Posted on 11/12/2018 10:54:51 AM PST by LostInBayport
Stan Lee, the man who co-created Marvel Comics, has died ... Stan's daughter tells TMZ.
We're told an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We're told that's where he died.
Lee had suffered several illnesses over the last year or so -- he had a bout of pneumonia and vision issues.
Stan started Marvel with Jack Kirby in 1961 with The Fantastic Four. He went on to create Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Iron Man and The Avengers.
Stan made cameo appearances in all of the Marvel movies.
Lee had a rocky relationship with Marvel once the company went full-tilt Hollywood. He sued the company in 2002 for royalties he said he was owed for the first "Spider-Man" movie. Three years later he settled the case for $10 million.
Lee is survived by his daughter, J.C. His wife of 69 years, Joan, died in 2017.
J.C. tells TMZ, "My father loved all of his fans. He was the greatest, most decent man."
Lee was 95.
Thanks for the memories, Stan.........................
An amazing life and mind. RIP
RIP, Stan
I had original issues of many of their comics. If I still had them today I’d be a wealthy man.....................
Excelsior!<p?-PJ
Made many a ‘happy time’ for my youngest son......
That looks like Hugh Hefner! (Iron Man joke)
Young at heart all the way until the last day.
HAL is speechless, literally.
Excelsior!
I had Number 1 issues of Spider Man and Silver Surfer, plus others I misspent my coke bottle deposit and lawn mowing money on..............
Sounds silly, but comic books were my gateway into my love of reading.
Thank you Stan, life long comic fan of yours.
Goodbye Stan. You were a comic book artist back when drawing
and storytelling skills really mattered, i.e. before computers and graphic software. Before the feminization /globalization of the publishers.
Now begins the battle over his money and assets.
Hopefully, his daughter is already lawyered up.
Great legacy.
‘nuf said.
And deeply mourned by his daughters Siri and Alexa. RIP Doug Rain.
RIP.
Very sad to hear this... but he lived a good, long life, brought happiness to many, and had great success in doing so.
We should all able to say as much...
RIP Stan...
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