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Author photo. New York Comic-Con 2007, photo by Edward Liu

New York Comic-Con 2007, photo by Edward Liu

Stan Lee (1922–2018)

Author of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

Includes the names: Stan Lee, Stan Lee/Editor

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Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan, New York on December 28, 1922. During World War II, he wrote training manuals stateside in the Army Signal Corps while moonlighting as a comics writer. He joined Marvel Comics in the early 1940s and worked there for 60 years. He was a central player in the creation of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and the X-Men. He wrote several books including Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee written with George Mair, Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir written with Peter David, and A Trick of Light written with Kat Rosenfield. He died on November 12, 2018 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way… (more)
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Former president and chairman of Marvel Comics Group. Co-created the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Hulk, Spiderman, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, Dr. Strange.
Worked for Marvel's predecessor Timely Publications.
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