Stan "the man" Lee! 'Nuff said!
This Lens is dedicated to the "Man" himself. Stan Lee! Dubbed the father of comics, Stan Lee created numerous legendary comic book characters and is now himself a well known celeb, everyday hero and legend of sorts.
Some of the most fantastic and iconic superheroes like old Spidey himself, The Hulk , X-Men (just to name a couple) were co-created with other comic book legends like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko way back in the early 60s inevitably captivited the hearts of comic book readers with unique characters, bold characterization, fresh twists and many agree, uncoventional comic book storytelling for that era.
Stan, Jack, Steve (to name a few) along with Marvel Comics ushered in a whole new era of comic book literature and in the process created some of the most well loved comic book characters in the world. So we who enjoy, doth salute you Stan! You are our hero!
p.s- Hey Mr. Letterman, isn't it about time you had Stan come on your show? Enough Oprah already! ( If Stan has already been on David Letterman please let me know! )
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The Hulk created by Stan and Jack.
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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922)Lee, Stan, and Mair, George. Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee (Fireside, 2002), p.5. ISBN 0-684-87305-2 is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many other fictional characters, introducing complex, naturalistic charactersWright, Bradford W. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Cu...
Three reasons to love Stan Lee....
There are thousands! Spider-man, Hulk, Thor, X-men etc,etc! We invite you to tell us why you love Stan the Man too- just scroll down to the bottom of the page and send in your raves, ideas,salutations... whatever! Let Stan know how much fun he's given us by creating those long underwear crazies out in the Marvel Universe! We owe him that much at least!Look out for some of Stan's greatest comic book characters below....
LET'S CHECK OUT STAN'S CREATIONS!
You say you love Stan's superheroes? Check out the Legacy Handbook, (pictured top)and click here to learn more ..
The list is endless. As you know, Stan's created more iconic comic book characters than anyone else on the planet.
We'll take a look at some of Stan's best, wildest and most popular superhero and supervillian creations ever below-
SPIDEYA character that needs no introduction, Spidey first made his appearence in Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962. The picture on the right features cover art by Jack Kirby (penciller) & Steve Ditko (inker).
Co-created by the great artist Steve Ditko, Spidey is Stan's most famous creation. TV shows, cartoons, movies and just about everything that you can think of has starred or featured our famous friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man.
DAREDEVIL the man without fear!Daredevil was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett in 1964, with a little help from Jack Kirby. Unique in his own right as a comic book superhero, Daredevil is blind and relies solely on his heightened super senses that he gained after a radioactive accident.
DD is actually Matt Murdock, a successful attorney-at-law.
Armed with a billy club, radar sense and heightened senses, Daredevil is also known as the Man without Fear!
IRON MANStarring in his very own live action movie next year, Iron Man appeared in Tales of Suspense, a series devoted to anthology science fiction and supernatural stories.
Co created by scripter Lieber, artist Don Heck- The Golden Avenger first wore a bulky grey suit of armour that's soon replaced by the sleek, more familiar red and gold suit which was revealed later in Tales # 48.
DOCTOR STRANGEDebuting in Strange Tales # 110- 1963, Doctor Strange is Marvel Universe's leading master of the mystic arts.
Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Strange was once a surgeon although an arrogant one who suffered neurological damage in an auto accident. Humbled, he later learns the "arts" after meeting the "Ancient One" and becoming his disciple in an unrevealed location the Himalayans.
SILVER SURFERAnother great character that recently appeared in
the latest Fantastic Four movie was also created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
The Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) first appears in Fantastic Four #48 (March 1966), the first of a three-issue arc fans call "The Galactus Trilogy".
Begining as a herald of the world devouring Galactus, the Silver Surfer surfs the space ways and cosmos- looking for suitable planets for his master to feast on.
Norrin became the Surfer after he had asked that his planet be spared by Galactus- in return, he would serve Galactus by becoming his herald. Galactus accepted and bestowed Norrin with cosmic powers- making him into one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe.
THE MIGHTY THORThe Mighty Thor is based on the god of thunder with the same name from the Nordic mythologies. Thor was created by Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby.
"Goldilocks" ( a common reference to Thor with fans ) first appears in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962). Unlike the Norse mythology, the Marvel comics version sports a blonde hairdo while the mythology version has red hair.
Why is Thor such a popular character with fans all over the world? Because he's an Asgardian warrior and a god of thunder- not to mention a long haired hammer weilding superhero would be my guess!
Another super hero set to finally make it to the silver screen soon.
THE INCREDIBLE HULKOne of the most popular and easily recognised comic book characters ever, the Hulk is created by legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby- first making an appearance in The Incredible Hulk vol. 1, #1 (May 1962).
Tells the story of a scientist caught in the blast of a gamma bomb that later creates a green skinned, raging monster capable of amazing abilities and feats of strenght.
FANTASTIC FOURThe first ever family of super heroes debuted in Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961) and was a huge hit immediately with fans.
Unlike the competition during that era, the comic book characters created by Stan seemed more human- (a common trait shared in all of Stan Lee's characters) and like any real family, the FF had realistic problems and issues to constantly deal with- which would explain the phenomenal success of the FF even in those early years.
The Fantastic Four has always been potrayed as a dysfunctional yet loving family.
X - MENStan Lee and Jack Kirby first created our happy go lucky mutants in The X-Men #1, published in September 1963.
As everybody knows, The X-Men are mutants, homo superior and the next step up in the ladder of evolution. The X- Men are protegees of another powerful mutant- Professor Xavier who is their mentor, friend and teacher.
These heroes fight the good fight against other evil mutants bent on destroying humans and while seeking to unite humans and mutants alike to co-exist peacefully.
The original X-Men first comprised of Cyclops, Marvel Girl ( Jean Grey ) Iceman, Angel, Iceman and the Beast!
AVENGERSAvengers assemble! The famous battle cry for the Avengers, a band of heroes that all come together for the greater good to combat menaces that no one single hero can overcome.
These heroes comprise of flagship characters from the Marvel Universe and includes fatcats like Thor, Black Panther, Captain America and others- seemingly created by Stan and Jack after being inspired by DC comics' very own team of major superheroes called the Justice League.
Interestingly, it's also rumored that Stan created the Fantastic Four after Marvel Execs wanted their own super team after DC comics' own Justice League.
The Avengers first appeared in- The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sept. 1963).
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BRING ON THE BAD GUYS!
You say you wanna check out this "marvellous" graphic collection (pictured right..) and know more about your favorite villians as written by Stan Lee? Click here!The bad guys! Where would our lovable spandex wearing super people be without them! The villians challenge our heroes, testing them to the limits- both mentally and physically, bringing out the best in our heroes!
Here is a list of the best and most unforgettable super villians created by Stan and most notably, Jack Kirby. ( and other great legends..)
Again, the list is endless, and there's just no way to fit all of them here.. but you can enjoy the most popular ones!
DR.DOOM Shall we start out the list with our favorite tyrant and ruler of Latveria- accomplished sorcerer, genius, inventor, brilliant scientist and would be master of the world and universe! ( if he had his way..)
Victor von Doom ( Doc's name ) is probably the most memorable, complex and greatest supervillain ever created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Universe.
Doc first debuted in Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962) and remains as the Fantastic Four's number one arch-enemy and a hands-down favorite among legions of fans all around the world as their all time favorite Marvel villian.
So what's Doctor Doom's appeal anyway? Wizard Magazine rated him the number four favorite all time villian.
For one, Doctor Doom is not your average super villian- rather, Doom believes himself to be good, a true benefactor for mankind- thus his deeds are deemed "good" and "noble" even when it means that he has to destroy or kill some of our favorite superheroes to achieve his goals!
Once a classmate of Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four!
His name is feared by all lving beings in every corner of the cosmos. Also known as "the devourer of worlds", "ravager of planets" and "destroyer of planets", Galactus is an unstoppable force, and must feed on planets to survive.
Yet another one of Stan and Jack's brilliant villian creation from the Fantastic Four comics, Galactus is a cosmic entity in the Marvel universe, and first appeared as our heroes' antagonist in Fantastic Four vol. 1, #48 (Mar. 1966). The first part of a three-issue arc that fans would later call "The Galactus Trilogy".
This issue also introduced another fantastic character, the Silver Surfer- the herald of Galactus whose primary function is to seek out suitable worlds for Galactus to feed on.
p.s- and oh yeah, forget the lame "Galactus" imposter you saw on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer!
MAGNETOYou guys know him. You've all seen him in the X men movies.
Stan and Jack created Magneto in X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963), the very first issue about a certain band of merry mutants. ( as Stan likes to call his X Men creation )
The number one baddie and arch enemy of the X Men, Magneto is potrayed as one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe- once blanketed the whole earth with a magnetic field that caused wide spread destruction of catastrophic porportions.
Leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants and the Acolytes.
KINGPIN The Kingpin is the undisputed underworld leader of New York organized crime. Trademarks include a ever-present cigar, a diamond-studded cane and a gigantic figure that more than equals any world champ sumo wrestler!
Begining as an adversary of Spidey, writer and artist Frank Miller made Wilson Fisk (Kingpin) a prominent villian in the Daredevil comics in his 80s run and the two have since become bitter rivals to the end.
THE GREEN GOBLIN Possibly Spidey's most popular nemesis and arch-enemy, Gobbie ( Green Goblin ) first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964) and is created by none other than Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the very same guys that gave the world ol webhead himself.
Although there have been several incarnations of the Green Goblin, the most popular Gobbie is the original Gobbie himself- industrialist Norman Osborn, father of one Harry Osborn- Peter Parker's best friend.
Endowed with superhuman strength that he recieves from a serum, ( which also drives him insane...) Gobbie relies on a wide variety of nutty high-tech weapons of his own designs like the "Pumpkin Bombs" and flies on a "groovy" bat-shaped glider he calls the "Goblin Glider"!
note: Wizard Magazine rated him the 19th greatest villain of all time.
DOCTOR OCTOPUS Lucky Spidey! Did you know that Spidey has the best rogues gallery in the Marvel Universe? Apart from the fantastic Four series that spawned great villians like the Silver Surfer, Thanos and Doctor Doom- Spidey has some of the most exciting and memorable villians ever-, and almost every other superhero on the block have had to borrow Spidey's bad guy to spruce up their own title once in a while.
Take for example, the Kingpin aka Wilson Fisk. Orignally a Spidey villian, this baddie is now Daredevil's number one antagonist instead of Spidey's. ( Thanks in part also to the Frank Miller's thrilling storylines involving Fisk and Daredevil..)
Anyway, on to the good Dr. Otto Octavius, or better known to the world as Doctor Octopus or Doc Ock, if you prefer. Doc Ock is created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appears in the Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963).
Octavius is a brilliant nuclear physicist, inventor, and lecturer who later utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages to terrorize the city and it's fair residents!
An accident caused his highly advance mechanical arms to fuse to his body, (an apparatus intially designed for use on his research into atomic physics) while the accident itself mutated his brain allowing him to control the deadly, powerful mechanical arms!
THE LEADERThis funny looking green guy with an elongated forehead is a villian from the Hulk comics and first appeared in tales to astonish # 62 created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Samuel Sterns was just a simple high school dropout, a never do well that ended up working in a chemical research plant after his mum asked him to- without any real ambitions in life and nothing really to look forward to.
Somehow, one day- while moving around some radioactive materials, the very same dangerous material exploded, charging Sterns' every fibre of body with gamma radiation and creating yet another gamma spawned villian to menace the Hulk!
Upon recovering, our villian soon discovers that he's turned green (yes, like the Hulk!) and quickly realised that the radiation had changed his life forever-, granting him superhuman intellect with a oversized elongated head which housed an equally oversized brain and an even bigger ego!
Suddenly possesing new found superhuman intellect which allowed him to impossibly build, create, anaylze anything he could dream of-, he became very ambitious indeed and quickly schemed up plans of world domination and other equally menacing plans to destroy and take over mankind to do as he wanted.
Classic villian!
MR.HYDECalvin Zabo was never a nice fella and had been fired from every single job he ever had.
With so much free time and unending hatred for everything, this evil genius craved power and revenge- creating a formula that allowed him to live his favorite story- you guessed it, of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Like his fictional counter-part, Hyde is sadistic, cunning and vile, not to mention dastardly evil - a true villian in every sense of the word. Mr. Hyde is created by Stan and Don Heck. ( artist)
THE RHINO In a similiar super soldier program akin to the one that created Captain America- (only this was a Soviet operation) a super-strong polymer was bonded to our super baddie's skin.
Being the simple minded criminal that he was, the Rhino mostly robbed banks and sometimes would work for other super villians that were more ambitious about their evil plans and world ruling careers! ( he's simple that way..)
You could say he was mostly a work for hire muscle bound super villian.
Once, he even decided that he wanted a normal life and did everything possible to make that happen including being a "good guy" for a while.
Later it was back to the Rhino suit for our giant villian after feeling vurnerable and missing the power the suit gave him. Oh well...
Rhino is created by Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr., and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #41 (October 1966).
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NOTHING stops the JUGGERNAUT!Cain Marko aka the JUGGERMANUT first appeared in X-Men #12 (July 1965) created by none other than comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. A popular villian in the X-Men baddie line up, he is actually the big bully step-brother of X-Men founder Professor Xavier.
Many comic book fans mistakenly believe that Cain Marko is a mutant like Xavier when in fact Cain was simply granted with the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and thus endowed with great power rivaling The Hulk and Thor!
The Juggernaut would often clash with the X-men because of Xavier whom he hates for reasons unknown.
Interestingly, despite his fantastic power, Cain Marko was often more of a greedy thief and a thug than compared to his fellow supervillians cohorts who dreamt of larger conquests and sinister world-destroying schemes.
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LOKI Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby, Loki (Loki Laufeyson)is loosely based upon the Loki of Norse mythology- and is probably Thor's number archenemy and a prominent villian in the Thor comics.
Interestingly, Loki was the very reason why the Avengers first formed, or banded together. Against a devious and cunningly devislish foe like Loki ( being a God of mischeif and all...) who can blame 'em?
Adopted by Odin, ( Thor's dad and the "big guy" in Asgard )Loki is actually the son of Laufey, the now dead king of the Frost Giants, the ancient enemies of the Asgardians. Thor and loki have clashed countless times and the fact that Loki remains one of the most popular villians in the Marvel Universe, he certainly deserves a spot here!
SandmanYou've seen Flint Marko in Sam Raimi's Spidey 3 so you know what this dude's all about! One of the oldest Spidey foe ever, Sandman was of course created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko,and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (Sept. 1963).
His origins are pretty much the same as what you saw in the excellent Spidey 3 movie which saw Marko trapped in a big experiment gone wrong for him. And did you know that Spidey beat him using a vaccum cleaner ( yes, believe it! ) in their first meeting ever? You'd think Spidey would have invested in a portable vaccum cleaner by now...
Again, the list just goes on and on- so it's not possible to list them all here... but these are some of the finest super villians created by Stan and other equally fine comic book artists!
STAN the MAN CREATED WHAT IS TODAY SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR and WELL KNOWN CHARACTERS
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Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created some of the most and well loved characters and superhero teams in mainstream American comic books. Characters that are loved all over the world.
There are many, but which is your favorite? You can vote for your favorite Stan Lee super hero or superhero teams here....p.s- Love the marvel figures below? click on the links..
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Who's your favorite Stan Lee villian?
Ahhh, the super villians! Where would our favorite super hero be without these colorful crazy wanna be rulers of the cosmos, world- whatever!
But which is your favorite baddie? Do you like the wanna be world ruling types that are usually evil and brilliant or the simple muscle bound super thug that's usually more interested in pulling off a couple of bank jobs?
I love Doctor Doom ( forget the Fantastic Four movie Doom imposter! Read the comics! ) and think he's the best super villian in the Marvel Universe.. what do you think though? Check out the below for more of Stan's dastardly evil supervillians!
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Stan "the man" Lee! No one on this planet has created more legendary comic book characters ( with a little help from his friends ) than the legendary superhero himself, Stan Lee - which has captured the imaginations of billions all over the world.
Whether it's the comic book fans or movie-goers all around the world, these crazy spandex heroes have entertained us and given us a tons of fun.
Here are some pictures that show Stan doing what he loves most- hanging out with people in the business and fans alike..
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- eccles1 eccles1 Sep 8, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
- great job!
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- Billco Billco Nov 19, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
- You've put together a great lens. Nice work. I just did one on Bob Kane.
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- stickytabby stickytabby Jul 3, 2008 @ 6:29 am
- Here's a similar article about the hulk - http://www.aroundthewww.com/movies/the-incredible-hulk-2-movie/
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- stickytabby stickytabby Jul 3, 2008 @ 6:27 am
- Great Stan Lee lens here! Very informative! I'll recommend this to others. I like his creation of the HULK..I love the movie, I even watched it twice - The Incredible Hulk 2 movie | Edward Norton movies | Liv Tyler movies
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- fanfreluche fanfreluche Jan 10, 2008 @ 7:39 am
- Another great lens. I use to read, a long time ago, Thor and X-men.
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- Meloramus Meloramus Oct 23, 2007 @ 7:53 am
- Great lens! The man is amazing!
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- Christopher_Scott Christopher_Scott Oct 1, 2007 @ 3:40 am
- Great lens! Lots of great information for all of us. Keep up the hard work. Come over to A DAY OF HOPE
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- ShellHarris ShellHarris Sep 8, 2007 @ 10:19 am
- This lens should be much bigger. How about a poll listing his best characters. I know I'd vote for Jean Grey, but I'm partial to her.
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