Stan Lee passes away at age 95

[Rocky]

Comic book legend, Stan Lee, has passed away at age 95.

When I was growing up on a farm far from the nearest town in town in the 1940"s, I was a big deal for me if we got to town once or twice a month.
The only entertainment at home was a radio, and if on a visit to town I got to see a cowboy movie, that was really something!
We didn't have much money, and $1.00 was a lot of money, but maybe once a month, on a trip to town, I was given $1.00 and allowed to buy 10 comic books @ .10 each.
They had to last me until the next time I was given $1.00, however some of the nearby farm kids also had comic books and we would get together and trade.
Superman, Captain Marvel, Batman, Spiderman and all the super heroes were the favourites. We knew they couldn't be real, but they stretched our imaginations.
Such innocent fun compared to the electronic overload we have today.

 

[keystiger]

Born in 1922 --- well he sure saw a LOT of change in 95 years------lots of change... Sorry to see him go. I really enjoyed his work and will continue to do so for years to come.
in "later years" it was always FUN looking for Stans "cameo" in all his films---


View: https://youtu.be/HnByuUqMeko

 

[DaveM]

We also used to get his comics as a child. We had second hand book shops that we could trade or sell our read comics with. So we always seemed to have a supply of his work to read.

Another icon gone and most of the younger generation have no idea who he was.

 

[hemibee]

I'm proud to say that both my boys, 28 & 21 know who Stan Lee is/was. We might not be able to watch any more of his character's movies as we always watched for his cameo.

 

[Rocky]

I got a kick out of Stan Lee when he appeared on the TV show Big Bang Theory.

 

[hemibee]

Well I guess that's one show I won't see him on.