Stan Lee Celebrates 90th Birthday 57
An anonymous reader writes "Congratulatory tweets and missives pour in to honor @theRealStanLee (nee Stanley Lieber), the Romanian immigrant who created or co-created most of Marvel Comics' memorable heroes. Lee celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday. Earlier this year, someone posted a collection of Lee's cameo appearances in Marvel Comics movies, often playing an older gentleman in the crowd ('Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!'), but watch for the time he plays himself, trying to get past a club bouncer ('I'm Stan Lee. I should be on that list!')."
Happy Birthday (Score:3)
I don't read comic books, but hey its a pretty big milestone so here's to you bud!
You know what they say (Score:5, Funny)
With great age comes great responsibility.
Happy 90th birthday, Mr. Lee!
Re:You know what they say (Score:5, Funny)
Copyright.
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Copyright.
Best response that anyone could make. Besides, we all know that turning him into Iron Man would have been a better choice.
Stan Lee is not an immigrant (Score:5, Informative)
@theRealStanLee (nee Stanley Lieber), the Romanian immigrant who created or co-created most of Marvel Comics' memorable heroes.
While Stan Lee has Jewish-Romanian ancestry, he is definitely not an immigrant. He was born in 1922 on American soil, in New York City.
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And how many generations back makes you purely US roots? And since you mention thousands of years, I guess it's not just to the founding of the United States.
In the end, we all come the same basic area, and everyone emigrated here. Some, just earlier than others.
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Well considering the current popular idea is that children born on US soil of immigrants are still immigrants. I would say at least 4-5 generations.
That basically makes 75% of the current US population an immigrant.As the majority came through 100 years ago.
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I thought the definition of an immigrant was someone who had moved from their country of birth to some other country with the intention of living in the other country. It is also a legal status you attain when your application for immigrant status is approved. If you were born in a country then your are not an immigrant to that country, you are a native, depending on legalities you might not be a citizen. You could be an immigrant to several countries as you travel from place to place over the years. If you
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purely ... roots
Only Africans get to make that claim.
Re:Stan Lee is not an immigrant (Score:4, Funny)
he is definitely not an immigrant. He was born in 1922 on American soil, in New York City.
Pshaw! I bet his long-form birth certificate is a forgery.
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So you're saying he could run for president?
I Met Stan Lee (Score:5, Interesting)
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It was a bit of a shock to read that after working with Jack to come up with the character of Galactus, the planet eating superfoe, and deciding what needed to be drawn on the pages, that Jack had, of his own volition and invention, introduced the "required" herald for the big guy, a character we've come to know as Silver Surfer. Stan, you are a force of nature
Wait ... so you were so shocked to hear how much Kirby contributed, and that he invented the Silver Surfer from whole cloth, that you turned around and gave the credit back to Lee? Insert here that Warner Bros cartoon rapid head-shaking sound that reads like, "Ay-yuh-yi-yuh-yi-yuh-yay-yuh-ai-yuh..."
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...how much (at least in 1975) credit he was willing to share with Jack Kirby, co-creator of many of those same superheroes. It was a bit of a shock to read that after working with Jack to come up with the character of Galactus, the planet eating superfoe, and deciding what needed to be drawn on the pages, that Jack had, of his own volition and invention, introduced the "required" herald for the big guy, a character we've come to know as Silver Surfer.
Kirby was consistently mistreated at Marvel, and wasn't allowed to characterize the Silver Surfer the way he wanted. Stan Lee may be very personable, but that's because he's been cultivating that for forty years. Kirby deserves way more credit in the world of comic books than Lee does. Read "Marvel Comics: The Untold Story". Pretty much everyone involved (except Kirby, actually) comes off as an asshole.
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That made my day. Thanks for words. It's great to hear something uplifting, non-cynical, inspirational.
I met Howard Chaykin this year at Comicpalooza in Houston. I think I felt the same way. I could stand and listen to him talk forever. He was super cool, not a douche, and seemed almost hurt when I didn't want to intrude and have my photo taken with him. That was a great day.
It's really Kirby's b-day but Stan's taking credit (Score:3)
Stan is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is stand on the sholders of giants.
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Stan is the best there is at what he does
Fuck Jack Kirby's wife? No but seriously, he does get more credit than what he deserves, specially with Spider-Man's creation.
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Stan is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is stand on the sholders of giants.
For every Marvel Comics there are hundreds of would-be authors and artists who never got into distribution.
Marvel and DC were major successes while most of the rest petered out or were acquired. The business is equally as important as the story and artwork if the goal is to get the comics into readers' hands.
so what? (Score:1)
Ever read anything Stan Lee has said? The guy's an A-number-one asshole of the lowest order. I wish people would just stop with the hero worship.
And heres to many more cameos! (Score:3)
Come on, who doesn't love this guy's filmography?
Stan Lee in The Big Bang Theory (Score:5, Funny)
" Plus, I get to hang out with him again at the hearing."
- Sheldon, ("The Excelsior Acquisition" episode).
Peter Parker killed off (Score:1)
Get over it (Score:1)
You know who else has died? Pretty much everyone. Superman, Batman, Captain America, etc.
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Pfft. Superhero heaven has no pearly gates, only revolving doors.
Stan Lee? (Score:2)
Tucci?
He is bald, but surely not 90.
- Penny.
Co-created. (Score:5, Insightful)
It isn't correct to say that Stan "created or co-created" those characters. It is "co-created" in every instance. The artist who designs the appearance of a comics character is as essential to the process of creating it as the writer. Since Stan is not an artist, and has never claimed to have designed the visuals of the characters, he hasn't simply "created" any of them.
He's an enormously imaginative and influential creative force, without whom the American comics industry would be very different, and his vitality and charm at 90 is a testament to him as a person. There's no need to pad his résumé by denying the roles of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and every other artist he has worked with over the decades, as co-creators of the characters they jointly brought into being.
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Actually, Stan Leed didn't give proper credit to artists for decades. He was forced to do it Just remember Jack Kirby and Mr Lee conflict.
Re:FUNKY FLASHMAN! (Score:4, Insightful)
To deny Stan Lee's role in creating the Marvel Universe is as dishonest as denying Kirby's.
"nee"? (Score:3)
Stan is not a girl: "né".
Happy birthday, Stan!
Thanks Stan! (Score:2)
Not sure why Marvel comics are my favorite, even though I do like others. Spider-man, Ice-man, The Hulk, The Thing, Juggernaught, and Sabertooth, my favorite comics book characters. All Marvel.
Happy Birthday, and hopefully you will have many more.
thanks!
Excelsior! (Score:2)
'Nuff said.