Stan Lee, Father Of Marvel Superheroes, Has Died At 95

Stan Lee who brought a series of fictional superheroes in the Marvel galaxy to our real life has died at the age of 95. He has still been and will always be the legend in the world of those in love with Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man or Hulk.

During the 1960s, when he worked as an editor and writer at Marvel, Lee cooperated with Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko to build the unique superheroes who have rapidly gained the attention from readers at all ages.

Before Lee and his superheroes became available to the world, Americans had made friends with Superman from Detective Comics (and then, the company changed its name into DC Comics) in 1938. During decades, DC Comics and Marvel have kept competing with each other, as well as the fight between two groups of their superheroes has had no signs to end.

Stan Lee as a cameo in Spiderman

The characters created by the legend of Marvel are famous for their humanity and complexity. What they have to experience are same as what normal people do. Their world also revolves around the common topics like love, feelings of insecurity or worry about money.

He took part in the design of all his characters; however, the whole ownership of promoting them still belongs to Lee.

The Amazing Spiderman 2012

His creativity seemingly has no limitation. We can easily see that via each tiny detail in Marvel superheroes including Tony Stark - Iron Man, Peter Parker - Spiderman, Bruce Banner - Hulk, and so on.

Stan Lee has had a lot of great contribution to the development of Marvel, which turns the company into a renowned brand in the entertainment world.

One of the things Marvel fans feel the most unforgettable about Lee is his appearance as a cameo in the company’s superhero movies. In 2008, Lee received the noblest government award for creative artists with the National Medal of Arts.

Cameo in Iron Man 2008

Born in New York, on 28^th December 1922, he was a child of Jewish immigrants who came from Romania. When he was 17, he ran on an errand at Timely Comics (the precursor company of Marvel).

In 1947, he married to the actress Joan Lee who passed away last year.

They had two children, Joan Celine in 1950 and Jan Lee in 153, respectively. Unluckily, Jan Lee died 3 days after her birth.

In 1961, Lee started to build up his own superhero team when the DC Comics' success made his boss anxious. At some time, he was depressed with his work. The motivation for him to continue his career as a writer was his wife’s encouragement. She advised him to insert some shots as well as invent any character as complex as he liked.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2014

In 1972, Stan Lee began to work as a publisher of Marvel. In 1980, he came to live in Los Angeles to seek opportunities and challenges that could bring his superheroes to the whole world via TV and movies.

In addition to his familiar superheroes, Lee also created a cameo character who always appeared in only a few seconds in almost all of the Marvel films. The character’s name is Stan Lee. Yep, he put himself in the galaxy of Marvel. Some of his cameos included a hot dog vendor in X-men 2000, a man in the fair in Spiderman 2002, the old man at crossing in Daredevil 2003, Stan Lee in Iron Man 2008, and other funny cameos.