News Stan Lee, Marvel Comics visionary, dies at 95

[IronRain]

Stan Lee, the colorful Marvel Comics patriarch who helped usher in a new era of superhero storytelling -- and saw his creations become a giant influence in the movie business -- has died.

He was 95.

Kirk Schneck, an attorney for Lee's daughter, tells CNN the comic giant died was taken by ambulance from his home on Monday morning to Cedar's Sinai Medical Center, where he later died. The cause of death is not yet known, according to Schneck.

Lee began his career at what was then Timely Comics in 1939. Over the years he was a writer, editor and occasional illustrator. But, bored with the output, he was preparing to leave the company when history took a sudden turn.

For many years, the business had been dominated by DC (then National) Comics, creators of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern.

Sources:
- https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/12/entertainment/stan-lee-obit/index.html
- https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46186552

 

[jedidia]

Excelsior!

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Ah man.

I mean, I knew it would happen. I knew we'd eventually get a Marvel movie without a Stan Lee cameo. Dude sure did get to see a lot. How the industry went through it's "Golden Age", then digital. Then the explosion on to the movie screens.

 

[Interceptor]

Very sad day,such a great imagination,oh! the golden days of comics, such fond memories.

 

[mahdavi3d]

Sad news