Happy Birthday Stan Lee! Stan the Man is an icon of Marvel Comics. He started as an assistant in 1939 at Timely Comics which later became Marvel Comics. Lee’s first comic story was in a back-up feature of Captain America #5 (1941). The time of Marvel Comics came in the Silver Age with Fantastic Four #1 (1961) with Stan Lee’s frequent co-creator Jack Kirby. There was a wealth of characters created from that moment. Lee created a Marvel icon who was closely identified with the company working with Steve Ditko with the first appearance of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962). Jack Kirby’s artwork and Stan Lee’s words resulted in The Incredible Hulk #1 (1962), the first appearance of Thor in Journey into Mystery #83 (1962), Iron Man’s debut with Tales of Suspense #39 (1963), all of whom grouped together in Avengers #1 (1963).He also teamed with Kirby to create the mutant team with The X-Men #1 (1963).
Then, Stan Lee worked with Steve Ditko to co-create Doctor Strange in Strange Tales #110 (1963). All of these characters appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He later teamed with artist Bill Everett to co-create Daredevil with Daredevil #1 (1964). Stan Lee’s thoughts inspired readers with his feature, “Stan’s Soapbox”, and made Marvel fans with the Merry Marvel Marching Society. The Lee and Kirby run on Fantastic Four introduced many memorable characters including Black Panther in Fantastic Four #52 (1966). Also, the Silver Surfer in the “Galactus Trilogy” which begun with Fantastic Four #48 (1966). Lee provided narration for Marvel Productions animated series starting with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981-1983).
Lee wrote a number of books on comic books including Origins of Marvel Comics (1974), How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way (1984) with John Buscema, and Stan Lee’s How to Draw Comics (2010). He wrote novels for example Dunn’s Conundrum (1985), an espionage story, Stan Lee’s Riftworld: Odyssey (1996) co-written with Bill McCay and he wrote with Stuart Moore the super hero novel, The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence (2015). Stan Lee made his first superhero cameo in the television movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989). He hosted the show, Stan Lee’s Superhumans, from 2010 to 2014. Lee wrote and put his own spin on DC Comics characters with Just Imagine… in 2001. In 2002, Stan Lee wrote his autobiography, Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee, co-authored with George Mair.
He was given his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. Stan Lee was made a Disney Legend in 2017. In 2018, Stan Lee had cameos in Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Antman and the Wasp, Venom, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. Stan Lee died in November 2018. His voice work finished with Boss Awesome and as Fred’s Dad in the second season of Big Hero 6: The Series. Lee’s last live action cameos were in Captain Marvel as himself and Avengers: Endgame in 2019. Let’s leave with Stan’s lines from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: “I’m going to miss him”, he of course means Spider-Man, but it also applies to Stan Lee, “We were friends, you know.” It seems Stan Lee was friends with everyone. Excelsior!
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