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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber /ˈliːbər/; December 28, 1922–November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics. He was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, expanding it from a small publishing house division to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries. In collaboration with others at Marvel—particularly co-writers and artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko—he co-created iconic characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. These and other characters' introductions in the 1960s pioneered a more naturalistic approach in superhero comics. In the 1970s, Lee challenged the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority, indirectly leading to changes in its policies. In the 1980s, he pursued the development of Marvel properties in other media, with mixed results. Following his retirement from Marvel in the 1990s, Lee remained a public figurehead for the company. He frequently made cameo appearances in films and television shows based on Marvel properties, on which he received an executive producer credit, which allowed him to become the person with the highest-grossing film total ever. He continued independent creative ventures until his death, aged 95, in 2018. Lee was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995. He received the NEA's National Medal of Arts in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Workaholic wrestler, John loves his wife, Betty, and nine-year-old son, Erick, but is unable to find time for his family and often put in a bad light by his neighbor, divorcé, Bill Banner, who harbors unrequited feelings for Betty. After missing Erick's karate class graduation, John resolves to redeem himself by fulfilling Erick's Birthday wish of an action figure of Thor, despite Sue actually having asked him to buy one two weeks earlier, while John forgot about. John sets out to buy the toy, but finds that every store has sold out, and in the process develops a rivalry with DJ Harry, a postal worker father with the same ambition. at the Marvel Comics parade, John hiding inside a storage room, where he is mistaken for the actor portraying Thor Odinson and dressed in the highly technological costume. As Thor, John uses his chance to present a limited-edition action figure to Erick, but they are confronted by DJ, dressed as Thor's enemy, Loki Laufeyson. Despite John's pleas for DJ to stop, a long chase ensues, involving even a jetboot flight. DJ acquires the toy from Jonathan but is cornered by police officers, while John saves his son. John reveals himself to his family to wear his glasses and apologizes for his shortcomings. The police return the toy to Erick as DJ is arrested, but Erick decides to give the toy to DJ for his son, proclaiming his father as his true hero while the crowd from the parade carries Bob for being a hero while DJ, Betty and Erick look on and smiles.
