Stan Lee ( Born Stanley Martin Lieber ) made his comic book debut with a text filler called "Captain America Foils The Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America #3 (1941); although this article deals with the "Marvel Age of Comics" of which Lee was the co-creator.
In Nov. 1961, writer Stan Lee, working with artist Jack Kirby, created "The Fantastic Four". Over the next decade, Lee co-created (with artists Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby & Bill Everett, as well as other artists) an amazing array of modern superheroes and super-heroines, who all continue to endure to this day.
Just to list a few---"The Amazing Spider-Man", "The Fantastic Four","The Incredible Hulk, "The Mighty Thor", The Invincible Iron Man, Daredevil,"The Avengers", "The Uncanny X-Men", "Doctor Strange", "The Silver Surfer", "The Black Panther", and so many more. Lee was also responsible for reviving the 1940's characters "Captain America" and "The Sub-Mariner".
One of the factors that made Marvel superheroes different from those of DC and other companies, is that they had to deal with day-to-day problems, as well as learning how to responsibly use their acquired superpowers and abilities. The heroes were usually involved in exciting, flaming, and often explosive battles with super-powered villains.
Stan Lee has worked for other companies (including DC) in his later years, but his legacy will always be in his Marvel superhero creations. In 2007, a Stan Lee action figure was created for the "Marvel Legends" collection.
Stan is still thriving to this day (at age 90) and regularly makes comedic cameo appearances in nearly every blockbuster movie adaptation of his classic superheroes, as well as various TV cameos (usually portraying himself); on shows like "The Big Bang Theory".
Stan's Marvel superhero legacy should and will endure for many, many more decades.
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