Stan Lee

Stan Lee, original name Stanley Martin Lieber, (born December 28, 1922, New York, New York, U.S. - died November 12, 2018, Los Angeles, California), was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business to become Marvel Comics' primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and movie industries. Among the hundreds of characters and teams that he helped to create were the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the X-Men.

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Iconic cover art by Steve Ditko

Patsy Walker #101

Marvel 1962 Vol. 1
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Journey Into Mystery #81

Marvel 1962 Vol. 1
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Prototype of Peter Parker's aunt and uncle, also named Aunt May and Uncle Ben

Cross-promotion text teaser for The Incredible Hulk #1, released one week later

Life With Millie #17

Atlas 1962 Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of Tad Carter, an early Marvel mutant, often misrepresented as the first mutant

Carter next appears over 30 years later in X-Men: The Hidden Years (2001)

Millie the Model #109

Marvel 1962 Vol. 1
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Prototype of Doctor Doom, specifically the design of his faceplate in near identical detail to the Monster in the Iron Mask

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Linda Carter, Student Nurse #6

Marvel 1962 Vol. 1
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2nd appearance of the Hulk, first time with green skin, previously gray

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1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom

1st appearance of a Doombot

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Patsy Walker #102

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Prototype of Doctor Strange, the sorcerer Sazzik

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1st appearance and origin of Thor

Introduction of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir

1st team appearance of the Kronans, a race of rock-like aliens

1st appearance of Donald Blake, the human host of Thor

Life With Millie #18

Atlas 1962 Vol. 1
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Journey Into Mystery #83

Marvel 1962 Vol. 1
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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Man

1st appearance and death of Uncle Ben

1st appearance of Aunt May

1st appearance of Flash Thompson

1st appearance of Liz Allan, later marries Harry Osborn

💰 In Sept. 2021, a 9.6 sale of $3.6 million surpassed the previous record in this grade of $1.1 million from 2011

Millie the Model #110

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Linda Carter, Student Nurse #7

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2nd appearance of Thor

1st appearance and cover of Jane Foster

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First team-up of two super-villains in the Marvel Universe, Doctor Doom and Sub-Mariner

2nd appearance of Doctor Doom

2nd appearance of the Sub-Mariner in the Silver Age

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Interior art depicts an A-Bomb explosion

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1st appearance of Hank Pym as Ant-Man and second appearance of the character overall

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3rd appearance of the Hulk

2nd team appearance of the Circus of Crime led by the Ringmaster: Bruto the Strongman, The Human Cannonball, Teena the Fat Lady, and The Clown, later becomes Griffin

Rawhide Kid #31

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Patsy Walker #103

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Rawhide Kid #30

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1st appearance of Loki, the Norse god of mischief

1st appearance of Balder, half-brother of Thor

1st appearance of Heimdall, guardian of Bifrost

1st appearance of Tyr, the Norse god of war

1st cameo appearance of Odin, the All-Father, seen from behind

3rd appearance of Thor

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1st appearance of Kurrgo

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Origin of the Fantastic Four retold

Human Torch solo stories begin

Classic cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers

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2nd appearance of Ant-Man in costume

Life With Millie #19

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Tales to Astonish #36

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Two-Gun Kid #61

Timely 1962 Vol. 1
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Millie the Model #111

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Linda Carter, Student Nurse #8

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1st appearance of Tomorrow Man

2nd cameo appearance of Odin

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