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“Add Disney to Marvel, then you have a company no one can beat.”

―Stan Lee^[src]

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber, December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, and co-founder and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. He co-created several of Marvel's first and most famous superheroes, namely Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, The Thing, Ant-Man, Wasp, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, and the teams Fantastic Four, Avengers, and X-Men.

History

Lee was influenced by Walt Disney, one book he saved up for when he was a young boy was The Art of Walt Disney.

In Disney movies, he made cameos in The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, and Avengers: Endgame, with his cameo in Endgame being his final MCU cameo. His cameo in Big Hero 6 is especially relevant as he voiced Mr. Frederickson.

Lee's cameos in the above films are significant in that he is the credited creator or co-creator of virtually all the major Marvel characters featured in both Disney and non-Disney films, his association with Marvel having dated back to its earliest days in the early 1940s.

In Disney TV shows, he appeared in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Avengers Assemble, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, The Defenders, Spider-Man, Runaways, Guardians of the Galaxy, Cloak & Dagger, and Big Hero 6: The Series.

He also made a cameo in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as the Three Stooges Wedding Guest.

He also made a non-speaking cameo as a netizen that Vanellope runs past in Oh My Disney in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

In 1995, he had a cameo in Mallrats; this was referenced in Captain Marvel.

Lee served as an executive producer on The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Dark Phoenix, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Black Widow, and The New Mutants.

Lee was one of the inductees of the Disney Legends Class of 2017.

Lee died on November 12, 2018, upon his death Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted:

"Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created. A superhero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power to inspire, to entertain, and to connect. The scale of his imagination was only exceeded by the size of his heart."

The Marvel Studios logo opening for Captain Marvel featured photos of him instead of their superheroes in honor of Lee's passing in 2018. Spider-Man: Far From Home and Into the Spider-Verse were dedicated to him and Steve Ditko.

A television special, Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee, aired on ABC on December 20, 2019.

Marvel Cinematic Universe cameos

Gallery

External links

Stan Lee on Wikipedia
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+|died = [[November 12]], [[2018]] (aged 95)<br>[[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States
+|cause of death = Complications from pneumonia, heart failure, and breathing issues
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-|spouse = Joan Lee ([[1947]]-present)
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-'''Stan Lee''' (born '''Stanley Martin Lieber'''; [[December 28]], [[1922]]) is an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. Due to his longtime association with Marvel Comics, Stan Lee cameos in most post-2000 movies based on Marvel comics. In non-Disney productions, he cameoed in ''X-Men'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Daredevil'', ''Hulk'', ''Spider-Man 2'', ''Fantastic Four'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (in which he portrays himself), ''Iron Man'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''Captain America: The First Avenger'', ''Thor'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2''. In Disney productions, he cameos in ''[[The Avengers]]'', ''[[Iron Man 3]]'', ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'', ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6]]'', ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' and ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]''<span style="line-height:1.5em;">. His cameo in </span>''Big Hero 6''<span style="line-height:1.5em;"> is especially relevant as he plays </span>[[Fred (Big Hero 6)|Fred]]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">'s </span>[[Fred's Father|father]]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">. He is set to cameo in </span>''[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]], [[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]], [[Thor: Ragnarok]], [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]], [[Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1]], [[Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2]], [[Captain Marvel (Film)|Captain Marvel]], [[Inhumans (film)|Inhumans]], ''<span style="line-height:1.5em;">and the non-Disney movie </span>''The Fantastic Four''<span style="line-height:1.5em;">.</span>
+{{Quote|Add Disney to Marvel, then you have a company no one can beat.|Stan Lee|Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop}}
+'''Stan Lee''' (born '''Stanley Martin Lieber''', December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, and co-founder and former president and chairman of [[Marvel Comics]]. He co-created several of Marvel's first and most famous superheroes, namely [[Spider-Man]], [[Hulk]], [[Iron Man]], [[Thor]], [[Mr. Fantastic]], [[Invisible Woman]], [[Human Torch]], [[Thing|The Thing]], [[Hank Pym|Ant-Man]], [[Janet van Dyne|Wasp]], [[Hawkeye]], [[Black Widow]], [[Daredevil]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Black Panther]], and the teams [[Fantastic Four (team)|Fantastic Four]], [[Avengers]], and [[X-Men (team)|X-Men]].
-Lee's cameos in the above films are significant in that he is the credited creator or co-creator of virtually all of the major Marvel characters featured in both Disney and non-Disney films, his association with Marvel having dated back to its earliest days in the early 1940s.
+==History==
-He also cameos in TV shows and TV movies based on Marvel comics. In non-Disney TV shows and TV Movies, he was the narrator in the 1982 ''Incredible Hulk'' cartoon show and in ''Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends'', and he cameoed in ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', ''The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series'', ''Trial of the Incredible Hulk'', ''Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''Black Panther'', and had a mayor role as the Mayor of Super Hero City in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. In Disney TV-shows and TV movies, he appeared in ''[[Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel]]'' (reprising his role as the hot dog vendor from ''X-Men''), ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' (where he replaced [[Phil Coulson]] as principal of Midtown High after Coulson was made the star of ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''), ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]'', ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'', ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''and ''[[Agent Carter]]'' .
+Lee was influenced by [[Walt Disney]], one book he saved up for when he was a young boy was The Art of Walt Disney.
+In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] movies, he made cameos in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Iron Man 3]]'', ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'', ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6]]'', ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]'', ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', ''[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'', ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'', ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'', ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'', ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'', and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', with his cameo in ''Endgame'' being his final MCU cameo. His cameo in ''Big Hero 6'' is especially relevant as he voiced [[Mr. Frederickson]].
-He also made a cameo in ''[[The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]'', as the "Three Stooges Wedding Guest".
+Lee's cameos in the above films are significant in that he is the credited creator or co-creator of virtually all the major Marvel characters featured in both Disney and non-Disney films, his association with Marvel having dated back to its earliest days in the early 1940s.
+In Disney TV shows, he appeared in ''[[Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel]]'', ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]'', ''[[Avengers Assemble]]'', ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', ''[[Agent Carter]]'', ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'', ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'', ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'', ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'', ''[[The Punisher]]'', ''[[The Defenders (TV series)|The Defenders]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (TV series)|Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Cloak & Dagger]]'', and ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series]]''.
+He also made a cameo in ''[[The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]'' as the Three Stooges Wedding Guest.
+He also made a non-speaking cameo as a netizen that [[Vanellope von Schweetz|Vanellope]] runs past in [[Oh My Disney]] in ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''.
+In 1995, he had a cameo in ''Mallrats''; this was referenced in ''Captain Marvel''.
+Lee served as an executive producer on ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Iron Man 3]]'', ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'', ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', ''[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]]'', ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'', ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'', ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'', ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]'', ''[[Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors]]'', ''[[Captain Marvel]]'', ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', ''[[Dark Phoenix]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'', ''[[Black Widow (film)|Black Widow]]'', and ''[[The New Mutants]]''.
+Lee was one of the inductees of the ''[[Disney Legends]]'' Class of [[2017]].
+Lee died on [[November 12]], [[2018]], upon his death Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] tweeted:
+"Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created. A superhero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power to inspire, to entertain, and to connect. The scale of his imagination was only exceeded by the size of his heart."
+The Marvel Studios logo opening for ''Captain Marvel'' featured photos of him instead of their superheroes in honor of Lee's passing in 2018. ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'' and ''Into the Spider-Verse'' were dedicated to him and Steve Ditko.
+A television special, ''Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee'', aired on [[ABC]] on [[December 20]], [[2019]].
+==Marvel Cinematic Universe cameos==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
+HowardStarkStanLee.png|Lee in ''[[Agent Carter]]''<br>{{Small|("[[The Blitzkrieg Button]]")}}
+-stan-lee-the-avengers.jpg|Lee in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
+iron man 3 stan lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Iron Man 3]]''
+stan-lee-thor-dark-world.png|Lee in ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]''
+Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 1x13 - T.R.A.C.K.S. - Stan Lee Cameo.jpg|Lee in ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''<br>{{Small|("[[T.R.A.C.K.S.]]")}}
+Stan Lee TWS.jpg|Lee in ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''
+StanLee-GOTG.png|Lee in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
+Stan Lee AoU.png|Lee in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''
+StanLee-AM.png|Lee in ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]''
+Stanleecameocivilwarfedex.png|Lee in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''
+Doctor Strange Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Doctor Strange (film)|Doctor Strange]]''
+Stan Lee Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.jpg|Lee in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]''
+Homecoming Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]''
+Irving Forbush.jpg|Lee as [[Irving Forbush]] in ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'', ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'', ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'', ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'', ''[[The Punisher]]'', and ''[[The Defenders (TV series)|The Defenders]]''
+Runaways Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]''
+Ragnarok Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''
+Black Panther Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''
+Infinity War Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''
+Ant-Man and the Wasp Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp]]''
+Fred's Father.png|Lee as [[Mr. Frederickson]] in ''[[Big Hero 6]]''
+Captain Marvel Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]''
+Endgame Stan Lee.jpg|Lee in ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', his final MCU cameo
+</gallery>
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery position="center" widths="150" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
+Stan-lee.jpg
-StanLee MissionMarvel.jpg|Stan Lee as a hot dog vendor, in ''[[Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel|Mission Marvel]]''
+StanLee MissionMarvel.jpg| Lee as a hot dog vendor in ''[[Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel|Mission Marvel]]''
-Stan_the_Man_Janitor.PNG|Stan as Stan the Janitor in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]''
-Stan Lee thwp.png|Stan the Janitor says "Thwp thwp"
+Stan the Man Janitor.PNG|Lee as Stan the Janitor in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]''
+Stan Lee thwp.png|Stan the Janitor saying, "Thwp thwp"
--stan-lee-the-avengers.jpg|Stan Lee in ''[[The Avengers]]''
+Fred's family portrait.jpg|[[Fred (Big Hero 6)|Fred]] and his family
-stan-lee-avengers-age-of-ultron-cameo-107163.jpg|Stan Lee, Deleted Scene from ''[[The Avengers]]''
-iron man 3 stan lee.jpg|Stan Lee in ''[[Iron Man 3]]''
-stan-lee-thor-dark-world.png|Stan Lee in ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]''
-o-SHIELD-STAN-LEE-140204-facebook.jpg|Stan Lee in ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''
-Stan Lee TWS.jpg|Stan Lee in ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''
-StanLee-GOTG.png|Stan Lee in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
-Fred's Father.png|Stan Lee as ''[[Fred's Father]]'' in ''[[Big Hero 6]]''
-HowardStarkStanLee.png|Stan Lee in '' [[Agent Carter]]''
-Fred's_family_portrait.jpg|[[Fred]] and his family
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-Stan Lee AoU.png|Stan Lee in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''
+LEGOStanLee.png|Lee's appearance in ''[[w:c:lego:LEGO Marvel Super Heroes|LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]''
+Stan Lee GOTG POP.jpg
+Stan Lee The First Avenger POP.png
+Stan Lee Winter Soldier Cameo POP.jpg
+MXBEtPY.jpg|Lee in ''[[The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]''
+RBTI - Iron Man, R2, Stan Lee, Judy, Rocket cameos.jpg|Lee in ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
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