https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k A biography of the legendary Stan Lee. en-us 2023-02-01 18:46:41 UTC 2026-02-26 12:02:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f474.png brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2465094963 Lee, Stan. Chicago Review Press. 2004.]]> 2023-02-01 19:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2465094963 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531433443 On December 28, 1922, Stanley Martin Lieber is born.

"Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922, over a decade before the dawn of the American comic book." (Pg 3)]]> 2023-03-25 19:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531433443 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531435145 On November 12, 2018, Stanley Martin Lieber died of cardiac arrest, due to respiratory and congestive heart failure, at the age of 95.]]> 2023-03-25 19:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531435145 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531460975 In August 1972, Stan Lee writes his last comic book. This was Fantastic Four #125.]]> 2023-03-25 20:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531460975 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531462755 After Stan Lee writes his last comic book, he becomes the publisher, and editorial director of Marvel Comics.


"By the late 1970s, Stan Lee was at the center of a whirlwind. He was Marvel's publisher and traveling salesman, the writer of a daily newspaper strip, an author, a father, and a husband." (Pg 182)]]> 2023-03-25 20:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531462755 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531464971 Stan Lee made his debut in 1941, writing the text for "Captain America Foils The Traitor's Revenge", which was illustrated by Jack Kirby.


"Captain America was an immediate hit, with sales rivaling industry heavyweights Superman and Batman..... Before long, they asked for an assistant. Simon hired the cousin of Goodman's wife, Jean--- a seventeen-year-old kid named Stanley Lieber" (Pg 18)]]> 2023-03-25 20:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531464971 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531466246 In 1939, Stan Lee obtains the job of assistant and gofer at Timely Comics.

"Sales for Timely's comics are soaring, and Simon and Kirby's workload has increased proportionately. They need an assistant, a gofer, someone to fetch sandwiches or to erase stray pencil marks on finished artwork-and maybe, down the road, to do a little writing. Stanley accepts. (Pg 9)]]> 2023-03-25 20:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531466246 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531467937 Stan Lee graduates DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where he was editor of the school paper, in 1939.

"Stanley attended DeWitt Clinton High School, an overcrowded Bronx instituion that houses 10,000 students from all parts of the city....." (Pg 7)]]> 2023-03-25 20:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531467937 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531469310 In 1942, Stan Lee enters the U.S. Army Signal Corps, joining after the attack of Pearl Harbor.


"On November 9, 1942, Stan Lee enlisted and was assigned to the Signal Corps, the army's communication division." (Pg 30)]]> 2023-03-25 20:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531469310 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531470177 On December 5, 1947, Stan Lee gets married to Joan Lee. They were married for 71 years, until Stan Lee's death.

"His marriage flourished. Joan Lee was happy as a homemaker, giving up her modeling and acting career at Stan's request to provide her husband a functioning household..." (Pg 37)]]> 2023-03-25 20:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531470177 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531471018 In August 1941, Stan Lee creates his first hero, "The Destroyer".

"The sixth issue of Mystic Comics featured the debut of "The Destroyer," a series that Stan cocreated and wrote for several years across a range of Timely books" (Pg 24)]]> 2023-03-25 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2531471018 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532324863 In 1945, Stan Lee returns from the military after his service in World War II. He resumes his comic book career at Atlas Comics, which later on would become Marvel Comics.


"Finally, on September 29, 1945, after two years, ten months, and twenty-one days of service, Sgt. Stanley M. Lieber received an honorable discharge." (Pg 32)]]> 2023-03-27 02:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532324863 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532328812 In 2008, Stan Lee is awarded a National Medal of Arts.]]> 2023-03-27 02:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532328812 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532332878 In 1962, Stan Lee creates three of the most iconic marvel characters. Those characters are; Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Thor.]]> 2023-03-27 02:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532332878 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532335465 In 2010, Stan Lee founds the Stan Lee Foundation, which focuses on education and arts.]]> 2023-03-27 02:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532335465 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532338367 In 2012, Stan Lee receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Savannah Film Festival.]]> 2023-03-27 02:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532338367 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532341047 In 1998, Stan Lee founds Stan Lee Media with Peter F. Paul.]]> 2023-03-27 02:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532341047 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532347027 In 1981, Stan Lee moves to Los Angeles for the future of Marvel's Film projects.]]> 2023-03-27 02:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532347027 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532467283 In 1963, Stan Lee created more very sucessful characters; Iron Man and the X-Men.]]> 2023-03-27 04:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532467283 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532473832 In 1961, Stan Lee creates his first successful characters alongside Jack Kirby; "The Fantastic Four"


"It's been a bad week for strange sightings in Central City. Today thousands choke through a gigantic, smoke-filled flare that advertises some product or group no one has heard of: "the Fantastic Four." (Pg 81)]]> 2023-03-27 04:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532473832 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532477634 In 2011, Stan Lee is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.]]> 2023-03-27 05:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2532477634 brownima000 https://padlet.com/brownima000/9hu0eewvc5hbxj0k/wish/2534273997 Here are five sources that helped me create this padlet.

-Stan Lee: a timeline (officetimeline.com)
-https://stanleebiography.weebly.com/
-Stan Lee | Biography, Comics, Characters, Cameos, & Facts | Britannica
-Stan Lee - Death, Life & Cameos (biography.com)
-History of Stan Lee - Timeline - Historydraft


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