As Stan Lee has influenced you, and all of modern culture

Heroes who have brought up generations

What superhero do you know? I am sure that almost everyone who comes to mind in the first place (with the exception of Superman, Batman and Captain America), created by Stan Lee himself or together with other artists.

Spider-Man, Hulk, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, the Black Panther, X-Men, Ant-Man, Iron Man, Thor. In total - more than a hundred characters. From those that have played bit parts in comics 50 years ago, to those applied to T-shirts and stuffed in the form of tattoos.

Each character created by Stan Lee, was not accidental, and played a role (even if this is not seen at first glance) in solving the problems of society and the world - from racism to an arms race.

Fantastic Four, which came up with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby - that, on the one hand, the publisher reply DC and the Justice League, and on the other - one of the first attempts to bring comics to a wider audience. F4 - is an ordinary family, which not only saves the world from another tyrant, but also find out the relationship and trying to get along in the common house. Yes, and more, in contrast to the classic comic book characters, does not hide its identity.

I am 8 years, I rewound to the beginning, and not for the first time reviewing a videotape, which recorded 10 episodes of "Spider-Man" in 1994. It is this character - the first fictional character who influenced me. For my friends Spider-Man - is the one who has super powers and who is constantly fighting with the villains in bright costumes, then struggles again and will certainly be the winner.

The same cartoon remember the motto of the hero - that famous phrase: "With great power comes great responsibility." When did you get your strength, it must be applied correctly.

Spider-Man came up with it, Stan Lee. And it was he who wrote the first 100 issues a solo comic book The Amazing Spider-Man. It was Stan Lee has invested in the hero this simple but important truth, which took a refrain throughout my life.

"X-Men" - a comic book series, which one after the other reveals the problems of society. This is the first team where there were heroes from different countries, continents and that the most important crops - because all people are equal. mutant team - champions of equality and Charles Xavier - it is Martin Luther King, who believes that, despite the differences, people are people. The most famous villain, Magneto, went through the Holocaust and wants peace for his people.

It is the "X-Men" became the first successful film adaptation of comic books. And stories about them do not descend from screens for 18 years.

Black Panther - the first black hero MarvelWhich became a symbol of the struggle for independence and adherence to traditions. Through Dr. Strange Lee and Steve Ditko it showed that anyone can change: today you selfish successful surgeon, and tomorrow - Archmage, who sacrificed everything to save his planet.

Daredevil - a blind lawyer who proved that the feats can be performed without a suit. Iron Man - comic industry response to the cold war.

Through his characters Lee and his team raised the topics that were formally considered taboo: corruption, drugs, gang wars, abuse of power. Something that does not dare to speak directly, appeared on the comics pages.

Stan Lee spoke not only metaphors, but rather directly. In 1967, in the main series, the publisher of comics began to emerge Stan's Soapbox: a column in which Lee spoke directly to his readers, and commented that excited the world right now.

First, the chief editor and then publisher, Lee gave almost all his life Marvel Comics and became her voice.

And he has worked with the eternal rivals - DC Comics. Maestro wrote comics for all the major publishing series: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Shazam. Even the Green Lantern and Aquaman have not gone unnoticed.

Industry, to change the culture

In the late nineties Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, and therefore began to sell the film rights to his characters studios. Then in the company and could not think that after 20 years, will own the largest kinofranshizoy in history.

"X-Men" - the first film adaptation of comic books that gave rise to its own universe. Yes, there were many stories about the film adaptation of Batman, but it is a team of mutants created the groundwork for what has become kinovselennoy Marvel in the future.

In 2008, Marvel withdrew its first own film - "Iron Man", and in 2009 the company bought a conglomerate Disney. Since then, every year on the screens the film Marvel Studios. Now there are 20, and in the top ten highest-grossing pictures in the history of at least four - Marvel authorship.

And an integral part of these films has been and remains Stan Lee: It appears in every movie by Marvel comics in a cameo - cameo. It seems that the word "cameo" - another thing that came to life thanks to Stan.

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Stan Lee's life - it's a long road full of adventures. The best thing about this told biographer Bob Batchelor in his book "Stan Lee. The creator of the great Marvel Universe». Read it if you want to know about Marvel's face anymore.

Just 10 years ago, comics were given to countries zashugannyh guys, but in Russian only tonyusenkie out pamphlets about the most famous characters. Now all the books are filled up with numerous stories about superheroes and ordinary people talking unicorns and cats anthropomorphic detectives.

Tens of years ago, Stanley Lieber, creating another character could hardly imagine that the simple truth that it is the team invested in the characters, the world will change. Thank you, Stan Lee!