Stan Lee

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in New York, New York, The United States

December 28, 1922

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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: 3.88 · 17,981 ratings · 1,242 reviews · 630 distinct works · Similar authors

	How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way by Stan Lee, John Buscema 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator) 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Illustrator) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Artist), John Romita Sr. (Artist) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Four Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Invasion: The Infiltration by Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed 3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Captain America, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Stan Lee

Essential Captain America (7 books)
by Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart (Text), Gene Colan (Illustrations), Gil Kane (Illustrations), Sal Buscema (Illustrations)
3.841304347826087 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 460 ratings

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (12 books)
by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Don Heck (Illustrator)
3.8304668304668303 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 407 ratings

Essential Thor (7 books)
by Stan Lee, Gerry Conway, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, John Buscema
3.7962264150943397 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 265 ratings

Essential Daredevil (6 books)
by Stan Lee, Gene Colan
3.632034632034632 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 231 ratings

Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (2 books)
by Stan Lee, John Buscema (Illustrator)
4.089887640449438 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 89 ratings

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“With great power comes great responsibilty.”
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