
Co-Creator of the
Marvel Comics
universe...although "Catalyst" might be a better term to describe him.
Together with an astounding group of artists (some like
Jack Kirby
, already legends in the field), he produced a memorable lineup of characters and stories which, to this day, form the backbone both of the comics line and various film and tv spinoffs.
Even the characters he
didn't co-create, like
Captain America
and the
Silver Surfer
, he guided and shaped into the versions we know and love today.
And credit where credit is due...Lee
couldn't have done it without Kirby,
Steve Ditko
, Don Heck, Gene Colan, and the rest; while they, who had all done superb work without him, did their
best work with him!
(C'mon, what post-Stan Lee Marvel characters have had any
real success, outside of the 1975 revival of the
X-Men
, itself based on core characters created by Lee and Kirby?)
So, EXCELSIOR! to you, Stan the Man!