking more control, he went on to establish Millarworld, with his wife Lucy, nearly in 2004, and worked with leading artists of the graphic novel world, including fellow Scot Frank Quitely.
Millarworld has gathered around 20 different major storylines, or franchises, and it is this rich story of material that Netflix have paid and undisclosed, but no doubt considerable amount, for.
Two of his creations are not part of the deal: Millar said that Kingsman and Kiss-Ass have their own unique deals and won't move to Netflix.
Made an OBE for his services to film and literature in 2013, Millar has said he wants his charitable body to help revitalise his hometown, but last year he revealed another ambition: running Scotland's main arts funding body, Creative Scotland.
Although it is fair to ask whether the Netflix deal has derailed his plans, he said he would apply for the top job of chief executive of Creative Scotland, should be it be open from 2019. He said it was his "dream job" in April last year.
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