Stan Lee

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Who was Stan Lee?

Stan Lee, originally named Stanley Martin Lieber, was born in 1922 in New York City and died in 2018 in Los Angeles California. He was an American comic book writer best known for his work with Marvel Comics from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition to writing, he also produced motion pictures based on his Marvel superheroes that have been very popular in the 2010s.

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What comic book superheroes did he create?

Stan Lee created or co-created many of the now famous comic book superheroes, such as, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Captain Marvel, Nick Fury, The Hulk, The Silver Surfer, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch and Ant-Man, as well as all the super villains these superheroes would fight, like Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Magneto, Galactus, Thanos, and many others.

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How did he get his start writing comic books?

After he returned from World War II, his uncle Robbie Solomon helped Stan Lee get a job in 1940s as an assistant at the new Timely Comics division of Pulp Magazine. Timely, by the 1960s, evolved into Marvel Comics. Stan started writing stories and editing comics during the 1940s and 1950s.

In the late 1950s, DC Comics can out with The Flash and the Justice League. Stan Lee was asked to come up with a new superhero team for Marvel that could compete. In 1961 Stan Lee came up with his first superhero team - the Fantastic Four. This was the start of his career at Marvel Comics.

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What made him so famous and his comic book characters so popular?

Stan Lee introduced complex, naturalistic characters who could have bad tempers, fits of depression, and vanity; they bickered amongst themselves, worried about paying their bills and impressing girlfriends, got bored or were even sometimes physically ill. The average reader could relate to the superhero because they had the same kind of worries and ups and downs. This was very different from all other superheroes being written during that time and set a new standard for comic characters.

What happened in his later life?

Over the years, Stan was widely recognized for his remarkable accomplishments, receiving the National Medal of Arts, being inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame and being named a Disney Legend. From the early 2000s he was able to bring many of his superhero characters to life in motion pictures with the of help Disney and Sony. More than two dozen films were made. He continued to work, write and enjoy life and creativity every day up to end of his life—and the world is better for it.

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What does Stan mean to me?

I liked the way he made his characters, where even though they are superheroes, they had the same personal problems as the rest of us. Stan Lee cared about the fans and readers and tried to stay humble and in touch by giving lectures and going to Comic Con conventions. His stories inspired people to pursue their dreams and to not let others push you down. And one more thing: Stan Lee was such a great man with so many dreams and he make those dreams come true.

References

https://www.biography.com/people/stan-lee-21101093

https://www.marvel.com/remembering_stan_lee

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stan-Lee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html