I woke up to a picture of Stan Lee on whatever ap I opened on my phone this morning and my first thought was "he must have died, damn!" Wife thought it was sad enough that she said she cried a tear or two when she finally heard later in the day. I can't say that I did, he lived a long enough life, getting into his mid 90s, losing his wife of 69 years (you can't live with someone that long and then expect to carry on without them), providing us with so much entertainment through the years.
I still remember his cameo in Mallrats, when he talked to a young Brodie about love and how important it was. He explained how Hulk was created from losing a young love and it left him a "rage of emotions one minute and a normal man the next." I am not sure if this was to move the story along or some partial truth to it, but hearing him talk about basically the toys we had grown up playing with was some sort of artist talking to the 4th wall. Back then, we didn't have access to celebrities like we seem to today. Now, with the likes of TMZ and everyone having a camera, we could see any female actress topless or in a bathroom, there is barely any separation between the mythical people that entertain us and the common man.
I'm not going to sit here and lie that I was big into the comic book life, honestly, I spent more time reading Archie and Jughead comics in my youth than any superhero stuff, but the movies that lead from all those comics have been some kind of wonderful. I think they have been responsible for pushing all this technology to have superior movie capabilities and surround sound systems at home. Those battle scenes when HULK smashes or Captain America does his thing are best seen in the highest quality clarity you can afford, and DVD just doesn't cut it in today's world.
It was cute, to have him do a cameo in all of the last 15-20 movies that came from his creations. It almost seemed like he could have gone on forever, if not for the heartbreak of losing the love of his life in 2017. I had great grandparents like that. They were married for the longest time, and my great grandfather was still getting around even outside by himself one of the last times we saw them alive, but then our great grandmother passed away and he didn't last six months without her.
What more could you ask of the man? He left behind not a handful of characters but the list looks to be 100s of characters, with Spiderman and Hulk being among the most popular. All I can say is thank you, Mr. Lee, you are and will continue to be an inspiration, and I hope you can finally Rest In Peace.
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