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Stan Lee (1922-2018)

If the only true immortality a man can ever have is the legacy he leaves behind, then in many ways Stan 'The Man' Lee will out live us all...

I remember the first Marvel comic I ever read was the Spider-man special issue that they handed out in school as part of the 'Just Say No' campaign.
It was a terribly ham-fisted story, but it got the 'drugs are bad' message across in no uncertain terms. When I later learned that the U.S. Government
had asked Marvel to do the comic, and that the Comic-Code Authority had refused to endorse the book because drug use of any kind was prohibited by
the Code... Even though the story was obviously Anti-Drug... and Marvel (Stan Lee was at that time still president) had decided that if the Code was that
antiquated it was time to remove the Code-Authority Logo from all there books and move on. So they published the book anyway, with out the Comic-Code
Authority endorsement, for the first time (I think) since the company had been known as Timely Comics in the early '50's.

Why do I relate that story? Because it showed a principal and integrity that made me proud to be a Marvel fan.

Obviously, Stan Lee didn't run Marvel alone, he had a lot of help from fellow legends like Jack 'King' Kirby and Steve Ditko. But Stan, if not directly responsible for the
creation of, definitely had a crucial part in the creation of some of the most legendary characters of all time.

While you can say what you will about comics books as art or anything else, it would be hard to deny that few other creative minds have had a bigger impact on the
hearts and minds of the people for over half a century. So long Stan, and thanks for everything.

Description
Stan Lee (1922-2018)

If the only true immortality a man can ever have is the legacy he leaves behind, then in many ways Stan 'The Man' Lee will out live us all...

I remember the first Marvel comic I ever read was the Spider-man special issue that they handed out in school as part of the 'Just Say No' campaign.
It was a terribly ham-fisted story, but it got the 'drugs are bad' message across in no uncertain terms. When I later learned that the U.S. Government
had asked Marvel to do the comic, and that the Comic-Code Authority had refused to endorse the book because drug use of any kind was prohibited by
the Code... Even though the story was obviously Anti-Drug... and Marvel (Stan Lee was at that time still president) had decided that if the Code was that
antiquated it was time to remove the Code-Authority Logo from all there books and move on. So they published the book anyway, with out the Comic-Code
Authority endorsement, for the first time (I think) since the company had been known as Timely Comics in the early '50's.

Why do I relate that story? Because it showed a principal and integrity that made me proud to be a Marvel fan.

Obviously, Stan Lee didn't run Marvel alone, he had a lot of help from fellow legends like Jack 'King' Kirby and Steve Ditko. But Stan, if not directly responsible for the
creation of, definitely had a crucial part in the creation of some of the most legendary characters of all time.

While you can say what you will about comics books as art or anything else, it would be hard to deny that few other creative minds have had a bigger impact on the
hearts and minds of the people for over half a century. So long Stan, and thanks for everything.