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Post by rick on Nov 12, 2018 15:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Nov 12, 2018 19:29:34 GMT -5
An incredible loss for American pop culture to be sure. While I long ago outgrew comic books and such, there's no doubt that Stan Lee was a genius at doing what he did (even if some might scoff at the idea of equating the creation of comic books with "Genius").
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 12, 2018 23:16:59 GMT -5
NPR did a segment on Stan Lee. He was quite an impressive person. He existed outside of my "sphere" so I knew nothing about him. What a life he lived.
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Post by Tony on Nov 12, 2018 23:45:17 GMT -5
I've got a closet full of comics from the 1960s written by Stan Lee. I've sold a handful of them. My favorite of his characters was The Silver Surfer but I don't think that character translated to cinema as well as others. I used to have a copy of Spiderman #1 but it got lost during a move.
I once was so expert at comics that you could show me a piece of art and I could identify the artist, and could remember specific issues from years ago.
For instance, I went to see Spiderman 2 years ago and after it was over I remarked that the story was adapted from Spiderman #50. So BS got called on that but I dragged out that issue and proved my point.
So when the Iron Man movie came out and I said it was the same story that originally appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 except the original was set in Vietnam instead of Afghanistan I got no lip.
So yes, the passing of Stan Lee choked me up quite a bit.
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