- Born
- DiedNovember 12, 2018 · Los Angeles, California, USA (cardiac arrest with respiratory failure and congestive heart failure)
- Birth nameStanley Martin Lieber
- Nicknames
- The Man
- Generalissimo
- Stan the Man
- The King of Cameos
- Smilin' Stan
- Height1.80 m
- Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, the X-Men, and many other fictional characters, introducing a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. In addition, he challenged the comics' industry's censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, indirectly leading to it updating its policies. Lee subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
He had cameo appearances in many Marvel film and television projects, with many yet to come, posthumously. A few of these appearances are self-aware and sometimes reference Lee's involvement in the creation of certain characters.
On 16 July 2017, Lee was named a Disney Legend, a hall of fame program that recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.
Stan was married to Joan Lee for almost 70 years, until her death. The couple had two children. Joan died on July 6, 2017. Stan died on November 12, 2018, in LA.- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges
- SpouseJoan Lee(December 5, 1947 - July 6, 2017) (her death, 2 children)
- ChildrenJan Lee
- ParentsCelia SolomonJack Lieber
- RelativesLarry Lieber(Sibling)
- Often narrated animated series featuring his Marvel Comics characters
- Often named his characters in alliterate patterns like Peter Parker and Sue Storm to help remember their names
- His signature dark sunglasses
- Cameos in the films based on his comics
- Often referred to faithful fans as "true believers."
- Despises the idea of sidekicks, which is why virtually none of the Marvel characters had them.
- Judy Garland's daughter, Lorna Luft, lived with Lee and his family for a period of time while her mother was in rehab in the 1960s. Stan's daughter, J.C. Lee, and Luft were friends and Lorna stayed with the family for about a month until she went to California to live with her father.
- He is often asked where he got the idea for his famous quote, "With great power comes great responsibility." He says, "It just came to me.".
- Due to his advancing age, he shot several cameos ahead of upcoming movies - just in case. The first of such posthumous cameos appeared in Captain Marvel (2019), which also a special Marvel opening credit as a tribute.
- He first began to work on comics in 1941 on the third issue of Captain America.
- I felt someday I'd write the Great American Novel and I didn't want to use my real name on these silly little comics" [about why he changed his name to Stan Lee to begin with.]
- If a character had the first initial in both names, I could at least remember one of the names" [his reason for creating characters with the same initial... bad memory]
- I've had the same thing for years. I have orange juice and then I have cereal. I have granola with berries and sliced bananas and a cup of coffee and man it's great. I'm a creature of habit. [When asked about what he has for breakfast.]
- The X-Men are basically just me being really lazy. If I said that their powers came from a mutation that would be it. I wouldn't have to explain it any further.
- I love Marvel and the people there. I'm glad I'm still part of it.
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