Stan Lee , founder of Marvel and creator of his most famous characters, died at age 95, according to the TMZ portal. He was transferred to emergency on the morning of November 12 to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he lost his life.
According to the media in question, the news was confirmed by his daughter JC Lee. He had been facing various health problems such as pneumonia and vision problems, for which he was in the care of a group of nurses in his home.
The family lawyer confirmed the death of Stan Lee to the Associated Press agency.
Stan Lee created Marvel Comics with Jack Kirby in 1961, as well as celebrities such as The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and The Avengers.
Stanley Martin Lieber, got an assistant job at Timely Comics, now Marvel Comics. At age 20, he debuted as a two-page scriptwriter starring Captain America, for which he first used his pseudonym “Stan Lee.” In 1960, he thought about leaving Marvel Comics, although his wife convinced him to create “the comic he wanted to do”.
That was how in 1961 he presented the world to The Fantastic Four, his first great success. Years later, he would add his work to that of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, with whom he created most of the most famous characters of this publishing house, making it the most important publishing house of that time, marking the beginning of the Silver Age of comics U.S.
His creations include characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, the Incredible Hulk, Black Panther, Silver Surfer and, the most successful group, The Avengers. Over the years, his work leapt from the pages of comics to television and movies, which caused his fame to increase with the already known cameos.
His face became a constant in the cinematic adaptations of Marvel comics.
He appeared in the movie Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, Daredevil, the Avengers, Ant-Man and Avengers.
To all of them he also breathed great touches of humor, similar to the one he exhibited in real life. So much that he even played with the names that he put to each character, many of whom shared the initials of their first and last names.
Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Fantastic Four, Bruce Banner or Pepper Potts are some examples in the long list of characters that made Marvel the most important publishing house of the time.
Of all of them Stan Lee opted for Iron Man and, as always, with humor: “He’s incredibly rich, he’s attractive, women love him, he’s a perfect guy,” he said of the character who jumped to the big screen with the face of Robert Downey Jr. .
A jump supervised by Lee, who was the main driver of comic book projects in film.
He moved to Hollywood in the 80’s and began to develop projects for television which would be the predecessors of the cinematic explosion that would come some time later.
And from the beginning he was enthusiastic about the cinematographic adaptations of his stories, in which he always wanted to participate with cameos. Even if they were just for a few seconds his followers waited anxiously in each film in a search their eternal comic creator.
He also served as the executive producer of each of these projects, films that have become a genre in themselves: the cinema of superheroes.
With a success so overwhelming that the adventures of these characters have multiplied halfway between humans and gods in which Lee moved like a fish in water.
A legendary figure to which the Taschen publishing house has dedicated an enormous book that is about to come out and that defines as “the (almost) true story of Stan Lee, a giant size extravaganza fruit of eight years of work on the unique and incomparable godfather of the comic.”
From all the Nerds you helped inspire, may you rest in peace Mr. Marvel, Stan Lee.
