Stan Lee

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December 28, 1922 in New York, New York, The United States

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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Captain America, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 9,458 ratings · 757 reviews · 464 distinct works

	How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee, John Buscema 3.80 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko 4.21 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Essential Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 3.69 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men: Vol. 1 3.83 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Artist), John Romita Sr. (Artist) 4.22 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby 4.03 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 3 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr. (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 164 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fantastic Four - Volume 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby 4.18 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Secret Invasion: The Infiltration by Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed 3.30 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Stan Lee

Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (14 books)
by Stan Lee, Jim Mooney (Illustrator), John Buscema (Illustrator), John Romita Sr. (Illustrator)

4.26 avg rating — 516 ratings

Fantastic Four v. 1 Annual (4 books)
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

4.09 avg rating — 457 ratings

Essential Captain America (6 books)
by Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart (Text), Gene Colan (Illustrations), Gil Kane (Illustrations), Sal Buscema (Illustrations)

3.75 avg rating — 228 ratings

Essential Iron Man (4 books)
by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Don Heck (Illustrations)

3.57 avg rating — 212 ratings

Essential Thor (5 books)
by Stan Lee, Gerry Conway, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, John Buscema

3.68 avg rating — 187 ratings

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“With great power comes great responsibilty.”
― Stan Lee

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“Excelsior!”
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“Face front, true believers!”
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