Stan Lee, original name Stanley Martin Lieber, was(出生) in New York City in 1922. At the age of 17, he got a job at Timely Comics, the company that later(发展) into Marvel. There he soon learned writing duties and penning superhero stories.
Lee spent nearly 80 years of his life(创造) hundreds of characters and teams.
Some of them are(广泛地) known around the world, such as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Avengers, X-Men and Thor.
Actually, Marvel's superheroes existed long before Lee got into the (商业). They were perfect in comic books. However, Lee's heroes are quite different. They do have superpowers that ordinary people don't have. But they are also troubled by(日常的) problems. People who like Lee's heroes think that they can even feel for these superheroes.
Lee has also played many cameo roles in Marvel movies, a (传统) that continued
after Walt Disney. In these films, he waters the flowers, delivers (邮件) and even works as a security (警卫). In 2008, Lee was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
On November 12, 2018, this(活跃的) old man died of illness in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 95. But we will always remember him and his superheroes.
