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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.