Thursday, November 29, 2018

EXCELSIOR: R. I. P. Stan Lee

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Sadly, this posting is coming rather late posthumously than I had intended to post it. Got busy with work and whatnot, but join me if you will to commemorate the life of a legend: STAN LEE.
I wish that this day hadn't come. Some say that it's not the length of ones life that matters, but in how that time was spent here on this Earth. Stan Lee created a world like no other, with help of guys like Jack Kirby, among others. I just want to briefly commemorate that life. I am not an expert on this man's life, nor did I know him in person, just a lifelong fan of his lifetime achievement.
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After his military service, Stan Lee lived in New York city. He, along  with the likes of Jack Kirby, among others, created a comic universe based in a real city, with real to life characters who had human experiences, emotions, and could be related to by the comic book fans. The story telling allowed the fans to believe in larger-than-life heroes and to imagine a world of impossibly dark villains, galactic struggles, and the need for unity in the fight against evil.
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There are too many heroes Stan Lee created to list them all here, but some of my personal favorites are: Captain America, Spiderman, Hulk, Thor, and the rest of the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Howard the Duck, the Fantastic 4, Silver Surfer, Blade, the Defenders, Captain Marvel, Captain Britain, Union Jack, Korg, Yondu, Squirrel Girl, Spider Gwen, War Machine, Black Panther and the Wakandans, Ghost Rider, Falcon, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Adam Warlock, Wolverine and the X men, Ant Man and the Wasp, Cassie Lang, Hank Pym, Nick Fury, Vision, and S.H.I.E.L.D., among countless others...
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Countless villains like Galactus, Loki, Abomination, Thanos, Red Skull, Ultron, Norman Osborne/Green Goblin, Elektra, Sandman, the Mandarin, Winter Soldier, Yellowjacket, Magneto, AIM, the Wrecking Crew, the Grandmaster, Mysterio, Mystique, Kingpin, Bullseye, the 10 Rings, Hela, Ego the living planet, Ronin the Accuser, (Questionably Iron Man), Baron Zemo, Doctor Octopus, Venom, Carnage, Kraven, Hobgoblin, the Brotherhood, and many others...
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Stan Lee had a power to tell massive stories that kept the audience enthusiastically enthralled. For that, his fans will be eternally grateful. I want to believe that he has left the world a better place through his story telling. I also want to believe that Stan Lee is in a better place now, assured of the impact he has made on so many lives.  He will be missed. His vision, however, will not be forgotten by his fans and will live on through the comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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