Comics hero Stan Lee leaves behind a storied legacy

The ‘Spider-Man’ creator lived through one of the weirder market bubbles back in the ‘90s, and missed out on the real Marvel boom in later years, writes Lionel Laurent.

STAN Lee helped create some of the most iconic characters in Western popular culture. Superheroes like Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the X-Men had more than just garish costumes or bonkers superpowers. They had relatable, flawed personalities too.