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STAN LEE , Creator of universe (MCU)
                  Stan  Lee  (born  Stanley  Martin  Lieber  December  28,  1922  –  November  12,  2018)  was  an
                  American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a
                  family-run business called Timely Comics which would later become Marvel Comics. He was the
                  primary  creative  leader  for  two  decades,  leading  its  expansion  from  a  small  division  of  a
                  publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries.

                  In  collaboration  with  others  at  Marvel—particularly  co-writers/artists  Jack  Kirby  and  Steve
                  Ditko—he co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron
                  Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor
                  Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. These and other characters' introductions in the
                  1960s pioneered a more naturalistic approach in superhero comics, and in the 1970s Lee
                  challenged the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority, indirectly leading to changes in its
                  policies. In the 1980s he pursued the development of Marvel properties in other media, with
                  mixed results.

                  Following his retirement from Marvel in the 1990s, Lee remained a public figurehead for the
                  company, and frequently made cameo appearances in films and television shows based on
                  Marvel characters on which he received an executive producer credit, which allowed him to
                  become the highest-grossing person in film of all time by a large margin.[2] He continued
                  independent creative ventures into his 90s until his death in 2018. Lee was inducted into the
                  comic book industry's Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in
                  1995. He received the NEA's National Medal of Arts in 2008.






                                                     SPIDER MAN




                   Spider-Man,  comic-book  character  who  was  the
                   original everyman superhero. In Spider-Man's first
                   story, in Marvel Comics' Amazing Fantasy, no. 15
                   (1962), American  teenager  Peter  Parker,  a  poor
                   sickly orphan, is bitten by a radioactive spider. As a
                   result of the bite, he gains superhuman strength,
                   speed, and agility along with the ability to cling to
                   walls.
                   Writer Stan Lee and illustrator Steve Ditko created
                   Spider-Man  as  a  filler  story  for  a  canceled
                   anthology series. At the time, a teenage lead hero
                   was unheard of in comic books. However, young
                   readers  responded  powerfully  to  Peter  Parker,
                   prompting an ongoing title and, ultimately, a media
                   empire, including video games, several animated
                   and one live-action television series, a live-action
                   film franchise, and a Broadway musical.
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