Stan Lee

• Born 1922-12-28 · Died 2018-11-12

Co-created with Jack Kirby: The Marvel Universe, including The Avengers, Black Panther, Fantastic Four, Hulk, X-Men, amongst many others. Co-created with Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber: Ant-Man, Iron Man, and Thor. Co-created with Steve Ditko: Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, amongst many others. Co-created with Bill Everett: Daredevil. Co-created with Don Rico and Don Heck: Black Widow (reusing name of Timely 1940s supernatural hero). Co-creator of the Destroyer, Jack Frost, Father Time, Millie the Model, Tessie the Typist, Nellie the Nurse, Ravage 2099, Stripperella, amongst many others. Lee reported winning the New York Herald-Tribune Biggest-News-of-the-Week Essay Contest for three consecutive weeks during 1937 which prompted an editor to contact him and recommend he look into becoming a writer. He actually won a seventh place finish on May 7, 1938 (a $2.50 prize) and received honorable mentions on May 21 and May 28, 1938. Other awards and honors include: Lifetime Achievement Award for For Excellence in the Art of Animation by the Burbank International Children's Film Festival, 2000; Jules Verne Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007; National Medal of Arts, 2008; Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7072 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California, awarded 4 January 2011; Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society Awards, 2012: Vanguard Award from the Producers Guild of America, 2012; Key Art Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013; Won for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting in Lego Marvel's Avengers by National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, 2017; STARmeter Award Lifetime Achievement from the IMDb Awards, 2017; IFS Award, Best Animated Film, with the Independent Filmmakers Showcase IFS Film Festival, US for God Woke (LNL Partners, Inc., POW! Entertainment, 2016), writer and narrator, 2017. Enlisted into the U.S. Army in November 1942. Eventually assigned and served in the Training Film Division of the Army's Signal Corps Stationed serving within the United States, circa 1943 to circa 1945, writing films, posters, and training manuals. One of only nine soldiers at the time designated as playwright. Inducted into the Signal Corps Regimental Association on March 3, 2017. Did support work for Timely, later Atlas and Marvel Comics as assistant editor (titles cover dated 1940), editorial director (titles cover dated 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1972), editor in chief (1941 to circa 1942 and circa 1946 to 1972), publisher and vice president (1972 to October 1996), board chairman (? to ?), and chairman emeritus (awarded in ?). Set up shop with artist Ken Bald to created material for other companies in the late 1940s. During the 1940s and 1950s, Lee reported that he ghosted unknown western and detective radio show dramas and some TV shows. Syndication work: Did ghost writing work for a number of unknown features. Amazing Spider-Man daily and Sunday (Register And Tribune Syndicate, 1977 series) 1977-01-03 - 1985-02-24, writer; (Cowles Syndicate, 1985 series) 1985-02-25 - 1986-08-23, writer; (King Features Syndicate, 1986 series) 1986-08-24 - 2019-03-17 (Sunday only) and 2019-03-23 (daily only, then went into reprints), writer (credited, though the strip had been ghost written by Roy Thomas for some unknown time prior to its going into reprints); Cub's Quiz Sunday (Field Enterprises [Chicago Sun-Times], 1957 series) 1957-03-30 - 1958 (Topper to Mrs. Lyon's Cubs comic strip), writer; Den Fun Sunday (Field Enterprises [Chicago Sun-Times], 1957 series) 1957-03-30 - 1958 (Topper to Mrs. Lyon's Cubs comic strip), writer; Howdy Doody Sunday (United Feature Syndicate, 1950 series), 1951-01-07 - 1951-01-21, writer; Incredible Hulk daily and Sunday (Register And Tribune Syndicate, 1978 series) 1978-10-30 - 1980-03-29 (daily), 1978-11-05 - 1980-04-06 (Sunday), writer; Mrs. Lyon's Cubs daily and Sunday (Field Enterprises [Chicago Sun-Times], 1958 series) 1958-02-10 - 1958, writer; My Friend Irma daily (Los Angeles Mirror Syndicate, 1950 series) 1952-06-02 - 1952-05-30, writer; Says Who daily (Register And Tribune Syndicate, 1976 series) 09-27-1976 - 1976 (Photo comic), writer; Virtue of Vera Valiant daily and Sunday (Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1976 series) 1976-10-11 - 1977-09-04, writer; Willie Lumpkin daily and Sunday (Publishers' Syndicate, 1959 series) 1959-12-07 - 1961-04-29, writer