‘Stan Lee’ – New Documentary Celebrates 100 Years of the Comic Book Legend
A new doc from Marvel Studios celebrates “100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.”
The New York City native started as a writer with Marvel Comics, then called Timely Comics, in 1941 with a two page story in Captain America #3. He went on to create, or co-create, some of the most popular characters comics has produced – Spiderman, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, The Avengers (with Jack Kirby) the X-Men, Daredevil (with Bill Everett), Doctor Strange (with Steve Ditko). There are too many to name in one article. He worked on more than 300 characters, all with a flawed humanity and complexity.
When he moved to the role of publisher he stopped writing monthly books for Marvel – his last was Fantastic Four was #125 that was published in August 1972. Lee steered Marvel for nearly 60 years and was very active in the movies that came after his publishing career was behind him. He had cameos in 37 films, the final one being 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
He wrote stories that impacted the lives of millions. Without Stan Lee, we wouldn’t have the comic book saturated world we live in (for good or bad).
“I used to think what I did was not very important. People are building bridges and engaging in medical research, and here I was doing stories about fictional people who do extraordinary, crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed.”
– Stan Lee
Stan Lee – The Documentary
The new doc aims to celebrate the man, the legend, and his body of work. Not a lot was shared about if it includes interviews or if it’s just a retrospective. We’ll find out when it debuts on Disney+ on June 16th.
