The Man Who Created The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman,The Fantastic Four, Thor, The X-Men, The Black Panther, and many more, has died at age 95
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Lee in 1975
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| Born | Stanley Martin Lieber December 28, 1922 New York City , U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 2018(aged 95) Los Angeles , California , U.S. |
| Area(s) | Comic book writer, editor, publisher |
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Were it not for Stan Lee, superheroes would be fewer in number, financially poorer, but better-adjusted people. The torch-bearing writer, editor, and longtime Marvel Comics head honcho has died, . He was 95.
In a six-decade career as comic-dom’s reigning creative, Lee helped cast the template for the modern caped crusader, conjuring up hundreds of heroes who pulsed with his signature brand of bruised humanity — among them Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and Thor.
Lee’s innovations pushed comic books from the edge of obscurity to the cultural forefront as a legitimate American art form. And he helped usher in an era when superhero movies, including such global blockbusters as Marvel Studios’ Iron Man and Avengers franchises, rank as Hollywood’s most reliably bankable entertainment properties.
The son of working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania, Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York in 1922. He adopted his famous pseudonym while employed as a proofreader and text filler at Timely Comics, the pulp publisher that later became Marvel. “I felt someday I’d be writing the Great American Novel and I didn’t want to use my real name on these silly little comics,” said Lee, who later legally adopted his pen name.
In the early ’60s, when superheroes battled villainy as blandly indestructible paragons of virtue, the comics upstart grew disenchanted with such strait-laced characters as Superman, Batman, and the Flash, who were then flourishing at rival DC Comics. As a result, Lee strayed from accepted tropes to create an interlocking network of heroes with a kind of flawed humanity — a breakthrough dubbed the “Marvel revolution” that would ripple across popular culture for decades
I can testify that I read comic books as a boy. I "identify" with Thor when I was a child. I read them all! And right now, though I do not have a comic book anywhere around, I can smell the scent of the pages of those books from the corner pharmacy bottom shelf! My fondest memory of comic books is when the cartoonist would take me into "thought" bubbles of one of my greatest heroes! Fanboy!
The Marvel movies, I watch them all. I know all the characters. I am so grateful to Stan Lee for blending these characters into my childhood recipe for life. I am so grateful to Stan Lee for licensing his characters for big production movies, I am totally grateful for Stan Lee giving me a chance to watch him age through his cameo (yes, I looked for him too!), and lastly, I am grateful to Mr. Lee for living a long life so that he could re-touch young souls graying now to revisit the magic of our youth!
Mr. Stan Lee - you did us all a "solid."
Yes sir! I can testify!
Bummer ..... no more sneak cameos in Marvel movies.
RIP Stan, you brought a lot of joy to a lot of people.
I think Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 have both wrapped shooting, so I would guess we will still see him in those. I also expect one or both of the movies to be dedicated to him.
I read the comic books when I was young, the Fantastic Four was my favorite.
I havent seen many of the Marvel movies, and generally consider superhero movies to be a blight on the entertainment world.
They used to make westerns and war movies for "action" entertainment. Now it is all superheroes and CGI. I don't really care for it, but obviously Stan Lee is a giant in the history of American entertainment.
You must be thinking of DC movies, Lol
Some of them are outstanding.
I have to agree, I like the back story idea were the average person on the street who might get bullied or, is just having relationship problems can become a "hero".
X-Men were mine
It's the X-Men that really drew me into comics. Make mine Marvel!
Nice collection. I have boxes full of comics I collected.
See I never cared for westerns or war movies for 'action' entertainment. I just recently started getting into Stan Lee's superheroes/movies, never read his comic books, or as they call them today 'graphic novels'
Stan is a legend and his legacy will go on for a long time.
WHAT A LIFE! WHAT A LIFE! WHAT A LIFE! Shine on, YOU 'CRAZY' DIAMOND!
Stan Lee was the nicest guy. I met him once in the mid 80's at a comic book store in the old Arcade in Providence RI (the Arcade is the oldest indoor shopping mall in the USA built in 1828'). It was a weekday and I guess the word hadn't gotten out that He'd be there because nobody showed up and I just happened by and ended up talking to him for over an hour till the shop owner got pissed. I guess he was paying for Stan's appearance and figured if Stan Lee was going to just hang out and have a conversation it should be with him. Stan was awesome though just a regular Dude as friendly as can be and talked to me as if I were an Equal even though I was only 16. So sad that He has passed, I always looked forward to his Cameo's in his characters movies.
This is very sad and disgusting, but I am seeing stories and tweets on the internet of people saying they are glad he is dead and calling him racist and sexist. All you have to do is look at his body of work and the time in which he published his creations to see how stupid that is. Stan Lee spent his career and creative talent fighting against bigotry in a time when that wasn't real popular.
I was a huge fan of comic books when I was a kid and mostly Marvel comics. As a little girl, I first got into them from a series that ran in the early 60's.
My favorites were The Hulk, Thor and of course Spiderman. I also like the Fantastic Four.
As a kid who had a reading disability, reading comics helped me a lot.
RIP Stan. Your stories and characters will live forever.
And yes, my mom threw out my comics.
Not a Spiderman fan, but that's pretty awesome
Me either but, I thought it was awesome too.
Heartbreaking Fan Art Sees Marvel Heroes Mourning Stan Lee
Nice.