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I know it's hard to pick, but what do people think is Stan Lee's greatest creation?

Commercially, the FF - the title that kickstarted a universe.

Culturally, SpiderMan - the superhero with superproblems.

Literarily, Silver Surfer or Dr. Doom, the most tragic figures in the early Marvel Universe.

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I knew this day was coming, I was waiting for how I might feel for me to experience the death of someone that inspiration for me. But unlike musicians and actors that often die 1/2 or 1/3rd (or 1/4th) this age, I was expecting and content with the outcome of his life. Aside from the shock of the headline finally coming out, I think I can be content just saying so long.

In many ways, considering his life since his beloved wife passed (in bad health and sieged by vultures masquerading as friends), it was probably a relief.

Still, a universe without Stan The Man is a poorer one.

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post #6

I know it's hard to pick, but what do people think is Stan Lee's greatest creation?

The Stan Lee cameo.

Don't be flippant. The man changed the cultural landscape way before any movie of his creations had been shot.

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Thanks for the memories. The last cameo is going to be very emotional for viewers.

Which movie is that in?

I guess the second part of Infinity War, coming up next year. Filming of that one has long been completed. But I'm not up to speed with the MCU at large, so there might be some other minor movie. EDIT: there is Captain Marvel too, already wrapped; and there are rumours that others might have already been filmed, for projects further down the line.

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The neatest thing for Stan Lee must have been to see the realistic-looking movie adaptions of all those comics that he worked on for decades.

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Very few modern artists have contributed as much to culture (pop or otherwise) as Stan Lee. I'm just happy that his efforts (and others like him like Kirby, Alan Moore, Grant Morrisson, Brian Vaughan, Frank Miller, Miyazaki, Hosoda et al) have created a tour-de-force of modern-day storytelling.

It's almost ironic that I was just finishing a Batman arc when I first heard the news. The news of his death doesn't really leave me sad (He lived a fuller life than most of us ever will) but does find me acknowledging the end of an era.

Thank you Stan Lee!

Excelsior indeed

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post #15

The neatest thing for Stan Lee must have been to see the realistic-looking movie adaptions of all those comics that he worked on for decades.

Right. He literally watched his imagination become as true as it possibly could.

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which movie is that in?

I guess the second part of Infinity War, coming up next year. Filming of that one has long been completed. But I'm not up to speed with the MCU at large, so there might be some other minor movie. EDIT: there is Captain Marvel too, already wrapped; and there are rumours that others might have already been filmed, for projects further down the line.

His last "current" one was in Teen Titans Go to the movies, which is arguably his funniest cameo
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