Biography
Stanley Martin Lieber, better known as Stan Lee, was an American comic book author, writer, editor, and producer who lived from December 28, 1922, to November 12, 2018.
He progressed through the ranks of Timely Publications, a family-owned company that would ultimately become Marvel Comics.
He was the company’s chief creative head for two decades, overseeing its growth from a minor subsidiary of a publishing house to a multimedia conglomerate that dominated the comics and cinema sectors.
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| Real Name: | Stanley Martin Lieber |
| Stage Name: | Stan Lee |
| Born: | 28 December 1922 (age 95 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Died: | 12 November 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.8 m |
| Parents: | Jack Lieber, Celia Lieber |
| Siblings: | Larry Lieber |
| Wife • Spouse: | Joan Boocock Lee (m. 1947–2017) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | N/A |
| Children: | Joan Celia Lee, Jan Lee |
| Occupation: | Author • Writer |
| Net Worth: | US$50 million-US$80 million |
Early Life & Education
Stan Lee was brought into the world in the residence of his Romanian-born Jewish immigrant parents, Celia Lieber (née Solomon) and Jack Lieber. He was born on the corner of West 98th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, on December 28, 1922.
Stan Lee was born and raised in a Jewish family. After the Great Depression, his father, a trained dress cutter, worked only infrequently, and the family relocated to Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Larry Lieber, Stan Lee‘s younger brother, was his only sibling. As a child, he was influenced by literature and movies, particularly those starring Errol Flynn in heroic roles.
The family lived in an apartment at 1720 University Avenue in The Bronx when Stan Lee was a teen. The apartment was on the third floor. Their parents slept on a foldout couch while Stan Lee and his brother shared a room.
Stan Lee went to the Bronx’s DeWitt Clinton High School.
Career
Stan Lee became an assistant at the fledgling Timely Comics subsidiary of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman in 1939 with the support of his uncle Robbie Solomon.
By the 1960s, Timely Comics had evolved into Marvel Comics. Joe Simon, the editor of Timely Comics, formally recruited him, whose relative Jean was Goodman’s wife.
At first, his responsibilities were routine. He had to make sure the inkwells were filled because the comic artists dipped the pen in ink back then. He also went down to get them lunch, reviewed their work, and removed their pencil marks from the last pages.
Stan Lee made his comic-book debut in Captain America Comics #3 (cover-dated May 1941), with the title “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge,” under the pseudonym Stan Lee (a variation of his initial name, “Stanley“), which he would eventually use as his legal name.
Stan Lee later said in his autobiography and other sources that he was so humiliated by comic books’ low social position that he established a pen name so that no one would identify his real name with them.
Following a disagreement with Goodman, Simon and his creative partner Jack Kirby resigned in late 1941, and the 30-year-old publisher appointed Stan Lee, who was just under 19 years old, as interim editor. The teenager had a flair for the business, and he stayed on as editor-in-chief and art director of the comic-book section for most of that period, till 1972, when he succeeded Goodman as publisher.
Stan Lee made cameo roles in several Marvel films and television shows, including those set in the MCU. A couple of these cameos are self-aware, and they occasionally allude to Stan Lee‘s participation in the development of particular characters. In the 2018 DC Comics film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, he also appeared briefly appears as himself.
Following Stan Lee‘s death, Marvel Studios implemented a new policy prohibiting the use of archive material of him in future films, with Avengers: Endgame (2019) serving as his final appearance; the film was released many months after his demise.
Personal Life
From 1945 until 1947, Stan Lee rented the top floor of a brownstone in Manhattan’s East 90s. On December 5, 1947, he wedded Joan Clayton Boocock, born in Newcastle, England.
The couple bought a property in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island, in 1949 and lived there until 1952. Joan Celia “J. C.” Lee, their firstborn, was born in 1950. Jan Lee, another daughter, died a few days shortly after her delivery in 1953.
Stan Lee had a pacemaker implanted in his heart in September 2012, necessitating the cancellation of convention appearances. By 2017, Stan Lee had retired from convention appearances.
Joan Boocock, his 69-year-old wife, passed away due to a stroke on July 6, 2017. She was 95 years old at the time.
Social Media
Stan Lee was active on Instagram and Twitter and had millions of followers from all around the globe. His handle is @TheRealStanLee, and his last post was Excelsior!
Cause Of Death
Stan Lee died on November 12, 2018, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 95, one month before his 96th birthday, after being brought there earlier for a medical emergency.
Stan Lee had already been admitted to the hospital due to illness. His death certificate listed cardiac arrest as the direct cause of death, with respiratory failure and congestive heart failure as underlying reasons.
Net Worth
While Stan Lee was effectively the world’s most popular comic book essayist and supervisor, he probably won’t be as rich as you’d envision.
A lot is obscure about his funds. However, Stan Lee’s total net worth is frequently assessed at US$50 million to US$80 million.
