The comic book industry began life in the early 20th century as the province of con men who stripped artists of their creations, then moved on to the next mark. The artists who were paid virtually nothing for work on characters that are now worth billions at the movies are nearly all dead. But their heirs are beginning to speak for them through a...
EVERYONE knows that the Comic-Con International in San Diego is like a nerds-are-cool Woodstock, where freak flags are waved proudly and Hollywood sweats to build buzz for its releases. But New York is the birthplace of comic books, and the New York Comic Con, at just five years old, has become a respectable contender as the ''it'' place for a...
SAN DIEGO -- The comics mogul Stan Lee has helped create some of the world's best-known superheroes: Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor. Does the 87-year-old Mr. Lee have enough radioactive tricks up his sleeve to deliver a squad of new blockbuster characters? Comic fans are about to find out. On Saturday Mr. Lee will unveil a series called...
Stan Lee (født Stanley Martin Lieber 28. december 1922) er en amerikansk tegneserieforfatter. Han er bror til Larry Lieber.
Han skabte sammen med tegneren Jack Kirby det moderne Marvel Universe i 1961 med tegneserien De Fantastiske 4. Makkerparret Lee/Kirby skabte langt de fleste superhelte til Marvel Universet, deriblandt førnævnte De Fantastiske Fire (Fantastic Four), men også Dæmonen (DareDevil), Projekt X (X-Men), Thor og Hulk.
Sammen med tegneren Steve Ditko skabte Stan Lee den yderst populære Edderkoppen (Spider-Man). Stan Lee har også flere gange gæsteoptrådt i film baseret på Marvel universet. Dog kun hos de figurer han selv har været med til at skabe.