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Lee, Stan; Pollard, Keith (1990). Silver Surfer: The Enslavers. Marvel Comics. p.64. ISBN 978-0-87135-617-8. Lee made a guest appearance as himself in "Bottom's Up", a season seven episode of the TV series Entourage.

Cronin, Brian (September 19, 2010). "A Year of Cool Comics – Day 262". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011 . Retrieved September 29, 2010. Perhaps it was fate that in the earlier moments of Mallrats’ commentary, a fan had asked why the film was plastered with the art from and inspired by Marvel characters, rather than the world of DC. The answer Kevin Smith gave was, quite simply, Marvel was more amenable to being referenced throughout Smith’s burgeoning View Askiewniverse. DC just wasn’t. Lee: I've been saying this [classified-ad] story for years, but apparently it isn't so. And I can't remember because I['ve] said it so long now that I believe it.

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Noted comic-book writer Alan Moore described the significance of this new approach in a radio interview on the BBC Four program Chain Reaction, transcribed at "Alan Moore Chain Reaction Interview Transcript". Comic Book Resources. January 27, 2005. Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. : Lee appears as himself in writer-director Larry Cohen's The Ambulance (1990), in which Eric Roberts plays an aspiring comics artist. Stan Lee, Bones Confirmed to be Working on Hero Man". Anime News Network. April 10, 2008. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013 . Retrieved March 9, 2010. Stan Lee: Ex-manager of comic book legend charged with elder abuse". BBC. May 14, 2019. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019 . Retrieved May 14, 2019.

Batchelor, Bob (2017). Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p.41. ISBN 9781442277816. Lee appeared in the 2021 streaming series Superhero Kindergarten, which is an adaptation of his comic book series of the same name. [100] Lee made recurring appearances in the Disney XD TV series Ultimate Spider-Man, voicing a high school janitor named Stan, in which he makes references to Lee's real-life career. In the pilot "Great Power" and the episode "Why I Hate Gym", he mentions Irving Forbush, an in-joke character Lee co-created in 1955 as a literary device. [49] [53] Stan the Janitor also appears in Episode 18, "Out of Damage Control", as a part-time worker for Damage Control. [54] In the episode "Stan By Me", he, along with Mary Jane Watson, Agent/Principal Coulson and Harry Osborn, helped Spider-Man fight the Lizard. At the end of the episode it is revealed that Lee's character is secretly a top S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and is aware of Peter Parker's secret identity as Spider-Man, [55] and that he is a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D. who named the organization, which Lee named in reality. [56] Other references, such as a boat called USS Excelsior, appear throughout the series. Cullins, Ashley (April 13, 2018). "Stan Lee Sues Ex-Business Manager for Fraud". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019 . Retrieved September 27, 2019.

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Lee graduated at age 16, in 1939, the same time his cousin Jean’s husband, Martin (Moe) Goodman, a self-made pulp magazine publisher, got into the new fad of superheroes (started by Superman in June 1938) with an imprint called Timely Comics. Goodman staffed his business with relatives, common if not customary then, and working there seemed like as good a job as any for a high school graduate in the Depression. Lott, Rod (July 18, 2006). "Q&A with The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril's Paul Malmont". Bookgasm.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 197: "With the help of artist John Buscema, [Stan] Lee created Jennifer Walters, the cousin of Bruce Banner." Just as important, Marvel Comics, as the company was now known, offered a cohesive fantasy world in which all its characters lived, met, fought, teamed up and even dated. DC characters, like Superman and Batman, did occupy the same world and occasionally cross paths, but these were either special events or standalone team series, safely siloed from the respective characters’ ongoing storylines. With Marvel, what happened in one comic would affect another. Lee and his artists created a world that mattered, and that made all the difference.

Under the name Stanley Lieber, he appears briefly in Paul Malmont's 2006 novel The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril. [202]Manning "1960s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 39: The Amazing Spider-Man #47 (April 1967) "Kraven's latest rematch with Spidey was set during a going-away party for Flash Thompson, who was facing the very real issue of the Vietnam War draft."

Almanac, World (1986). The Celebrity Who's Who– World Almanac. World Almanac Books. p.213. ISBN 978-0-345-33990-4 . Retrieved August 13, 2013. In the mid-1950s, by which time the company was now generally known as Atlas Comics, Lee wrote stories in a variety of genres including romance, Westerns, humor, science fiction, medieval adventure, horror and suspense. In the 1950s, Lee teamed up with his comic book colleague Dan DeCarlo to produce the syndicated newspaper strip My Friend Irma, based on the radio comedy starring Marie Wilson. [71] By the end of the decade, Lee had become dissatisfied with his career and considered quitting the field. [72] [73] Marvel Comics Marvel revolution He guest-starred as Dr. Lee (aka: Generalissimo) in "Glimpse", a season four episode of Eureka that aired in July 2011. [90]

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Marvel Comics' Stan Lee wins renewed protection against alleged elder abuse". The Guardian. Reuters. August 18, 2018. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018 . Retrieved November 12, 2018. Lee died on November 12, 2018, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, after being rushed there for a medical emergency earlier in the day. [46] [47] [48] Lee had previously been hospitalized for pneumonia in February of that year. [49] The immediate cause of death listed on his death certificate was cardiac arrest with respiratory failure and congestive heart failure as underlying causes. It also indicated that he suffered from aspiration pneumonia. His body was cremated and his ashes were given to his daughter. [50] Brooks, Brad; Pilcher, Tim (2005). The Essential Guide to World Comics. London, United Kingdom: Collins & Brown. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84340-300-5.