Stan Lee

Born

December 28, 1922

Died

November 12, 2018 (aged 95)

Known as

publisher, comics writer, editor, film producer, journalist, science fiction writer

Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics. He was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, expanding it from a small publishing house division to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries.

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