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Stan Lee
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To me, the human aspect of superheroes has always been, perhaps, the most important part.
— “Stan Lee: What Makes a Superhero?”, TEDxGateway 2013 conference.
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
- Fame76.0
- Momentum10.0
- Writers rank#174
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- Fame76.0
- Momentum10.0
- Writers rank#174
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Lived 1922–2018, aged 96United States
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He co-created Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, and a dozen other characters that rewired what superheroes could be—then spent half a century turning those creations into the biggest film franchise on earth, racking up more box-office than any actor alive through cameos in his own universe.
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Stanley Lieber started at Timely Comics as a young writer and climbed through a family business that would become Marvel. In the 1960s, working with Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor, the X-Men, Black Panther, and more—characters written with neuroses, rent problems, and recognizable inner lives, a break from the square-jawed norm. A decade later he took on the Comics Code Authority's censorship rules and helped crack them open. The 1980s saw him push Marvel into film and TV with uneven results; the 1990s brought retirement, though he stayed on as t…
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Stan Lee
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[M]ost writers — and I think it’s an unfortunate thing — they try to write something that they think a certain audience might enjoy.
— “Stan Lee: What Makes a Superhero?”, TEDxGateway 2013 conference.
Stan Lee
said
We tried to make our characters as human and empathetic as possible.
— Huffington Post, 28 March 2012
Stan Lee
said
Our faiths are similar — it's merely our religions that may differ. I have faith in the inherent goodness of man and I'm sure you feel the same. ...
— "Unlikely Saints: Stan Lee, Soupy Sales and the Golden Rule" by Peter M. Wallace, The Huffington Post (10 August 2010)
Stan Lee
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What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this.
— On Doctor Doom, in Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe (2006) by Roy Thomas
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