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Birth date of the hero and creator of Marvel known as Stanley Martin Lieber.
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Lieber, donning the name fans across the world would hence forth know him by, Stan Lee, begins his career in comic making.
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During this time frame, Stan Lee created several comics like: The Witness, The Destroyer, Jack Frost, Whizzer, and Black Marvel.
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With the help of artist Jack Kirby, Stan Lee created the comic series The Fantastic Four. This comic became extremely popular and made the comic making group, now known as Marvel, an extremely influential force in the comic world.
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Another comic series is added to the enormous world Stan Lee has created. The comic, this time around, is about a group of heroes named the X-Men.
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Stan Lee becomes the publisher and editorial director of Marvel.
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Stan Lee Media, an Internet franchise, is created. This company is used to pursue other projects, and served as a home base for some of Stan Lee's other creations.
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This is around the time where Marvel movies started to become a big hit. Stan Lee, as every Marvel fan knows, almost always had a cameo in each movie that came out.
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Stan Lee Media files for bankruptcy after many struggles with lawsuits and corruption charges.
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Pow Entertainment is created. This company serves as the new place to find Stan Lee's various new characters, projects, and creations.
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Disney buys Marvel. Not much changes, except for the ownership rights, and Stan Lee continues to cameo in the movies.
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The Avengers, known as Earth's mightiest heroes, finally make it into movies. Some of the biggest heroes of the movies and comics finally come together to make a seemingly unbeatable team.
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The death of one of the greatest creators in history.
Sources:
www.marvel.com/comics/discover/546/stan-lee
www.britannica.com/biography/Stan-Lee
