So sorry to hear this but reaching 95 is not a common milestone. My son and I got a kick from his cameos in the Marvel films. Hopefully he filmed one for Infinity War part 2
Yes RIP Stan Lee.
When I was a little kid, it was DC comics that ruled the world, and Marvel was a second tier. That didn't mean they were bad, they just did not have the same standing in the real world. I stopped reading comics when they were 12 cents an issue. It seems there were these things called "girls" that I had been ignoring but suddenly seemed to be of some value! (j/k, let's not get PC riled up, I was 12!)
Anyway, the coolest thing that happened was that the Marvel Universe virtually took over the film industry, and each and every one of those films (well, maybe with the exception of Hulk and Fantastic Four(s)) was a major hit and begat even bigger hits. It's very cool that Stan lived to see all of this success.
95 is a good run, as long as everything is still working. RIP Stan. Good job.
I never read any of the Marvel comics and haven't seen any of the flicks. Being from a cultured background (tongue in cheek...), we only read the Classics Illustrated series.....along with The Man from UNCLE, Dr. Graves Ghost Hunter, Ghostly Tales, Boris Karloff's Thriller.
Back in the 60's I operated a newsstand for about 6 years. I sold all the comics mentioned here. All the kids would run into the store after school every Tuesday and Thursday which was delivery day. They loved looking at all the new arrivals. I was like a comic book god because I carried everything, a very large selection.
Yea, I feel like kicking myself now. I would have had first dibs on everything. Back then it was records and girls for me, not comic books.Imagine if you had bought just one copy of each issue and kept them until now!
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