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Basically, we think of Marvel Comics as fairy tales for older people
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Basically, we think of Marvel Comicsas fairy tales for older people

Basically, we think of Marvel Comics
as fairy tales for older people

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Basically, we think of Marvel Comics as fairy tales for older people.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:47:10
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Supper Club,Marvel Studios

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100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
Actually, I think what we do mostly is improve on the old legends, you see. - Stan Lee 00:07
Actually, I think what we do mostly is improve on the old le...
We take the best of them and give it a little Marvel touch - Stan Lee 00:08
We take the best of them and give it a little Marvel touch
Jack and I had already done The Hulk and The Fantastic Four. - Stan Lee 00:06
Jack and I had already done The Hulk and The Fantastic Four.
And I felt, what can we do to top these other characters? - Stan Lee 00:32
And I felt, what can we do to top these other characters?
I thought it would just be another book, - Stan Lee 00:37
I thought it would just be another book,
I thought it would just be another book, - Stan Lee 00:37
I thought it would just be another book,
It occurred to us that what we do is we create our own mythology, - Stan Lee 01:01
It occurred to us that what we do is we create our own mytho...
MAN ON RADIO: ...the US has added up to $3 billion and 14,000 men... - Stan Lee 00:32
MAN ON RADIO: ...the US has added up to $3 billion and 14,00...
And that's the real world. - Stan Lee 00:07
And that's the real world.
What's happening in comics today? They've grabbed an older readership. - Stan Lee 00:06
What's happening in comics today? They've grabbed ...
- Yeah! - At Marvel, we have as many college kids - Stan Lee 00:08
- Yeah! - At Marvel, we have as many college kids
{\an8}I think that anybody, and I say this, - Stan Lee 00:14
{\an8}I think that anybody, and I say this,
Why do you say he has to learn? Can't he be entertained by what he reads? - Stan Lee 00:05
Why do you say he has to learn? Can't he be entertained...
We found our readers want to be entertained. - Stan Lee 00:05
We found our readers want to be entertained.
{\an8}We found our readers want to be entertained. - Stan Lee 00:05
{\an8}We found our readers want to be entertained.
I would not recommend Superman or Batman to anyone over 12. - Stan Lee 00:06
I would not recommend Superman or Batman to anyone over 12.
Adults have come to believe there's nothing of value in comics for them, - Stan Lee 00:08
Adults have come to believe there's nothing of value in...
STAN: The more I realized how influential our books were, - Stan Lee 00:11
STAN: The more I realized how influential our books were,
I don't want to sound like I'm the most moral guy in the world, - Stan Lee 00:10
I don't want to sound like I'm the most moral guy ...
{\an8}One of the things that is terrible is the fact that - Stan Lee 00:46
{\an8}One of the things that is terrible is the fact that