How do you think the comic book world will be affected when Stan Lee passes?

Answer 1

Since Stan Lee doesn't really write comics any more, I wouldn't expect to see an impact insofar as a monthly book scrambling for a new writer.

But news of his passing might generate new found interest or renewed interest in comics, resulting in a spike in sales.

I would bet that Marvel would do something monumental to honor the man who basically put them on the map - a hardcover volume of his best work; a career retrospective; something like that. DC and the other companies would certainly acknowledge his passing in some way - every comic company and creator in business today owes a debt of gratitude to Stan The Man.

And on a personal note, my copy of Les Daniels' Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics - signed by Stan Lee - would probably increase in value.

Answer 2

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i dont even want to think about it really. stan "the man" lee is a comic book legend and icon. it wouldnt be a loss for only the comic book world, but for the general public, too. as he has brought his characters to life in television and movies, as well. the comic book world will go on. many will try to fill in his absence, but noone can ever replace him. his passing will probably leave the same, if not greater, impression on people like when jack kirby died.

Answer 3

Stan Lee was the boss because he was the publisher's nephew. As Boss, he ripped off his artists' ideas and stole a writing credit over their hard work. As Jack Kirby once said in an interview, "the only thing Stan wrote were the credits." Unlike the DC writers, who provided their artists with a complete shooting script much like a sceenplay, Stan Lee invented "the Marvel method", whereby Stan would have a brief "story conference" with an artist who would then have to do almost everything else himself. Once the art was completed, it was turned back to Stan who wrote the dialogue. So, at most, Stan was a dialogue writer and editor who sometimes contributed ideas, but not the main creative force. Eventually Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, the real and largely unheralded visionaries of the Marvel '60's, left the company in disgust over the way they had been exploited. "The Jack Kirby Collector" magazine often reprints Jack's original pencil pages, and you can see Jack's dialogue instructions for Stan written around the margins of the page.
Stan's real legacy is as a publicist who never stops blowing his own horn. I'm really sick of that guy.

Answer 4

I think it will stay the same. Comics didn't really change after Jack Kirby died. Comics will just continue to progress

Answer 5

I think it will be the death of an era. stan lee has been so influentual to so many people. but I also think it will be the birth of a new era. the void will be filled by someone. its just a question of who

Answer 6

Marvel Comics will fall apart and die, never more to be seen again. Stan Lee is like an Egyptian Pharaoh, he has said, "My death is the end of the world!" and made arrangements for his servants to be buried with him.

17 AUG 07, 0406 hrs, GMT.

Answer 7

Hmm... I think people will carry on his legacy as new generations of comic book writers and artists continue to emerge!!