What is Stan Lee?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox comics creator | name = Stan Lee | image = Stan Lee by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg | caption = Lee during the Phoenix Comicon 2014 | birth_name = Stanley Martin Lieber | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|28}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.}} | death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2018|11|12|1922|12|28}}}} | death_place = {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.}} | nationality = American | area = Comic book writer, editor, publisher | signature = Signature of Stan Lee.svg|90px | publish = yes | collaborators = {{plainlist | * [[Jack Kirby]] * [[Steve Ditko]] * [[John Romita Sr.]] * [[Don Heck]] * [[Bill Everett]] * [[Joe Maneely]] }} | awards = {{plainlist | * [[The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame]] * [[Jack Kirby Hall of Fame]] * [[National Medal of Arts]] * [[Disney Legends]] }} | years_active = 1938–2018 | sortkey = Lee, Stan | subcat = American | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Joan B. Lee|Joan Boocock]]|December 5, 1947|July 6, 2017|reason=d.}} | children = 2 | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Stan Lee''' (born '''Stanley Martin Lieber''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|b|ər}}; December 28, 1922&nbsp;– November 12, 2018) was an American [[comic book]] writer, editor, and publisher. Lee was known for being [[Marvel Comics]]' creative leader for almost 21 years. With his work alongside co-writer/artists [[Jack Kirby]] and [[Steve Ditko]], he co-created many popular fictional characters, including superheroes [[Spider-Man]], the [[X-Men]], [[Iron Man]], [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]], the [[Hulk (comics)|Hulk]], the [[Fantastic Four]], [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]], [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Captain America]], and [[Ant-Man]]. After he retired from Marvel in the 1990s, he was still the [[Mascot|public face]] of the company, and made [[cameo appearances]] in movies based on Marvel characters