Excelsior! I’m pretty sure that everyone in the class has seen at least one Marvel movie or will see one. The superhero universe is becoming one of the most famous types of movie genres nowadays, and nerds everywhere fangirl when they have seen it. Everything has a beginning, and sure enough, superheroes had one too. Stan Lee is the creator of many fantastic superheroes that we know and love today. He created the famous characters like the Fantastic Four, Spider-man and many more. Stan Lee’s full name is Stanley Martin Lieber. He was born on December 28, 1922, in New York City. He married to Joan Boocock in 1947 and had one daughter.
Stan Lee began his comic book career when he was hired as an office assistant at Timely Comics in 1939. It was then that he shortened his last name to Lee when he became a writer. Of course everyone knows about the famous and patriotic Captain America. In the 1940s, Lee became the company’s interim editor and a year after, he produced text filler for Captain America Comics issue #3, “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge”. This was his first involvement in superhero comics, and it was just the beginning. In the 1950s, he made a variety genre of comics called Atlas Comics, which were about romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
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You might be thinking “Traitor!”, but he is still loyal to Marvel Comics because in 2006, he was honoured for finishing 65 years with Marvel. He was featured in a one-shot comic book series that showed him interacting with his past creations like Spider-man, Doctor Strange, and the Fantastic Four. He was honoured in 2007, when Comic-Con International made Stan Lee action figures. He’s won awards such as the National Medal of Arts, Saturn Awards, Scream Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Producers Guild of America, and Visual Effects Society
There are so many interesting facts about Stan Lee. He was in ww2 as a playwright, he lived during 1948 were comics were burned and destroyed
In 2008, Lee was awarded the American National Medal of Arts. He has his star on the Hollywood Walk of fame; he also won the Saturn awards. Spider-Man earns $403 million in theaters. Because of his numerous achievements his net worth is $100 million. He won the Saturn awards. Throughout the years Stan Lee has appeared or made cameos in the Marvel movies because without him the films or the characters would not exist, so they pay tribute to him in this way. He has his own film that is about his life called With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story. Lee has co-created more than five hundred characters for his comics. He also goes to Comic Cons all across the nation and signs autographs and meets his fans. He legally changed his name from Stanley Martin Lieber to just Stan Lee (Stan Lee Comic Book Superhero). His wife died on July 6, 2017, at ninety-five years old, and Lee is currently 95 years old
Wayne portrayed kids often, an escaped dangerous outlaws. A well-known conservative and anti communist, Wayne immersed his personal beliefs and his professional life in 1952. He played an investigator for the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee, which tried to root out communists. John Wayne is a hero because he is loyal, brave, and self discipline.
In 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the first ever superhero character to appear in comic books. The two young Jewish boys were from Cleveland, Ohio were they went to school and got bullied. They found that the only way to get revenge was through comics. One night Siegel could not sleep and had a dream. After spending all night writing down everything he could remember, he took his thoughts to his friend Shuster who had a talent in drawing. After telling him the story Shuster began to draw out this character. Since Siegel was a body builder he made this character with muscles and tight clothing to signify their love for body building.
The story of Captain America: First Avenger is a story of a sick man, Steve Rogers from Brooklyn, who was enlisted to be a part of a super-soldier program conducted by the U.S. Government. Dr. Abraham Erskine was the lead scientist and turned Rogers into a super-soldier. Rogers’s main mission is to destroy Red Skull who plotting to gain world domination by using a mysterious artifact “Tesseract” that is a rare energy-source.
Stan Lee like many artists took inspiration from his past to create something of great worth
Biography.com). He was born on December 22, 1922, in New York and was born to Romanian (Which I also am) Immigrants. During his childhood, his family were suffering from the Great Depression and his family were struggling to make ends meet (5. Biography.com). He was hired to work for “Timely” comics (Which would later to be known as Marvel) in 1939 and became an interim editor for the company in the early 1940s. He also served
The struggles of Steve Rogers as a sick, poor, orphaned son of immigrants led to who Captain America became as a hero and the ideals he stands for. “Not anyone could have just become Captain America, it was what was inside of Steve Rogers. The fact that Steve Rogers had this morality, these ethics, this health, this empathy, was something that got enhanced even more so by the formula.” (Jeph Loeb, 75HY). Steve’s father died in WWI when he was young.
Task 3 In a three quarters of a page of writing, explain who is your greatest hero and the qualities that person possesses which makes them heroic in your eyes. In my eyes the greatest hero is The Flash. A hero is a person that is admired for their courage and outstanding achievements.
Stanley Martin Lieber, also known as Stan Lee was born in Manhattan, lived there most of his young live. Two of his biggest influences were books and movies. He loved Tarzan, Jules Vern, King Kong he loved anything that was imaginative. His favorite hero was Errol Flynn.
In 1940 there was a rise in popularity for patriotic themed superheroes caused by the creation of the hero the Shield. As a result, in 1941, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon created the second most iconic superhero in Marvel comics, Captain America. (“Marvel comics database.”) Captain America, whose original name was Super American, was a consciously political character that was used to attack enemies of the United States, and had become Timely Comics most
There are many types of heroes (such as the ones in comic books, myths, movies, or even just everyday life heroes) but all of them have perseverance when they’re going through a conflict. Heroes are role models and they’re people that we look up too. They all have unique and special qualities that make one another different from each other. For example policemen battle crime everyday and when they’re overcoming a conflict they have determination, courage and other traits that people admire them for and that make them as a hero. Typically a hero is admired for their achievement/actions and qualities.
The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan plays around the theme heroism in which the characters take roles of being the hero in their own distinct ways. Some continue to play the hero because of their morals and good character. Others become deemed to evil due to the horrible experiences they face. In the film The Dark Night, Batman takes the primary role of the hero because he continuously strives to achieve the well being of the city, while the joker chooses to cause havoc among the people of Arkham city.
Stan Lee is a very influential person in the comic book world. After reading comics he went to high school.Upon graduating High School in 1936 he started writing comics. Lee grew up and lived in New York City until he moved to Hollywood where he still lives today.Stan Lee has made many contributions to the area of cartoons and movies.For example, his most famous comic, Captain America has influenced kids around the world. Many have fallen in love with the superhero created by Stan Lee.
When the word "hero" is spoken, everyone has different thoughts. Some will think of super powers like flying and saving people from villains; while others have a certain person they know or have heard of that come to mind who have done something to make a difference in the lives of others but who is a hero to you? To answer this question you must first ask yourself what a hero is; what comes to your mind when someone says the word. When I am confronted with these questions I always have the same thoughts; smart, strong will power, and someone who stands up for what they believe is right.