The real superhero: Stan Lee
Ranu Singh
I remember my first superhero comic was my magic key to open the vast and undaunted world of superheroes and their captivating stories. The more I read, the more I was willing to understand the complex world of characters and their super powers. For me, these comics were not only full of vivid imagination but also targeted the general world issues. Most of the 80s and 90s kids get excited to talk about the comic’s culture of that time when Netflix and video games were not part of normal life.
No superhero conversation is complete without mentioning the name of Stan Lee, an important name in superhero industry who is credited with most of the famous characters. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Hulk, the Avengers to X-men are few of the famous creations of Stan Lee’s imagination. From a cluttered office on Madison Avenue in Manhattan in the 1960s, he helped conjure a lineup of pulp-fiction heroes that have come to define much of popular culture in the early 21st century. He created superheroes who were flawed and “human” with their own daily struggles of life.
A great storyteller and one of the favourite members of the Marvel family passed away last Monday 12 November 2018 in Los Angeles. Having created nearly all of Marvel’s most famous superheroes, Stan has long played in the movie adaptations of his comics. His special appearance in films are always appreciated and one of the highlights of the movies.
Stan was a central player in the creation of those characters and many more. Through his vision and hard work, he was able to grow Marvel Comics from a small publishing house to the giant it now is.
Like all superheroes, Stan Lee would be immortal in stories till the human history is read.
In his own words:
“The more you read, the better you’re going to become as a storyteller.”
Stan
Lee with John Romita in 1975
Bio
Stan Lee, original name Stanley Martin Lieber was born December 28, 1922, New York U.S. He was the older of two sons born to Jack Lieber, an occasionally employed dress cutter, and Celia (Solomon) Lieber, both immigrants from Romania. The family settled in to the Bronx in the early age of Stanley’s life.
He graduated at 17 from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and aspired to be a writer of serious literature. He was set on the path to becoming a different kind of writer when, after a few false starts at other jobs, he was hired at Timely Publications, a company owned by Martin Goodman, a relative who had made his name in pulp magazines and was entering the comics field.
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