I was waiting on writing this. I found myself getting to choked up & not knowing what to say. Hell, where to begin even. Then this video Marvel just released remembering Stan brought me to tears, & I just figured there would never be a good time. That said, this man meant every bit as much to my life as Walt Disney himself. Not for what he's done, more so for what he has helped shape myself & many others into. People like Stan are so few & far between. Especially ones who have the power to touch so many lives like Stan Lee has. He was the true hero of all his stories. He helped teach me lessons no teacher would've taught. From the equality views of the X-Men, the think for yourself & do the right thing politics of Captain America, all the way to great power coming with great responsibility of Spider-Man & more. Stan Lee shaped so many aspects of my life. He says he "wanted them to feel like buying a Marvel book was like visiting an old friend." Well, so long old friend, thank you, & wherever you are keep telling your stories.
Happy Birthday Stan "The Man" Lee!!
95 years old!! That's one heck of a milestone. I can't begin to think of all the things this guy has been responsible for in just my life. I've been reading Marvel comics pretty much since I could read. So I have to say the machine Stan "the man" Lee put into motion has had a major effects on me throughout the years. The Avengers, The X-Men, The Defenders? These characters & more have had a great influence on the person I am today. Thanks for everything you've done Mr. Lee, & I wish to you another 95 years!! Excelsior!!
Marvel Releases Touching Tribute To Joan Lee
If you didn't know, Joan Lee, wife of Stan Lee for 69 years, passed away on Thursday at the age of 93. Marvel had already wrote, "We lost a member of the Marvel family today & our thoughts & prayers go out to Stan & his daughter Joan in this difficult time", in a statement. Now they've released this video, which was planned for later this year. This thing is touching. I can't count how many times I teared up while watching it. This man truly found his soulmate. It leaves me to worry too. I've personally seen what happens to couples who have been together this long after one passes. It's hard. He lost someone who's been in his life longer than I've even been alive. That's a hard hole to fill. My deepest condolences go out to Stan & his daughter in their time of loss.
Stan Lee's Cameos In The Marvel Cinematic Universe Are What?!?
It's been an ongoing theory for awhile, one that I've actually thought would be really cool, is that Stan Lee is actually Uatu the Watcher. Uatu watches Earth as part of a race of cosmic beings that appear to oversee major events throughout the galaxy. WARNING THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2. This theory was acknowledged in a conversation with Screen Rant by Kevin Feige in which he said, "Yes, we always thought it [the theory] would be fun. Stan Lee clearly exists, you know, above & apart from the reality of all the films. So the notion that he could be sitting there on a cosmic pit stop during the jump gate sequence in Guardians was something very fun..." Apparently, & this was a spoiler for me too as I still haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Stan Lee appears in a space suit talking to the Watchers. It takes some reading in between the lines, but it's being strongly hinted through all of this that, yes, Stan Lee is Uatu the Watcher. Feige went on to talk about James Gunn having the idea & loving it. They had taken it out, but put it back in at the last minute, a spot where Stan Lee references the time he was a FedEx agent. That referencing his cameo in Captain America: Civil War.
