Results: I Spy With My Little Eye...Stan Lee
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Stan Lee has been the guiding force behind some of the biggest action movies in history -- including X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Iron Man, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and all their sequels. What is equally impressive, is that Lee has made 54 cameos in the Marvel universe — he pops up in almost every movie he is involved in, and even some that he wasn't. Here are just a few of his cameos. Which ones were you familiar with?
Stan Lee's first live-action cameo was as a jury member in the TV movie "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk" (1989).
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His first cinematic Marvel cameo was as a hot dog vendor in "X-Men" (2000).
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He showed up as a surprised bystander who saved a little girl from debris in "Spider-Man" (2002).
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A young Matt Murdock saves a distracted Lee from walking into traffic in "Daredevil" (2003).
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Lee and former Hulk actor Lou Ferrigno were security guards in 2003's "Hulk."
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Although not a movie he was involved with, in 2004, Lee bizarrely appeared in the film "The Princess Diaries 2," where he plays a dignitary attending a royal wedding. He got to play a foreign-speaking man who was obsessed with "Three Stooges" films.
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He saves a woman from rubble while Spider-Man clashes with Doc Ock in "Spider-Man 2" (2004).
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In "Fantastic Four" (2005), Lee appears as mailman Willie Lumpkin, a character he created in the comics.
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Lee gets extremely weirded out when Jean Grey begins using her telekinesis in "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006).
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Lee is a wedding crasher in 2007's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" who is turned away at the entrance
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He comes across Peter Parker in Times Square in 2007's "Spider-Man 3."
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Tony Stark mistakes Lee for Hugh Hefner in 2008's "Iron Man."
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In a nod to his original "Iron Man" cameo, Tony mistakes Lee for Larry King in "Iron Man 2" (2010).
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Lee unsuccessfully tries to drag Thor's hammer with his pickup truck in the first "Thor" (2011).
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In "Captain America: The First Avenger," Lee plays a WWII general at a press conference for Cap. (2011)
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Lee pops up in a newsreel as a chess player being interviewed in the first "Avengers" movie (2012)
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Lee grooves out to classical music while Spider-Man and the Lizard battle behind him in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012)
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He appears as a patient in a mental institution in 2013's "Thor: The Dark World."
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Rocket Raccoon spies him in 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy" flirting with a young woman.
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Lee pops up as a military vet in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015) who must be carried away after getting too drunk on Asgardian liquor at a victory party.
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Stan Lee's "Deadpool" (2016) cameo is as raunchy as the film itself. Lee appears as an emcee at a strip club.
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In 2018's "Black Panther," Stan Lee shows up as a gambler in a casino.
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Stan Lee gets his car shrunk before his eyes in "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
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After more than 50 years as a cult icon in the world of comics and superheroes, Stan Lee, the creator of some of our best loved and most famous superheroes, will be cutting back on one of his duties -- he will no longer be attending public and convention signings. Some might think that the 95 year old would be retiring completely, but not quite yet. Although lately, his public and personal life has been full of turmoil -- he has been in the center of several lawsuits, sexual misconduct accusations and the victim of elder abuse at the hands of his caregiver -- there is no doubting his mark on the world of pop culture. Here are just a few of Stan Lee's many contributions to the world of pop culture. How many of these did you already know?
1961 - Lee and his Marvel collaborators unveil a group of heroes called the Fantastic Four. The group is introduced as Marvel's answer to the Justice League from rival publisher DC Comics
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1961-1968 - Co-writes comic books that introduce such characters as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and a group of mutants called the X-Men.
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1972 - Lee becomes Marvel's publisher.
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2001 - Starts POW! Entertainment, a company that develops movies and television shows centered on new superheroes.
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December 31, 2009 - The Walt Disney Company purchases a 10% stake of POW! Entertainment for $2.5 million.
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2010 - The History Channel launches the series "Stan Lee's Superhumans," which documents people with extraordinary skills and abilities.
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2011 - Partners with the National Hockey League to form Guardian Media Entertainment. The company creates superhero characters for each NHL hockey team.
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You just know a man responsible for creating such a wide variety of memorable characters would have a pretty interesting life himself. Here are just a few of the many fun facts about Stan Lee. Which ones did you know?
Stan Lee landed an editor position at Timely Comics at the age of 17.
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Before writing about the fantastic lives of fictional characters, Stan Lee wrote antemortem obituaries for celebrities at an undisclosed news office in New York.
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He wrote training films for the U.S. Army with eight other men, including a few who went on to be very famous: Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, cartoonist Charles Addams (creator of The Addams Family), director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington [1939] and It's a Wonderful Life [1946]) and Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
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In 1971, Lee received a letter from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare asking him to put an anti-drug message in one of his books. He came up with a Spider-Man story that involved his best friend Harry abusing pills because of a break-up. The Comics Code Authority would not approve the story with their seal because of the mention of drugs, but Lee convinced his publisher, Martin Goodman, to run the comic anyway.
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He originally reserved the pen name Stan Lee for what he assumed would be his lesser works in comic book writing. He intended on using his real name, Stanley Martin Lieber for the novels he planned on writing.
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He was the first to use what is now known as the "Marvel Method" in creating his comics. Instead of scripting an entire book before it was illustrated, Lee would explain to an artist what was going to take place in each issue and fill in the dialogue afterward.
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In 2010, he decided to address literacy more directly, creating The Stan Lee Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides access to literacy, education and the arts in the United States.
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