Stan Lee was a legendary American comics writer, producer and actor best known for being the man behind the incredible creation of Marvel Worldwide Inc. The greatest fictional superheroes and comics series. He gave life to some of the most amazing superheroes like Spider Man , The Incredible Hulk , Thor, Ant Man , X-Men , Doctor Strange , Punisher , and Guardians of the Galaxy . He also helped create a galaxy of super villains like Thanos , Doctor Doom , Venom , Green Goblin , andLoki . Stan Lee’s death ended the appearance of the cameo he’d made in nearly every Marvel film.

Born name

Stanley Martin Lieber

nickname

Stan Lee, The Man Generalissimo

Alter

Stan Lee was born on December 28, 1922.

Died

He died on November 12, 2018 at the age of 95 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

nationality

training

In 1939, Lee graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx.

occupation

Comic writer, publisher, editor-in-chief, producer, actor

family

• Father – Jacob / Jack A. Lieber (Tailor)
• Mutter – Celia Solomon
• Siblings – Larry Lieber (Younger Brother) (Comic Writer)
• Others – Simon Lieber (Paternal Grandfather), Minnie Leibowitz (Paternal Grandmother), Mel Stuart (First Cousin) (Producer, Director, Writer)

Manager

Stan Lee was represented by Pow! Entertainment, Inc.

Wealth (income and earnings)

As of November 2018, Stan Lee’s net worth was estimated at $50 million.

To build

Slim

Height

5 feet 11 inches or 180 cm

weight

71 kg or 156.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Stan Lee had dated –

1. Joan Boocock Lee (1947-2017) – Stan Lee was married to British Joan Boocock, model and voice actress, on December 5, 1947. The couple moved to Woodmere, Long Island where they bought a home in 1949. The following year their first child, a girl named Joan Celia Lee, was born. Later, in 1953, Joan gave birth to their second daughter, named Jan Lee. However, Jan died only 3 days after her birth.

race/ethnicity

White

He was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

hair colour

salt pepper

eye color

Because Stan Lee wore shaded prescription glasses, his eye color is not clear.

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• For wearing corrective glasses
• Had a mustache
• Used the word “Excelsior” quite frequently

brand promotion

• Stan Lee appeared in a commercial for Personna Razors (1976).
• In 2012 he was a part of The Avengers (2012) as a commercial for Dr. Pepper .
• In April 2014, he appeared in a commercial for the US Postal Service which coincided with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). In the ad, Stan portrayed a theater projectionist who is given a film role by Spider-Man.

Religion

He grew up in a Jewish family.

Later in his life, however, he became more of an agnostic.

Known for

• Inducted twice as a Hall of Famer, once at the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994 and again at the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995
• Create a league of superheroes like Spider Man , X-Men , Fantastic Four , Thor , The Incredible Hulk , Guardians of the Galaxy , Captain America , Guard , Hercules , Nova , Wonder Man , Colossus , Ant Man , and Iron Man
• Give lives to various super villains such as Galactus , Tyrant , Zom , Surtur , Mangog , Thanos , Ymir the Ice Giant , Onslaught , Juggernaut Loki Hela , Abomination , and Apocalypse
• Received a National Medal of the Arts in 2008

first movie

He made his big screen debut as a Marvel Comics editor in the comedy horror film, The Ambulance , in 1990.

As a voice actor, Stan Lee made his big screen debut by playing the récitant/New York narrator in the 1971 French comedy The Year 01 .

First TV show

Stan Lee made his first TV show appearance as a contestant on the family game show, Telling the Truth in 1971.

As a voice actor, he made his television show debut as a narrator in the 1982 animated series The Incredible Hulk .

controversies

• In 1971, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare wrote to Stan, asking him to include a quote about “drug control” in one of his books. Stan complied with the request and created a scenario in a Spider-Man comic issue where Harry (Spider-Man’s best friend) began to abuse drug use as he couldn’t handle his breakup. However, the comic was rejected by the CCA. But Stan published the book anyway.
• In 1998, Stan Lee signed a contract with Wunder , who stated that he would be paid a certain amount of profits from the films that featured his character creations. However, things didn’t go as planned by the contract, which he had to sue Miracle in 2002 for being underpaid. The company later compensated him $1 million before receiving 10% of the profits the company made from those films.
• In 2018, he sued POW! Entertainment for fraud seeking $1 billion in damages. However, he dropped the charges a few months later.

Stan Lee favorite things

• DC Comicfigur – Wolf
• Caricature – The Simpsons
• Filme – King Kong (1933), Inherit the Wind (1960), Am Wasser (1954), The Quiet Man (1952), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• Marvel Movie Cameo – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Plätze in Los Angeles – Restaurant Madeo, Dan Tana, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills Markt, Grill On The Alley, Nate’n Al, Disney Studios
• Comic Book Store – Golden Apple Comics
• Website to buy his pants from – Sheplers.com
• Italian Restaurant In New York – Ginos

Stan Lee Facts

1. From 1945 to 1947 he lived in a rented apartment on the top floor of a brownstone in east ’90s Manhattan.
2. Stan Lee also created a series of reimagined superheroes for DC comics entitled Imagine .
3. The catchphrase “Excelsior” was one of Stan Lee’s favorites, as he wrote it at the end of columns, said it at events, and also said it between dialogues while doing voice-overs.
4. In 1939, Stan joined Contemporary Comics and was paid $8 a week.
5. Stan Lee was a distinguished writer, winning the New York Herald Writing Contest for Teens three times.
6. The first comic story he wrote was a 28-paragraph filler titled Captain America Thwarts the Betrayer’s Revenge . It was also the first time Stan Lee’s name appeared in a comic.
7. As a child he read books by authors such as Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and HG Wells. However, his confidence grew from his mother who never underestimated her son’s talent.
8. Before becoming a comic writer, Stan Lee worked in various locations writing obituaries and delivering sandwiches. In his youth he even worked as an office boy.
9. The first superhero he helped create was called the Destroyer . The character debuted in 1941 in Mystical Comics issue #6.
10. Stan Lee served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He started out as a signals corps and was later sent off to the training film department as a playwright to work on manuals, training films, slogans and sometimes even cartoons.
11. In the late 1960s, Marvel Comics took over as the best-selling comic on the market, leaving the already established DC comics behind.
12. In 1961, Stan and artist Jack Kirby formed Wunder The very first superhero group called the Fantastic Four . Later, Lee and Jack also slapped together other characters from Marvel to form the ultimate superhero group known as The Avengers .
13. In 1972, he was promoted to publisher and editorial director of Marvel Comics .
14. After meeting his wife, Stan never went to a barber again as she would cut his hair.
15. Between 1981 and 2001 he donated a portion of his personal earnings to the University of Wyoming .
16. In 2001 he co-founded the American media production company POW! Entertainment”.
17. In 2009, Marvel Comics was sold to Disney for more than $4 billion and Stan Lee started working for them as an ambassador.
18. In 2010 he launched the Stan Lee Foundation which aimed to improve literacy, education and the arts.
19. In 2012, Stan Lee underwent surgery to insert a pacemaker.
20. The X-Men film series Logan (2017) marked the first time Stan Lee didn’t make a cameo appearance in one of his Marvel films .
21. He once got into a fight with his wife and she broke his coveted typewriter, through which he had given life to characters like the Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four .
22. In 2016, Stan Lee lost most of his eyesight, making it difficult for him to even read the comics he created.
23. In 2016, he presented his digital comic, Stan Lee’s God Awakened, at Comic-Con International. The lyrics were originally written in the form of a poem he had previously read at Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan in 1972.
24. A few months before his death on November 12, 2018, he suffered from pneumonia.
25. For updates you can follow Stan Lee’s Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.