Stan Lee, one of the greatest icons in the history of comics, was born 95 years ago in New York. He is the creator of dozens of superheroes such as Spiderman, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, among others.
His ideas were illustrated by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.
Stan Lee was the one who popularized the superheroes and was one of the creators of the comic industry.
His charisma and his creative capacity have influenced many young authors.
Here we present a list of 10 interesting things that you did not know or that you did not remember about this famous writer:
- His foray into the forms was in the obituary section of a newspaper.
- Stan Lee’s debut in the comic book industry was with the third number of Captain in 1941 America.
- Unlike those of the competition, their characters had a weak point, whether economically, in love, with temperament or something that brings them closer to reality and empathize with their readers.
- Stan Lee is considered one of the fathers in narrative continuity in comics, so each copy of each character felt for the same universe
- His distinctive word is “Excelsior!”
- One of his greatest wishes was that Bob Kane, (Batman co-creator) had the opportunity to see the first Spider-Man movie.
- He has his own comic book convention, called Stan Lee’s Comikaze.
- He insisted on calling his characters with first and last name with the same initial letter; Peter Parker, Green Goblin, Silver Surfer, J. Jonah Jameson, among others
- Stan Lee has made a total of 35 cameos in the Marvel films.
- When Stan Lee finished high school, he worked as a trainee in Timely Comics (today, Marvel Comics).
Before his demise, Stan Lee does did not stop writing columns and occasional scripts. The writer had had cameos in almost every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.