History Creator / StanLee

** He appears in every Marvel episode of ''WebAnimation/BadDays''. [[spoiler:And also in the ''Batman'' episode, where he quickly realized he wasn't supposed to be here.]]

*** ''Film/{{TheAmazingSpider-Man}}'': During [[spoiler:Spidey and the Lizard's fight]], he plays an oblivious librarian who listens to classical music with noise-cancellation headphones [[spoiler:while the fight goes on behind him]]. He reprises the cameo in ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded's'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFW_SWGFSI&feature=share&list=UUHCph-_jLba_9atyCZJPLQQ episode on the movie]] [[spoiler:where he blames the Avengers for the mess and warns them he's got his eyes on them]].

* CityOfWeirdos: Stan uses this one ''a lot''. If something weird is going on in midtown Manhattan, count on seeing a jaded New Yorker who's certain that it's someone filming a movie or "some nutty publicity stunt."

* SomeNuttyPublicityStunt: Perhaps Stan's favorite trope, at least by volume.

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is a ComicBook creator, writer, editor, "Chairman Emeritus" of Creator/MarvelComics and (co-)creator of just about every significant Marvel character who doesn't [[CaptainAmerica carry a shield]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisher wear a skull on his chest]], or [[{{Wolverine}} have metal bones]]. However, how much credit he deserves for creating them -- as opposed to his artist collaborators, especially Creator/JackKirby and SteveDitko -- is a matter of debate.

*** ''Film/{{TheAmazingSpider-Man}}'': During [[spoiler:Spidey and the Lizard's fight]], he plays an oblivious librarian who listen to classical music with noise-cancellation headphones [[spoiler:while the fight goes on behind him]]. He reprises the cameo in ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded's'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFW_SWGFSI&feature=share&list=UUHCph-_jLba_9atyCZJPLQQ episode on the movie]] [[spoiler:where he blames the Avengers for the mess and warns them he's got his eyes on them]].

You might not be entirely aware of it, but he has had a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/worldofheroes?feature=watch YouTube Channel]] for quite some time now, and frankly you have no excuse to not check it out.

* BigApplesauce: He's a native, and it definitely shows.

*** Most famously, Stan showed up at the wedding of [[FantasticFour Reed Richards and Sue Storm]] with Jack Kirby -- only to be denied entry!

* He appears in every Marvel episode of ''WebAnimation/BadDays''. [[spoiler:And also in the ''Batman'' episode, where he quickly realized he wasn't supposed to be here.]]

* LargeHam: His public persona.

* {{ComicBook/Spider-Man}} (with SteveDitko. Just ''how much'' input Ditko had in Spidey's creation is ... let's just say ''enthusiastically'' debated)

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Inverted -- he ''[[InvokedTrope caused]]'' this with an [[VerySpecialEpisode anti-drug comic]] (commissioned by the US Government) that the ComicsCode Authority refused to approve due to arcane language that did not permit any portrayal of drugs, whether positive or negative. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He ran it anyway]], and the CCA ended up looking like idiots. The CCA very quickly rewrote the Code to allow negative or cautionary portrayals of drug use, inadvertently helpung to usher in the BronzeAgeOfComicBooks.

He's still active today, both in comics and other media. Among his recent projects, he hosted the RealityShow ''WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'' and the documentary series ''Stan Lee's Superhumans'', and has a [[CreatorCameo cameo]] in almost every [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel movie adaptation]]. He has also gotten into the {{anime}} and {{manga}} business, and is now working on two series, ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' with ''Manga/ShamanKing'' creator, Hiroyuki Takei, and ''{{Anime/Heroman}}'' with StudioBONES. He's also working on ''WesternAnimation/TheGovernator'' with Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

*** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': He plays an Army general in a crowd who loses the opportunity to see Rogers because he left on another mission, but mistakes the messenger for Capt. "I thought he'd be taller." This is a semi-exception as, while Lee didn't create the character, he ''did'' introduce him to the Silver Age and create Cap's trademark move of throwing his shield.

*** Mark Webb's [[Film/{{TheAmazingSpider-Man}} Spider-Man reboot]] [[spoiler:casts him as a school librarian oblivious to Spidey and the Lizard's fight as he listens to classical music with noise-cancellation headphones.]] He reprises the cameo in ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded's'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFW_SWGFSI&feature=share&list=UUHCph-_jLba_9atyCZJPLQQ episode on the movie]], [[spoiler:Where he blames The Avengers for the mess and warns them he's got his eyes on them]].

* AlliterativeName: Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Reed Richards... the list goes on. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], in that Stan was working on more than a dozen comics at any given time when he created those names, and the alliteration served as a mnemonic. Sometimes it didn't work, which is why the Hulk's full name is "Robert Bruce Banner," and why an early issue of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' listed Peter Parker as "Peter Palmer". This was parodied in an episode of ''TheBigBangTheory''.

* {{Jerkass}}: Stan often portrays ''himself'' as a bit of a Jerkass in comics where "Stan Lee" is a character. Stan has also said (presumably at least somewhat in jest) that he based legendary Jerkass J. Jonah Jameson on himself. He was also kind of crusty when he appeared on ''TheBigBangTheory''.

*** Mark Webb's [[Film/{{TheAmazingSpider-Man}} Spider-Man reboot]] [[spoiler:casts him as a school librarian oblivious to Spidey and the Lizard's fight as he listens to classical music with noise-cancellation headphones.]]

* VillainDecay: While his heroes and writing style are still iconic today, his storytelling style is also somewhat infamous for really introducing a lot of this to Marvel villains -- he'd have them say things like "'''This''' time my '''brilliant plan''' will '''destroy''' those '''''[[LargeHam meddling heroes!!!]]'''''" without any sense of irony, even after the villain ''listed all the times they'd already gotten stomped''. In the early 60's, it still kind of worked; by 1969 or so, [[{{Narm}} not so much]]. Much of his own later work -- not to mention a great deal of comicry that followed in his footsteps -- had to spend time fighting [[TropeCodifier the villainous cliches]] he himself constructed.

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is a ComicBook creator, writer, editor, "Chairman Emeritus" of Creator/MarvelComics and (co-)creator of just about every significant Marvel character who doesn't [[CaptainAmerica carry a shield]], [[ThePunisher wear a skull on his chest]], or [[{{Wolverine}} have metal bones]]. However, how much credit he deserves for creating them -- as opposed to his artist collaborators, especially JackKirby and SteveDitko -- is a matter of debate.

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is a ComicBook creator, writer, editor, "Chairman Emeritus" of MarvelComics and (co-)creator of just about every significant Marvel character who doesn't [[CaptainAmerica carry a shield]], [[ThePunisher wear a skull on his chest]], or [[{{Wolverine}} have metal bones]]. However, how much credit he deserves for creating them -- as opposed to his artist collaborators, especially JackKirby and SteveDitko -- is a matter of debate.

He's still active today, both in comics and other media. Among his recent projects, he hosted the RealityShow ''WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'' and the documentary series ''Stan Lee's Superhumans'', and has a [[CreatorCameo cameo]] in almost every [[MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel movie adaptation]]. He has also gotten into the {{anime}} and {{manga}} business, and is now working on two series, ''KarakuridoujiUltimo'' with ''ShamanKing'' creator, Hiroyuki Takei, and ''{{Heroman}}'' with StudioBONES. He's also working on ''TheGovernator'' with Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

* BlackPanther (with JackKirby)

* FantasticFour (with JackKirby)
* IronMan (with JackKirby, Don Heck and Larry Lieber)
* {{Spider-Man}} (with SteveDitko. Just ''how much'' input Ditko had in Spidey's creation is ... let's just say ''enthusiastically'' debated)
* TheHulk (with JackKirby)
* TheMightyThor (with JackKirby and Larry Lieber)
* {{X-Men}} (with JackKirby)

* SelfDeprecation: Many times. See {{Jerkass}} above. He also appeared in an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', where he acts like a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- or, as Comic Book Guy put it, "I am starting to suspect his mind is no longer in mint condition."

* KidSidekick: He doesn't like the trope and has likened it to endangerment of minors -- hence the death of Bucky Barnes. He totally subverts this trope later on with [[FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] being a team member rather than just a sidekick. And, ultimately, SpiderMan being the first lone teen super hero of his kind. [[HypocriticalHumor He also admits how hypocritical this is]].