On November 12th 2018, legendary comic book creator, Stan Lee died. He as 95. While the cause of his death was not immediately known, it has been said that his passing was due to pneumonia. Mr Lee is best known for the characters, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Avengers, and many others, which he created or co created while working for Marvel Comics. Mr. Lee was a writer and editor in chief of Marvel Comics during the 60s.
Mr Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28th 1922 in Manhattan, New York, NY. He began his career in comics in 1939, at the age of 17, working for Timely Comics, which would go on to become, Marvel Comics. When he began scripting comics, he started using the name, Stan Lee, as his pen name. Mr Lee became the publisher of Marvel in 1972, a year after a story that he wrote threaten to create a controversy.
Some of Mr Lee's earliest collaborators included, Jack Kirby, with whom he created, the Fantastic Four in 1961 and artist, Steve Ditko, with whom he created Spider-Man, in 1962. Mr Lee moved to Hollywood in 1980 where he helped to develop Marvel Properties. Their first TV series, The Hulk, although airing for four years, was not viewed as a success. However, the success of an animated X-Men TV series which aired on FOX from 1992 to 1997, led to the live action X-Men franchise.
Through out the many films that Marvel has released, Mr lee has had a both a producer's credit and a cameo appearance. In the 1990s, he was named chairman emeritus of Marvel. Mr Lee's wife Joan B. Lee, died July 6, 2017. He is survived by his daughters, Joan Celia Lee and Jan Lee.
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