Stan Lee dies, the visionary man of Marvel Comics

Stan Lee, creator, visionary and patriarch of Marvel Comics and characters like Spiderman, Hulk and the Four fantastic, He died at the age of 95.

Lee, who started in business in 1939 and created or co-created Black Panther, Spiderman, X Men, Powerful Thor, Iron ManFantastic Four, Hulk, Daredevil and Ant-Man, among many other characters, died early Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

As the best author of Marvel Comics and later as editor, Lee was considered the architect of contemporary comics.

He re-launched the industry in the 1960s by offering the costumes and actions that younger readers needed, while emphasizing sophisticated storylines, academic dialogues, satire, science fiction, and even more. the philosophy.

Millions have responded to the unlikely mix of realistic fantasy, and many of its characters, including Spider-Man, Hulk and X-Men they became very successful movie stars. Recent projects that he helped make possible include films Black Panther and Dr. Strange up to the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Guardians of the galaxy.

Lee felt that the comics scene was a form of art and that he was prolific: according to some stories, he would have created a new comic every day for 10 years. "I have written so many things that I do not even know, I've written hundreds or thousands," Lee told the trade press in 2006.

Some of Lee's creations became symbols of social change: Spider-Man's domestic turmoil represented the 1960s in the United States, while The Black Panther and The Savage She-Hulk reflected the tribulations of minorities and women.

Lee wrote most comics of Marvel superheroes, including the Avengers and the X-Men, two of the most durable. In 1972, he became editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of the company, and four years later he sold 72 million copies of Spider-Man.

He has also published several books, including Superhero women in 1977 and How to draw comics in the manner of wonders the following year, when he was named editor of the year by the Periodical and Book Association of America.

Lee's last years have been complicated. After the death of Joan, his 69-year-old wife, in July 2017, he sued the leaders of War prisoner! Entertainment, a company that he founded in 2001 to develop movie, television and video game properties for a billion dollars because of an alleged fraud, he then dropped the lawsuit a few weeks later.

He also sued his former commercial director and filed a no-contact order against a man who was busy with his business. Lee's estate is estimated at $ 70 million.

In June 2018, it was revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department had investigated reports of violence against the elderly.

In 2009, The Walt Disney Co. he bought Marvel Entertainment for $ 4 billion and most of the most profitable superhero movies of all time, led by Infinity War Avengers around the world, feature Marvel characters.

Like Alfred Hitchcock before him, Lee, who was never shy, figured in the cameos of Marvel films, avoiding falling into the concrete, watering the lawn, delivering the mail, arriving at a wedding, playing the role of security guard , among others.