Biography and Autobiography Timeline

Stanley Lieber is born

Dec 28, 1922

Stanley Leiber was born in Manhattan, New York City in 1922.

Great Depression

1929

Stock market crash leads to the Great Depression

Stan takes over as editor at Timely

1941

Stan's first comic-book story appears in Captain America Comics #3. Later that year, Stan takes ver as editor at Timely.

Japan attacks America

1941

Japan attacks American military base at Pearl Harbor, leading United States to enter World War 2.

Stan joins the US army

1942

World War 2 ends

1945

Stan gets married

1947

Stan marries Joan Clayton Boocock

First African American to play major leagues

1947

Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in the major leagues

Timely comics is renamed

1951

Timely comics is renamed Atlas Comics

First man on the moon

1969

Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon

HBO channel

1972

HBO becomes the first pay-television channel

The Vietnam War comes to an end

1975

Stan moves to Los Angeles

1980

Stan moves to Los Angeles to develop movies for Marvel Comics.

End of Cold War

1989

The fall of the Berlin Wall marks the end of the Cold War

Will Eisner Hall of Fame

1994

Stan is inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, a special honor for comic-book creators.

Blade is a hit

1998

Blade, starring Wesley Snipes, is Marvel's first movie hit

Apple releases iPod

2001

Apple releases the first line of iPod music players

Facebook

2004

Mark Zuckerberg and a group of friends found Facebook

Stan Lee documentary

2012

Stan Lee: With Great Power documentary is released

Stanley Death

Nov 12, 2018

Stanley lived for 95 years and died on November 12th, 2018 in Los Angles California.