Stan Lee the mastermind behind some of the biggest comic book superheroes in the world has died aged 95.
Lee began the business in 1939, going on to create the biggest superhero names across print and film that included the likes of Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four.
He died early Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
Lee catapulted Marvel from a tiny venture into the world’s No. 1 publisher of comic books, going on to become a multimedia giant.
In 2009, the Walt Disney Co. bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, and most of the top-grossing superhero films of all time — led by The Avengers‘ $1.52 billion worldwide take in 2012 — featured Marvel characters.
“I used to think what I did was not very important,” he told the Chicago Tribune in April 2014. “People are building bridges and engaging in medical research, and here I was doing stories about fictional people who do extraordinary, crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed.”
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