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3 days ago · In 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting for a new superhero idea. He said the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in teenage demand for comic books and the desire to create a character with whom teens could identify.
1 day ago · The character of Wonder Man, created by Stan Lee, Don Heck and Jack Kirby, was introduced in Marvel Comics in 1964 as Simon Williams, the son of a wealthy industrial who becomes an antagonist to ...
2 days ago · Stan Lee and Chris Ryall. Chris Ryall, editor of the Deluxe Edition, reflects, “My childhood copy of Origins of Marvel Comics was my true entry point into the Marvel Universe. And more than just an introduction to Marvel’s amazing characters, the book’s engaging text pieces by Stan Lee also made readers feel like a part of the Marvel Bullpen.
2 days ago · From the mind of legendary comics creator Stan Lee, the architect of the Marvel Universe, comes Alliances: Orphans, a brand-new original graphic novel set in the New York Times best-selling Alliances universe, co-written by Lee with Luke Lieberman (Red Sonja) and Ryan Silbert (The Coldest Case).
3 days ago · Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #48-50 By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Stan Goldberg, Sam Rosen Even as early as the mid-1960s, Marvel introduced epic-scale events like “The Coming of Galactus.” This three-issue story arc felt more like a summer blockbuster event, as the team was confronted with the unstoppable power of comics’ most well ...
4 days ago · After Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee obtained permission from publisher Martin Goodman to create a new "ordinary teen" superhero named "Spider-Man", Lee originally approached his leading artist, Jack Kirby. Kirby told Lee about his own 1950s character conception, variously called the Silver Spider and Spiderman, in which an orphaned boy ...
1 day ago · Kirby, along with Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, and, to a lesser extent, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Stan Goldberg, had created, in story, characters and style, the Marvel Universe. Ditko had left the company in 1966, but he had gone to Charlton Comics and then to DC Comics.
