Stan Lee
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Date: 05-06-1962
Spider-Man, Thor, The Hulk, Dr. Strange, X-Men and Daredevil. All incredibly famous superheroes and all of them come from the brilliant mind of Stan Lee. He started working for Marvel Comics in 1941. The first comic he ever worked on was the third edition of Captain America. In the 50's, Marvel's biggest competitor D.C. Comics became very populair and Stan Lee's assignment was to develop new characters. His approach was to "humanize" the superheroes and make them less perfect with more human flaws. In 1962 Stan Lee came up with a new superhero that had to relate to teenagers. Usually a teenage superhero was the sidekick. This time, Peter Parker was the star of the comic. An everyday teenager who became a superhero by accident and had to deal with the everyday struggles a teenager has to go through. Spider-Man became Stan Lee's most populair superhero and Marvel Comics became a world-wide succes. Stan Lee became the public face for Marvel and famous himself. Marvel eventually was sold for nearly 5 billion dollars to The Walt Disney Company in 2009. Stan Lee died in 2018 at the age of 95. |
Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962) first introduced the character. It was a gateway to commercial success for the superhero and inspired the launch of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book. Cover art by penciller Jack Kirby and inker Steve Ditko
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Did you know?
When Hollywood films of Marvel's superheroes became populair, Stan Lee appeared in every Marvel movie with a cameo (a small part) as a running gag. |
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Location:
Marvel's headquarters are based on 42nd Street, New York City.
Marvel's headquarters are based on 42nd Street, New York City.
