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Stan Lee

So, I just took my first name,Stanley, and I cut it in two and I signed "Stan Lee." And...

So, I just took my first name,
Stanley, and I cut it in two and I signed "Stan Lee." And the first story that I wrote
was called "Captain America
and the Traitor's Revenge." And what happened was,
everybody started to know me as Stan Lee and nobody knew me anymore
as Stanley Lieber. It was like my alter ego

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So, I just took my first name, Stanley, and I cut it in two
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and I signed "Stan Lee."
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And the first story that I wrote was called
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"Captain America and the Traitor's Revenge."
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And what happened was, everybody started to know me as Stan Lee
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and nobody knew me anymore as Stanley Lieber.
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It was like my alter ego.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
74
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:24
Uploaded
Mar 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Supper Club,Marvel Studios

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Movie Summary

100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
(RADIO CRACKLING AND SWITCHING STATIONS) - Stan Lee 00:07
(RADIO CRACKLING AND SWITCHING STATIONS)
After a while, Joe and Jack left Timely Comics - Stan Lee 00:52
After a while, Joe and Jack left Timely Comics
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: Since the unprovoked - Stan Lee 00:36
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: Since the unprovoked
{\an8} Since the unprovoked - Stan Lee 00:36
{\an8} Since the unprovoked
STAN: After the Army, I went back to the comic book company. - Stan Lee 00:32
STAN: After the Army, I went back to the comic book company.
He had his raincoat - Stan Lee 00:05
He had his raincoat
Now, she was not the girl that I was supposed to meet. - Stan Lee 00:05
Now, she was not the girl that I was supposed to meet.
And he said, - Stan Lee 00:30
And he said,
My wife and I, we were a little bit extravagant. - Stan Lee 00:37
My wife and I, we were a little bit extravagant.
In those days, comics weren't thought of very highly. - Stan Lee 00:38
In those days, comics weren't thought of very highly.
MAN: Reading. What a wonderful thing this would be - Stan Lee 00:39
MAN: Reading. What a wonderful thing this would be
People thought of comics as being just for little kids. - Stan Lee 00:59
People thought of comics as being just for little kids.
(WOMEN VOCALIZING) - Stan Lee 00:08
(WOMEN VOCALIZING)
I always felt I was really wasting time. - Stan Lee 00:33
I always felt I was really wasting time.
And then I said to him, - Stan Lee 00:12
And then I said to him,
"Get it out of your system." - Stan Lee 00:12
"Get it out of your system."
A group of superheroes, and it was selling very well. - Stan Lee 00:13
A group of superheroes, and it was selling very well.
For the first decade or two, at the comic book company - Stan Lee 00:12
For the first decade or two, at the comic book company
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - Stan Lee 00:06
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
About once a year we'd get a letter, somebody would write, - Stan Lee 00:09
About once a year we'd get a letter, somebody would wri...