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| Title = [[Stan Lee|Stan "The Man" Lee]]
 
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| RealName = Stanley Lieber
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| RealName = Stanley Martin Lieber
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| Pseudonyms = Stan Lee; Neel Nats
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| Employers = Marvel; DC
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| Titles = Writer; Editor; Editor-in-Chief
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| Titles = Writer;Editor;Editor-in-Chief; Former Publisher
   
 
| Gender = Male
  
| Gender = Male
 
| YearOfBirth = 1922
  
| YearOfBirth = 1922
 
| MonthOfBirth = December
  
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| DayOfBirth = 28th
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| DayOfBirth = 28
 
| CityOfBirth = New York City
  
| CityOfBirth = New York City
 
| StateOfBirth = New York
  
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| CountryOfBirth = United States of America
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| CountryOfBirth = USA
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| DateOfDeath = November 12, 2018
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| Creations = [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]], [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]], [[X-Men (Earth-616)|X-Men]], [[Robert Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]], [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man]], [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]], [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Daredevil]], [[Stephen Strange (Earth-616)|Doctor Strange]], and many others
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| Creations = [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]], [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]], [[X-Men (Earth-616)|X-Men]], [[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]], [[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Iron Man]], [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]], [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Daredevil]], [[Stephen Strange (Earth-616)|Doctor Strange]], [[T'Challa (Earth-616)|Black Panther]] and many others
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| First = Captain America Comics #3
   
 
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{{Quote|I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will.|Stan Lee (Brandweek, May 2000)}}
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{{quote|''I wanted to come up with something totally different. I thought it would fun to invent someone as powerful as, or perhaps even more powerful than, the Incredible Hulk. But how do you make someone stronger than the strongest human? It finally came to me: Don't make him human — make him a god. ...''|[[Stan Lee]]'s perspective of [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]]'s genesis from Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee (2002)}}
  
   
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[[Image:Excalibur minus 1 004.jpg|thumb|left|Stan Lee in Excalibur minus 1]]
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<div style="float:right;">[[File:Stan_Lee_e_Lou_Ferrigno.jpg|thumb|left|Lou Ferrigno & Stan Lee]]</div>
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'''Stanley Lieber''' ( He would later change his name to Stan Lee.) was born on December 28, 1922. He was the co-creator of such popular characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, The Avengers, and many more. One of his last creation's was [[Jennifer Walters (Earth-616)|She-Hulk]]. He is still alive today at the age of 85. The first issue that Stan Lee ever wrote was [[Comics:Captain America Comics Vol 1 3|Captain America Comics #3]]. He wanted to leave around the time he wrote F.F. The only reason that he wrote the book was because his wife told him "do it your way. The worst they can do is fire you. And you want to quit any ways!"
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'''Stanley Martin Lieber''' (he would later change his name to Stan Lee) was born on December 28, 1922, to Celia and Jack Lieber. His ancestry is Ashkenazic Jewish. The first issue that Stan Lee ever wrote was {{c|Captain America Comics #3}}.
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[[Image:Stan_Lee_e_Lou_Ferrigno.jpg|left|thumb|Lou Ferrigno & Stan Lee]]
  
   
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He wanted to leave around the time he wrote the Fantastic Four. The only reason that he wrote the book was because his wife told him "''Do it your way. The worst they can do is fire you. And you want to quit anyways!''"<ref>''Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed!'', by Arie Kaplan.</ref>
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Stan Lee died on November 12, 2018 at 9:17 AM after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.{{r|{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stan-lee-marvel-comics-legend-721450|title=Stan Lee, Marvel Comics' Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=12 November 2018|accessdate=12 November 2018}}}} The cause of death was heart and respiratory failure.{{r|{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2018/11/27/marvel-stan-lee-death-certificate-cause-of-death-heart-failure-pneumonia/|title=Marvel Legend Stan Lee's Death Certificate Lists Heart Failure as Cause of Death|work=TMZ|date=27 November 2018|accessdate=27 November 2018}}}}
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| Notes = Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in most of the Marvel movies. Including a rejected wedding guest in [[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]], and a startled neighbor in the opening of the third X-men Movie.
  
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He is also working with Hiroyuki Takei on a manga which seems to be separate from the Marvel Universe, Karakuridoji Ultimo.
  
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===Creator===
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Stanley Leiber arrived at Marvel when Martin Goodman hired him. Stan was originally an assistant for [[Joe Simon (Earth-1218)|Joe Simon]] and [[Jack Kirby (Earth-1218)|Jack Kirby]], and wrote a written story for [[Captain America Comics Vol 1 3]], but changed his name to 'Stan Lee' as he didn't want his name on comic books. He wanted to be a book writer, and not have his name published on comics - something society looked down on back then. He eventually lead to create superheroes like [[Kevin Marlow (Earth-616)|The Destroyer]], became Editor-in-Chief and led the company threw its worst times.
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He was the co-creator of popular characters such as the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]], [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]], the [[X-Men (Earth-616)|X-Men]], [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Daredevil]], [[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]], [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]], the [[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]], and many more. One of his last creations was [[Jennifer Walters (Earth-616)|She-Hulk]].
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==Cameos==
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As a major figure of the pop-culture, Stan Lee has featured in many cameos for various creations more or less related to the super-heroes and comics universes.
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===Movie Cameos===
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[[File:All Stan Lee Cameos|right|250px|thumb|All of Stan Lee's movie cameos up to ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'']]
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Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in most of the films based on Marvel Comics since 2000's ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''. The following is a list of Stan Lee's cameos:
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* ''[[The Trial of the Incredible Hulk]]'': His first cameo, uncredited, as a jury foreman.
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* ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'': A hotdog vendor who sees [[Robert Kelly (Earth-10005)|Senator Kelly]] after he escapes from [[Erik Lehnsherr (Earth-10005)|Magneto]].
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* ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'': An innocent bystander who saves a small girl from falling debris during [[Peter Parker (Earth-96283)|Spider-Man]]'s first battle with the [[Norman Osborn (Earth-96283)|Green Goblin]].
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* ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'': A recently-blinded [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-701306)|Matt Murdock]] prevents him from crossing the street and being hit by a bus.
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* ''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]'': A security guard at [[Bruce Banner (Earth-400083)|Bruce Banner]]'s lab, alongside [[wikipedia:Lou Ferrigno|Lou Ferrigno]].
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* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (film)|Spider-Man 2]]'': An innocent bystander at Spider-Man's first battle with [[Otto Octavius (Earth-96283)|Dr. Octopus]].
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* ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]'': [[William Lumpkin (Earth-121698)|Willie Lumpkin]]. This is the first time Stan Lee has made a cameo appearance as a character from the comics.
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* ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'': Along with [[Chris Claremont (Earth-1218)|Chris Claremont]], a neighbor of the Grey family when [[Charles Xavier (Earth-10005)|Charles Xavier]] and Magneto arrived to recruit [[Jean Grey (Earth-10005)|Jean]] in the 1980s.
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* ''[[Spider-Man 3 (film)|Spider-Man 3]]'': A man in Times Square reading a news bulletin about Spider-Man with Peter Parker.
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* ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (film)|Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'': [[Stan Lee (Earth-121698)|Himself]], a guest that security guards turn away from the wedding of [[Reed Richards (Earth-121698)|Reed Richards]] and [[Susan Storm (Earth-121698)|Sue Storm]].
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* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'': A man [[Anthony Stark (Earth-199999)|Tony Stark]] mistakes for [[wikipedia:Hugh Hefner|Hugh Hefner]].
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* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (2008 film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'': The person who drinks the soda contaminated by [[Bruce Banner (Earth-199999)|Bruce Banner]]'s blood.
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* ''[[Iron Man 2 (film)|Iron Man 2]]'': A man Tony Stark mistakes for [[wikipedia:Larry King|Larry King]].
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* ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'': One of the rednecks who attempts to lift [[Mjolnir]] with his pickup truck after it lands in [[New Mexico]].
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* ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'': A general who attends [[Steven Rogers (Earth-199999)|Steve Rogers]]' medal ceremony, but when another officer shows up saying Rogers cannot attend, he believes that this is Captain America and comments that he "thought he'd be taller."
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* ''[[Marvel's The Avengers]]'': Poses as a random citizen interviewed by the press about the [[Avengers (Earth-199999)|Avengers]]' battle with the [[Chitauri#Earth-199999 (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Chitauri]]. He dismisses the idea of superheroes in New York City.
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** Also appears in one of the deleted scenes, where he berates Steve Rogers for not asking for a waitress' number.
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* ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'': A librarian, due to the headphones he is wearing, oblivious to [[Peter Parker (Earth-120703)|Spider-Man]]'s fight with the [[Curtis Connors (Earth-120703)|Lizard]], which is happening right behind him.
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* ''[[Iron Man 3 (film)|Iron Man 3]]'': A beauty pageant judge in [[Nashville]].
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* ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'': A patient in the same mental hospital as [[Erik Selvig (Earth-199999)|Erik Selvig]] whom the professor lectures about the Convergence.
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* ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'': A security guard at the Smithsonian who notices a replica of Captain America's WWII costume has been stolen.
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* ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]'': A man at the high school graduation ceremony who recognizes [[Peter Parker (Earth-120703)|Peter Parker]] as he walks onto the stage to take his certificate.
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* ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'': A man standing on a balcony in [[Xandar]], talking, while [[89P13 (Earth-199999)|Rocket]] insults him through binoculars nearby.
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* ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'': [[Frederick Frederickson IV (Earth-14123)|Fred]]'s [[Frederick Frederickson III (Earth-14123)|father, a retired superhero]].
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* ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'': A WWII veteran who attends the Avengers' party and insists [[Thor Odinson (Earth-199999)|Thor]] to share with him an [[Asgardian]] drink meant for gods. He disregards Thor's warning, believing himself to be strong enough to take it, and is subsequently taken off screen, completely drunk, saying "Excelsior."
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* ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]'': A bartender in [[Luis (Earth-199999)|Luis]]' story.
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* ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'': An MC at the strip club [[Vanessa Carlysle (Earth-TRN414) |Vanessa]] works on.
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* ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'': A FedEx delivery man, who misreads Tony Stark's last name as "Stank".
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* ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]'': A man, who along with his wife (played by Stan Lee's actual wife Joan), witnesses the simultaneous launch of all of Earth's nuclear missiles.
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* ''[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]]'': A bus passenger reading [[wikipedia:Aldous Huxley|Aldous Huxley]]'s book ''[[wikipedia:The Doors of Perception|The Doors of Perception]]'', while [[Stephen Strange (Earth-199999)|Doctor Strange]] and [[Karl Mordo (Earth-199999)|Mordo]] crashes into one of the windows of the bus during a chase sequence with [[Kaecilius (Earth-199999)|Kaecilius]], where Lee exclaims "Now, that's hilarious!" while reading his book.
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* ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'': An astronaut telling stories to a group of [[Watchers]], he seems to be recounting the events of his cameo from ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''. He is later seen asking for the Watchers to return, as they were his ride [[Earth|home]].
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* ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'': As Gary, who is one of the neighbors berating [[Peter Parker (Earth-199999)|Spider-Man]] for mistaking their neighbor, for being a car thief that had gotten locked out of his car, and for triggering the car's alarm.
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* ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'': The barber who cuts Thor's hair before his fight with the Hulk.
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* ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'': A gambler who, after [[T'Challa (Earth-199999)|T'Challa]] spoke to [[Everett Ross (Earth-199999)|Everett Ross]] at a table in a casino, takes the bet he put on the table for himself.
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* ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'': The driver of the school bus [[Peter Parker (Earth-199999)|Peter Parker]] is riding to school on, who scolds the other children for being amazed at the arrival of [[Thanos (Earth-199999)|Thanos]]' [[Q-Ship]], as if they haven't seen a spaceship before.
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* ''[[Deadpool 2]]'': As a mural seen when [[Neena Thurman (Earth-TRN678)|Domino]] parachutes in to intercept a transportation of prisoners.
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* ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp (film)|Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'': A man who is just about to unlock his car, before it's accidentally hit by one of [[Hope van Dyne (Earth-199999)|Wasp]]'s [[Pym Discs]], causing it to shrink.
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* ''[[w:c:dc:Teen Titans Go!: To the Movies|Teen Titans Go!: To the Movies]]'': Stan Lee breaks the fourth wall and grabs the camera so it would focus on him, and strikes different poses. Most of them are references to Marvel characters, such as [[Spider-Man]], [[Iron Man]], [[Hulk]], [[Wolverine]] and [[Cyclops]]. He quickly runs away after realising this is a DC movie. He returns later in the movie just to say he loves doing cameos.
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* ''[[Venom (film)|Venom]]'': A man walking his dog, who comes across [[Edward Brock (Earth-TRN688)|Eddie Brock]] and gives him advice about not giving up on love, specifically for [[Anne Weying (Earth-TRN688)|Anne Weying]].
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* ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'': As Stan the shop owner who sells [[Miles Morales (Earth-TRN700)|Miles Morales]] his first [[Spider-Man's Suit]].
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** In addition to his prominent scene, Stan Lee also appears briefly in several other shots, such as a passenger on the train and a passerby stepping over [[Peter Parker (Earth-TRN701)|Peter Parker]]. He also provided voice for [[John Jonah Jameson (Earth-67)|J. Jonah Jameson]] in the post-credit scene.
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* ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'': As himself on the train, reading the script and rehearsing the lines for his role in ''[[wikipedia:Mallrats|Mallrats]]''.
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* ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'': Playing an unnamed peace protester, he drives by a military base, yelling "Make love, not war!".
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* ''[[w:c:disney:Ralph Breaks the Internet|Wreck-it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'': A digital version of Stan Lee is seen in the Marvel section in Oh My Disney.
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===Series Cameos===
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* Stan Lee made a cameo in the first season of ''[[wikipedia:Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' as a bus driver.
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* Stan Lee performed the voice of [[Frank Elson (Earth-760207)|Frank Elson]] (and the character was also designed to look like Lee) in the two-part ''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' episode "Mind Games", which also was the series finale.
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* Stan Lee had a big voice role as the [[Mayor (Earth-91119)|Mayor]] of [[Super Hero City]] in the ''[[Super Hero Squad Show]]''.
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* Stan Lee voice acts as [[Stan Lee (Earth-12041)|a version of himself]] in the [[Ultimate Spider-Man (Animated Series)|''Ultimate Spider-Man'']] animated series. This Stan Lee is a founding member of [[Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-12041)|this reality's SHIELD]], and he is currently working undercover as a janitor at [[Midtown High School]].
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* Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the ''[[Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' episode "[[Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 13|T.R.A.C.K.S.]]" as a passenger aboard the train [[Phillip Coulson (Earth-199999)|Phil Coulson]] and his team board to intercept [[Cybertek (Earth-199999)|Cybertek]] employees delivering a package to [[Ian Quinn (Earth-199999)|Ian Quinn]].
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* Stan Lee appears as the mayor of [[Vista Verde]] in ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]''.
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* Stan Lee appears in the ''[[w:c:phineasandferb:Phineas and Ferb|Phineas and Ferb]]'' special ''Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel'' as hot dog vendor.
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* Stan Lee made a cameo in ''[[Marvel's Agent Carter]]'' episode "[[Marvel's Agent Carter Season 1 4|The Blitzkrieg Button]]" as a man getting his shoes shined next to [[Howard Stark (Earth-199999)|Howard Stark]].
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* Stan Lee cameos in ''[[Marvel's Daredevil]]'', ''[[Marvel's Jessica Jones]]'', ''[[Marvel's Luke Cage]]'', ''[[Marvel's Iron Fist]]'', and ''[[Marvel's The Defenders]]'', as [[Irving Forbush (Earth-199999)|Irving Forbush]], pictured in multiple NYPD promotional posters.
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* Stan Lee cameos in the ''[[The Gifted (TV series)|The Gifted]]'' episode "[[The Gifted (TV series) Season 1 1|eXposed]]" as a man who exits the Tex's Lounge after Marcos Diaz / Eclipse enters.
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* Reprising his role as Fred's dad in ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series]]''.
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* In the ''[[Marvel's Runaways]]'' episode "[[Marvel's Runaways Season 1 6|Metamorphosis]]," as the limo driver who transports [[Runaways (Earth-199999)|the main characters]] to the [[Promoting Resilience, Independence, Dedication & Excellence (Earth-199999)|PRIDE]]'s annual gala.
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* In the ''[[Marvel's Cloak & Dagger]]'' episode "[[Marvel's Cloak & Dagger Season 1 9|Back Breaker]]," as a painting in the style of Andy Warhol, in the house of one of [[Tandy Bowen (Earth-199999)|Tandy Bowen]]'s victims.
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* ''[[wikipedia:Heroman|Heroman]]'': Stan Lee appears as a man at the café Joey works at.
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===Video Games Cameos===
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* Stan Lee cameos in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2]]'' as [[Stan Lieber (Earth-6109)|Senator Lieber]], and says his state's motto is "Excelsior!".
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* [[Stan Lee (Earth-13122)|Stan Lee]] is a playable character in ''[[LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]'', ''[[LEGO Marvel's Avengers]]'', and ''[[LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2]]''
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* As a short-order cook in ''[[Marvel's Spider-Man (video game)|Marvel's Spider-Man]]'', who expresses how [[Peter Parker (Earth-1048)|Peter Parker]] and [[Mary Jane Watson (Earth-1048)|Mary Jane Watson]] is one of his favorite guests, and how happy he is seeing the two together again.
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* In [[wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]], there is an NPC named "Stanley" that is modeled after Stan Lee, and even shouts "Excelsior!"
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===Music===
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* Stan Lee appears in an unreleased music video for [[wikipedia:Born to Be Free (X Japan song)|Born to Be Free]], a song by [[Wikipedia:X Japan|X Japan]].
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===The Simpsons===
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Stan Lee is popular yet not recurrent in ''The Simpsons'':
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* Stan Lee made an appearance in an episode of ''The Simpsons'' entitled "I am Furious Yellow" in which Bart creates a comic turned web-cartoon called Angry Dad, which is based on his rageaholic father Homer. The episode itself contains many references to several comic book characters. When he first entered the store, Comic Book Guy was extremely excited, stating that his heart was "beating like Thor's hammer on Doctor Doom's titanium infused faceplate." However, Stan Lee refuses to leave and starts rearranging things in Comic Book Guy's store, making him believe that "his mind is no longer in mint condition." An example of this is when he breaks a customer's Batmobile by cramming an action figure of the Thing into it, putting X-Men comics in front of Superman's on a comic book rack while humming the Spider-Man theme song, and claiming he is the Hulk when Homer, covered entirely in green paint and wearing nothing but broken blue pants, is seen rampaging through Springfield after becoming overcome by rage, of which Comic Book Guy remarks that Lee can't even turn into Bill Bixby, which makes reference to the ''Incredible Hulk'' TV series. Lee says he really did it once, and Comic Book Guy replies that he believes him but only wishes he had the power to leave his store. Lee was seen again in "Worst Episode Ever" in a picture on Comic Book Guy's banned for life wall alongside Nelson Muntz, Sideshow Bob, Bart, Milhouse, and Matt Groening. Stan Lee is to make another guest appearance in the 25th season of the show.
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* He also appeared in ''The Simpsons Comics'' "The death of Comic Book Guy part 1" as the only guest at his funeral aside the Simpsons and was kicked out by the Priest.
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For fictional versions of Stan Lee as a character within comic books or other media,
visit this disambiguation page.

Personal History

Quote1 I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will. Quote2
—Stan Lee (Brandweek, May 2000)
Stan Lee e Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno & Stan Lee

Stanley Martin Lieber (he would later change his name to Stan Lee) was born on December 28, 1922, to Celia and Jack Lieber. His ancestry is Ashkenazic Jewish. The first issue that Stan Lee ever wrote was Captain America Comics #3.

He wanted to leave around the time he wrote the Fantastic Four. The only reason that he wrote the book was because his wife told him "Do it your way. The worst they can do is fire you. And you want to quit anyways!"[1]

Stan Lee died on November 12, 2018 at 9:17 AM after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[2] The cause of death was heart and respiratory failure.[3]

Professional History

Creator

Marvel

Stanley Leiber arrived at Marvel when Martin Goodman hired him. Stan was originally an assistant for Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and wrote a written story for Captain America Comics Vol 1 3, but changed his name to 'Stan Lee' as he didn't want his name on comic books. He wanted to be a book writer, and not have his name published on comics - something society looked down on back then. He eventually lead to create superheroes like The Destroyer, became Editor-in-Chief and led the company threw its worst times.

He was the co-creator of popular characters such as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil, Hulk, Thor, the Avengers, and many more. One of his last creations was She-Hulk.

Cameos

As a major figure of the pop-culture, Stan Lee has featured in many cameos for various creations more or less related to the super-heroes and comics universes.

Movie Cameos

File:All Stan Lee Cameos

All of Stan Lee's movie cameos up to The Amazing Spider-Man

Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in most of the films based on Marvel Comics since 2000's X-Men. The following is a list of Stan Lee's cameos:

Series Cameos

Video Games Cameos

Music

The Simpsons

Stan Lee is popular yet not recurrent in The Simpsons:

  • Stan Lee made an appearance in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "I am Furious Yellow" in which Bart creates a comic turned web-cartoon called Angry Dad, which is based on his rageaholic father Homer. The episode itself contains many references to several comic book characters. When he first entered the store, Comic Book Guy was extremely excited, stating that his heart was "beating like Thor's hammer on Doctor Doom's titanium infused faceplate." However, Stan Lee refuses to leave and starts rearranging things in Comic Book Guy's store, making him believe that "his mind is no longer in mint condition." An example of this is when he breaks a customer's Batmobile by cramming an action figure of the Thing into it, putting X-Men comics in front of Superman's on a comic book rack while humming the Spider-Man theme song, and claiming he is the Hulk when Homer, covered entirely in green paint and wearing nothing but broken blue pants, is seen rampaging through Springfield after becoming overcome by rage, of which Comic Book Guy remarks that Lee can't even turn into Bill Bixby, which makes reference to the Incredible Hulk TV series. Lee says he really did it once, and Comic Book Guy replies that he believes him but only wishes he had the power to leave his store. Lee was seen again in "Worst Episode Ever" in a picture on Comic Book Guy's banned for life wall alongside Nelson Muntz, Sideshow Bob, Bart, Milhouse, and Matt Groening. Stan Lee is to make another guest appearance in the 25th season of the show.
  • He also appeared in The Simpsons Comics "The death of Comic Book Guy part 1" as the only guest at his funeral aside the Simpsons and was kicked out by the Priest.

Work History

Images

Trivia

See Also

Links and References

References

  1. ↑ Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed!, by Arie Kaplan.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Mike (12 November 2018) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics' Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95 The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 12 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Marvel Legend Stan Lee's Death Certificate Lists Heart Failure as Cause of Death TMZ. Retrieved on 27 November 2018.
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