Top 3 Most Shocking Facts About Stan Lee
There are few cultural icons as well known and beloved as Stan Lee. As the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics he created or co-created some of the most popular comic book characters of all time. We all know Spider-Man. Iron Man. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. The Avengers. The Hulk. Black Panther. The list goes on. We also recognize him from his numerous cameo appearances in the Marvel movies.
But even as a highly recognized, documented and beloved pop culture personality, there are still plenty of fascinating details about his life that not many people know about. Here are the top three most shocking facts about Stan Lee.
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In High School, Stan Lee Used to Write Obituaries… For People Who
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entered World War Two. Filled with a sense of patriotism, Lee asked himself “What am I doing here writing comic books?” Like many young men of the time, he wanted to serve his country and be a hero like John Wayne or Errol Flynn. Lee left his job at Timely and enlisted in the Army.
When the Army found out what kind of work he did, they assigned him to the film division of the Signal Corps to write instructional books and scripts for training films. Lee wrote the training manual about how to use, maintain and care for a 16mm Emo film camera, operated under battle conditions. Even though he had never even seen or held a camera before. They also had him create educational posters, despite the fact that he had never worked as an illustrator. During the war, Stan Lee created over a hundred posters for the Army and he loved doing it.
After the war, Lee found out that he was only one of nine men to receive the Army Classification of “Playwright.” The other eight Army Playwrights included Pulitzer Prize winning author William Saroyan, Oscar winning film director Frank Capra, cartoonist Charles Addams and Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel. Lee regretted not saving any of the items he created during the war, but he never thought to do so at the
Around the time where World War II came around, he felt the need to help. Since he was of a too old of age for recruiting, he illustrated training movies for soldiers. This is where he was introduced to the art of animation and where he created a trainee named Private Snafu (All About Dr. Seuss).
Colonel Shaw, son of wealthy. He was 23 years old when he enlisted to fight in the War between the States. He is a very honored man and he constantly writes letters to his family. When Colonel Shaw went to war he had to realize how brutal war really was. When he fought in the Battle of Antietam, He was exposed to watching his men fall. But still he showed bravery, because he would yell to go forward when ev...
The Duke takes his place in history. John Wayne, one of America’s greatest actors and directors of all time. His fame and superstardom led to many problems in his career. His image as an icon of American individualism and the frontier spirit has overshadowed his career to such an extent that it is almost impossible for the fans and writers to separate Wayne the legend from Wayne the actor and Wayne the man.
Robert had many very important accomplishments. For the United States Army, he served as a military officer. During the American Civil War, he was a West Point commandant and he also became a legendary general of the Confederate Army. Lee started out as a normal person in the United States Military Academy and became a very heroic person for the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. His life and his life accomplishments showed who he is as a person.
One way he influenced the comic book world was by revolutionizing the way characters behaved in his stories. Many of the characters in the older comic books were given makeovers to make the audiences like them more because they were flat and lacked emotion. This was called the Silver Age of Comics. The older characters lacked a personality. Stan Lee was an office assistant at Timely Comics in 1939 and soon after that he became an interim editor in the 1940s (Stan). When Martin Goodman, the publisher of Marvel Comics, Timely Comic’s new name, since 1939, asked Stan Lee to create a team of superheroes better than the Justice League of America, their rival in comic books, Stan Lee had his doubts. Mr. Goodman thought that comic books should be dumbed down because they were for “stupid children.” Stan Lee did not agree with Martin Goodman’s idea. Stan Lee already wanted to quit, so his wife advised him to go ahead and write the story the way he wanted to write it. If Goodman fired him it would be okay since he already was contemplating quitting. Lee decided to write a story about four people who got superpowers after an accident in space. They were completely different from other superheroes because they did not wear costumes. The story was also based in New York City instead of Metropolises or Gotham City like Superman and Batman. These characters also had a real personality along with a real job, no secret identity, or alter egos. This story was known as the Fantastic Four. It was extremely different than many other comic books. (Garcia)
Douglas’ education included Force Public School, West Texas Military Academy, and West Point. In high school, Douglas played on the tennis team, was the quarterback on the football team, and was the shortstop on the baseball team. While MacArthur was attended West Texas Military Academy, he earned the gold medal for “scholarship and deportment”. He was named valedictorian, with a final year average of 97.33 out of 100 and graduated in 1903. Clearly, he was an extremely intelligent man.
Patton started his military career in 1902 when he wrote to Senator Thomas R. Brad for appointment to the US Military Academy (General George). With a fear of not passing the exam to enter the Academy, because of not doing well in reading and writing, he applied to other university’s that offered Reserve Officer’s Training...
No one would've guessed actors could turn a war around and win. actors artists and designers all were recruited during the war for a job barely anyone knew about. Actors artists and designers all were recruited during the war for a job barely anyone knew about.
Many celebrities overcome impediments by experiencing critical moments in their life to achieve fame. Becoming famous is more than just making money and being admired by millions of fans. It is much more complicating than it seems. Some of the most greatest and creative innovators such as Walt Disney was known as, founder and creator of Disneyland. Walt was an important inspiration to look up to because he dealt with facing hardship in his career. Experiencing challenging moments were a motivation for Walt to keep pursuing his goal.
Ernest Hemingway was a great American author whom started his career humbly in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the ripe, young age of seventeen. Once the United States joined World War One, Hemingway deemed it fit to join a volunteer ambulance service. During this time Hemingway was wounded, and decorated by the Italian Government for his noble deeds. Once he completely recovered, he made his way back to the United States. Upon his arrival he became a reporter for the American and Canadian newspapers and was sent abroad to cover significant events. For example, he was sent to Europe to cover the Greek revolution. During his early adulthood, Hemingway became a member of the group of expatriate Americans in Paris. This is known as the time in his life in which he describes in two of his novels; A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises the latter of the two being his first work. Hemingway was able to use his experiences of serving in the front during the war and his experience of being with other expatriates after the war to shape both of these novels. He was able to successful write these novels due to his past experience with working for newspapers. His experience with the newspaper seemed to be far more beneficial than just supplying him with an income, with the reporting experience under his belt he also was able to construct another novel that allowed him to sufficiently describe his experiences reporting during the Civil War; For Whom the Bell Tolls. Arguably his most tremendous short novel was a about an old fisherman’s journey and the long, lonely struggle with a fish and the sea with his victory being in defeat.
There are many authors in this world, but there are also many legends. Legends who changed the face of literature. One of these legends was none other than Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. He was born to a physician and former opera performer named Clarence and Grace. Hemingway showed a talent in writing when he was in high school. He wrote for the school’s newspaper and yearbook. After he graduated at the age of 17 in 1916, he began his writing career as a reporter for a newspaper called, the Kansas City Star. After he worked as a reporter for six months, he dropped out because he wanted to join the U.S army during World War I. But because he failed the medical test, he joined the American Field Service Ambulance Corps in Italy. Unfortunately, while he was delivering supplies, Hemingway was wounded, which ended his career as an ambulance driver. Because of this, he spent lots of time in hospitals and met a nurse named Agnes von Kurowsky, with whom he fell in love with. Sadly, she didn’t return his feelings so Hemingway was heartbroken. This incident inspired him to write one of his well known books, “A Farewell to Arms”. Like this book, many other of his famous works came to be because of incidents in his past. His pieces of literature started to be known and read worldwide which provided him a route to become one of the most celebrated authors of his time.
Stan Lee shows time in and time out that there are good people out there to look forward too. Using his influence to benefit others and not just himself. He demonstrates that not being selfish and humbling yourself for others helps you out in the long run. Although his time is slowly coming to an end, he believes strongly in the new generations to carry on the torch just as he did throughout his life and will continue to work hard until the end. Stan Lee Deserves to be on the top 100 influential people list because he shows respect, love, perseverance, and hard work in everything he does and to everyone he works
Steve Rogers was a gauntlet fine arts student growing up at the time of the Great Depression. His alcoholic father died when Steve was a kid, and his mother died from pneumonia after Steve graduated high school. In early 1940, shocked at Nazi Germany’s horrific atrocities, Steve tried to enlist in the army. Failing to meet the physical requirements, he was invited to volunteer for Operation: Rebirth, a project designed to augment US soldiers to the height of physical excellence with the inventions and discoveries of Professor Abraham Erskine.
In the Book Bruce Lee: They Died too Young, writer Jon Lewis tells the story of the greatest martial artist that ever lived. Known as Lee Jun Fan only to his family, Bruce Lee was an enthusiastic boy who took a special interest in the martial arts. Unfortunately,his life was cut short at the age of only thirty-two. Through this short yet unbelievably incredible life, Bruce Lee still proves to be an excellent role model due to his discipline,determination, and self-improvement.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was the eldest of the 6 children (Shuman 897). He was born between his physician father and puritanical mother. According to Shuman, his mother often influenced Hemingway with artistic qualities by taking him to the museums and having him take piano lessons in order to civilize him while his father raised him with efforts via masculine activities. Although Hemingway was drawn to the war and attempted to enlist for the war, Hemingway was rejected to enter the war due to his bad eyesight. However, Hemingway volunteered as an ambulance driver for Red Cross and was sent to Italy. He was hit by a mortar, but he survived and was seen as a hero (897). After the participation of the war, Hemingway married his first wife and became a journalist. As a journalist who report the state of France after the major war, Hemingway moved to Paris, France. He was greatly influenced by Gertrude Steina to learn elements of literary style which affected Hemingway’s style of writing (899). Around his time, Hemingway started to write few short stories as well. In 1929, h...