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  Stan Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stan "The Man" Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922, New York, New York) is an American writer, editor, Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics and memoirist, who — with several artist co-creators, especially Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko — introduced complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books.
Lee's superheroes captured the imagination of teens and young adults who were part of the population spike known as the post World War II baby boom.
Stan Lee Media filed for bankruptcy in February 2001, and Paul fled to São Paulo, Brazil.
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 Talk:Stan Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby after then both worked on SS for the next several years giving flesh to the character, and because of that Stan Lee is officially credited as a co-creator.
Lee was born 12/28/22, and got his assistant job in mid-to-late 1939 at what he says was 16 1/2, after having graduated high school early (per his autobiography and other sources).
Stan Lee, was born into a jewish family, (originally named Stanley Lieber) but I don't know if he practices or not.
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 Stan Lee Biography
Stan Lee, Chairman of Marvel Comics and Marvel Films, is known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comicbook industry.
Stan Lee defined the atomic age, simultaneously creating the myth of the atom while exploring the truth of the human condition.
Lee's characters span the human spirit, dwelling in the darkness and weakness that is humanity, while showing the hero inside of all of us.
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 Comic creator: Stan Lee
Stan Lee wrote numerous stories, mostly for the superhero comics: 'The Witness', 'The Destroyer', 'Jack Frost', 'Whizzer' and 'Black Marvel' are but a few of the series he created.
The strength of Lee's scripts (which he created in collaboration with artist Jack Kirby) was that he depicted his characters, endowed with super-human abilities, yet with human failings and emotions the reader could identify with.
Stan Lee and his Marvel studios came into the limelight when the first Spider-Man movie was released in 2002, at the delight of his fans.
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 Welcome to The Stan Lee Web
Stan Lee’s creations established their roots in the comic book form of narrative storytelling which they went on to dominate and now, his immortal characters have transcended to the Big Screens of the motion picture industry and have broken all time box office records.
Despite the incredible and successful production record of Stan Lee’s past and present achievements in the motion picture genre, he continues with his characteristic enthusiasm, producing copious amounts of storylines for a whole new cast of Superheroes that will undoubtedly be setting new box office records as they come to “a theater near you”.
Stan Lee’s writings and creations have impacted the lives of millions and his superheroes have caused many of us to aspire to greater heights.
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 USATODAY.com - Stan Lee rises from dot-com rubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Almost four years later, Stan Lee, the usually chatty comic-book icon who redefined the genre with angst-filled superheroes such as Spider-Man and X-Men, is still at a loss to explain.
In early 2000, Stan Lee Media was one of the most-hyped dot-coms, generating buzz on Wall Street, where it traded at $31 a share, and in the tech world.
Lee couldn't have conjured a character as colorful as Paul, a sometimes-mysterious figure with searing eyes and grand gestures.
www.usatoday.com /money/media/2004-05-12-stan-lee_x.htm   (1845 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Stan Lee
Winston Churchill was equally inspiring to Stan Lee as one of the great writers and one of the Great War leaders of his time because he held the nation of England together during WWII.
One of Stan's dreams was to establish Entertainers for Education in which actors, actresses, singers and all types of entertainers lend their talents to teaching teachers how to keep their audience, in this case their students, enthralled and eager to come to class and share the excitement of learning.
Lee is my hero because he went after his dreams and he has entertained millions of comic book fans...He has created many heroes for us to admire and sparked our imagination trying to take our mind off of every day life and taking us to a world full of heroes and villans.
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 The Stan Lee Web - Stan's Bio
Well, Stan Lee— the production machine that he is— was on a roll and he once again turned to Jack Kirby to illustrate an entirely new set of Superheroes which Stan Lee had dreamed up, a group of mutants that become known as the X-Men.
Stan Lee, who had always worked under a handshake agreement, for the first time was given an official contract with Marvel.
Stan Lee is now regarded as one of Hollywood’s most distinguished icons, since films based on his creations have broken all time box office records.
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 "Stan Lee: Comic Guru" by Michael Goldman
Lee is also gratified that, after numerous snafus over the years, some Marvel characters will finally begin hitting the big screen in live-action film formats.
For Lee and most of his fans, though, it all began with comics, and without the fertile creative explosion that occurred at Marvel in the early 1960s, the worlds of animation and feature films would be without some major action characters.
He thought he shouldn't use his given name, Stan Lieber, on "mere comic books when I was hoping to do much more important writing later." Of course, he ended up doing his "important" writing on comic books for decades, and eventually, he had his name legally changed to Stan Lee.
www.awn.com /mag/issue2.4/awm2.4pages/2.4goldmanlee.html   (2289 words)

  
 Stan Lee - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lee invented the vocabulary and the attitude of the modern superhero, placing his characters and their complex stories in a vivid, literary landscape.
Lee was also a principal architect of the modern comic book, a major signpost in popular culture and one of the great American art forms of the 20th century.
Lee was an underdog himself, but he felt readily able to fill Simon's heroic shoes.
dir.salon.com /people/bc/1999/08/17/lee/index.html?sid=214601   (708 words)

  
 Stan Lee - Biography - Moviefone
Born in New York in 1922, it was at the age of 17 that Lee began work as an assistant editor for Timely Comics.
Though many of the characters had appeared in cartoon form on television in the previous decade, their transformation from animated characters to living, breathing humans truly brought comics into a new light and exposed them to audiences who otherwise might have scoffed at such fiction.
In the decades since, Lee's creations have not only graced the pages of comic books, but have sprang to life as never before with numerous film and television adaptations.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/stan-lee/99176/biography   (309 words)

  
 Heroes Wanted: Stan Lee Media Struggles to Stay Afloat
On December 15, with its stockholders still reeling, Stan Lee Media announced that the plunge scuttled the company's badly needed financing, forcing it to suspend operations and lay off nearly all of its 140 employees.
In a press release, Ken Williams, President and CEO of Stan Lee Media, expressed a glimmer of hope in saying, "We still believe in the fundamentals of our business plan and are proud of the work we have accomplished to date...
A prime target is Peter F. Paul, a long-time friend of Stan Lee and co-founder of Stan Lee Media who had served as a consultant to the company since its inception.
www.awn.com /mag/issue5.11/5.11pages/rogersslee.php3   (729 words)

  
 Just Imagine Stan Lee . . . - PopMatters Comic Book Review
Stan Lee created (or helped create) innumerable characters for Marvel Comics in the 1960s, starting with the Fantastic Four and proceeding to such icons as Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men.
Lee was spurred by the success of rival DC's already-established superheroes such as Batman and Superman.
Lee's ear for speech hasn't diminished with time - the sentiments expressed by his characters are wise, earnest, preposterous, but they all manage to be both recognizably human and lightning-stroke vivid.
www.popmatters.com /comics/just-imagine-stan-lee.shtml   (1168 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | The comic book genius of Stan Lee
Stan Lee, the man responsible for a string of comic superheroes that have become household names, has won a court battle for a slice of the profits from the hit Spider-Man movies.
Lee's answer, in 1961, was the Fantastic Four - a team of astronauts who gained super powers after being bombarded with cosmic rays.
Without immediately knowing it, Stan Lee had ushered in the golden age of comics, and his imagination was rekindled.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4191503.stm   (777 words)

  
 Marvel Legend Spins Spidey Lawsuit - Nov 13, 2002 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Comics legend Stan Lee, who with artist Steve Ditko, hatched the web-slinger in 1962, filed a $10 million-plus lawsuit against Marvel Enterprises Tuesday in New York, claiming his longtime employer is cheating him out of his baby's movie profits.
Per the complaint, Lee's also being cut out of the action on Marvel's movie deals regarding two more of his creations: Daredevil and the Hulk, soon to be immortalized in Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck, and Hulk, starring Eric Bana, respectively.
While Lee steered clear of business controversies as publisher, he was dragged into a bitter one when Kirby battled for ownership of his original artwork.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,10838,00.html   (679 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Comic creator Stan Lee sues Marvel over movie profits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stan Lee, who crafted a menagerie of superpowered heroes with very human flaws, says Marvel Entertainment has tried to shut him out of the "jackpot" success of this summer's Spider-Man movie.
Lee's attorneys filed court papers in Manhattan federal court, saying that Marvel signed a deal to give their client 10% of any profits from his characters used in films and television shows.
Lee's creations, defendants have failed and refused to honor their commitments to him," the lawsuit charges.
www.usatoday.com /money/media/2002-11-13-stan-lee-sues-marvel_x.htm   (379 words)

  
 CNN.com - Review: Putting Stan Lee in his place - Oct. 8, 2003
Lee's metamorphosis from bespectacled kid in the Bronx to living symbol of a billion-dollar entertainment empire is every bit as impressive as any super hero origin story.
Several of the artists who were with Lee at the beginning of Marvel's ascendancy feel slighted when he is lionized as "creator" of popular heroes.
"Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of American Comic Book" is an insightful examination of a publishing phenomenon that has become an integral part of pop culture.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/books/10/08/review.stan.lee/index.html   (618 words)

  
 Stan Lee - Marvel Universe
Stan "The Man" Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922, New York City) is an American writer, editor, Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics and memoirist, who — with several artist co-creators, especially Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko — introduced complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books.
Lee befriended Hollywood entrepreneur Peter Paul when Lee was tapped by movie legend Jimmy Stewart in 1989 to chair the American Spirit Foundation established by Paul and Stewart.
Lee has cameo roles in the Fox Broadcasting Company telefilms Generation X (1996) and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. In X-Men (2000), Lee appears as a hotdog vendor on the beach when Senator Kelly materializes naked onshore after escaping from Magneto.
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 Stan "The Man" Lee
Lee also decided to do a title about the furtive Spider-Man. He ran an ad in the Daily Bugle and set up a hot line, and his secretary ended up taking calls from people who claimed to have seen Spider-Man, about what he was like.
Stan Lee noted that, unknown to scientist and the others, the "Red Death" did not spread more than twenty miles in any direction, so in fact the scientist and the holdouts were not the last people on Earth.
Note that many of Stan Lee appearances are intended to be humorous, and their canonical status in the Marvel Universe is doubtful, particularly his#-1 appearances, where he was only a host.
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 Stan Lee
Lee is revered by comic book fans for creating Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and other fresh superheroes of the 1960s.
The company was overshadowed by rival D.C. Comics (home to Superman) but in the 1960s Lee made Marvel into a comics powerhouse by introducing conflicted, wisecracking superheroes who were as different from Superman as was Steve McQueen from Gary Cooper.
(His Stan Lee Media was a prominent dot-com flop.) Feature films based on Lee's Marvel characters include Spider-Man (2002, with Tobey Maguire), The X-Men (2000) and 2003's The Hulk (directed by Ang Lee, no relation to Stan).
www.infoplease.com /biography/var/stanlee.html   (289 words)

  
 Stan Lee's Spidey Score Settled - Jan 20, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As for Lee, who oversaw such unforgettable characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil and the Fantastic Four, he says he is thrilled with the settlement but unhappy that he had to resort to legal wrangling to get paid.
Lee began with Marvel in 1939, and served as writer, editor, art director, head writer and publisher for the company before effectively retiring from active duty and becoming chairman emeritus.
He filed the lawsuit in November 2002, pointing out a clause in his contract that entitled him to 10 percent of TV, movie and merchandising deals, an amount he thought was significantly higher than the $1 million-per-year salary he currently receives.
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 Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels
Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels is a must-have for any hardcore comics fan.
Stan's work will live forever, but now fans can have his words and experiences to cherish as well.
Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels is available from Amazon.com.
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 Amazon.com: Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1: Books: Stan Lee,Steve Ditko,Jack Kirby,Sam Rosen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stan Lee is often ridiculed for his overwrought prose, but his Spider-Man tales remain extremely poignant and affecting some four decades after they were written, while their postmodern successors seem dated already.
Lee and Ditko's creativity is to be marveled at, given the number of characters they created during these twenty issues which are still viable in 2000.
Stan Lee, comic creator legend (created X-men, Daredevil, Hulk, and much more)writes some of best Spider-man stories ever, creating a character that we can all relate to in one way or another.
www.amazon.com /Essential-Spider-Man-Vol-Stan-Lee/dp/0785109889   (3073 words)

  
 "Stan Lee, Savior of Youth" by Wil Forbis
If I met Stan Lee as a bum I'd invite him back to my place and let him crash on the couch.
I would have assumed that when Conan announced that "Stan Lee" was going to be on the show, the response would been bewildered looks and occasional drooling.
And Stan was our favorite uncle, always there with a web spinnin', earth shattering, spine tingling good time.
www.swingmachine.org /issue11/stanlee.html   (627 words)

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