88 years young on December 28th, Stan Lee has done it all. He's been at one time or another a comic book writer, editor, publisher, and president -- as well as an actor, producer, and all-around TV personality. Lee is probably one of the biggest celebrities hailing from the comic book industry in the world, with near-universal recognition. And it is exactly that ability to cross over fandoms and touch the general populace that has helped make not only Marvel Comics a household name, but comic books as well.
Born Stanley Lieber in 1922, he grew up at the height of the Great Depression in New York City. Lee was a hard worker, and one of his first writing jobs was obituaries for a news service. He became an assistant at the new Timely Comics in the 1940s, and made his comic-book writing debut with a text piece entitled "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America Comics #3; he signed the work "Stan Lee," hoping to reserve his real name for more literary writings. Read More...
