But for all its merits, this method led to conflicts with many artists, who felt uncredited and underpaid, and to lasting controversy over Lee’s exact contributions to the characters and stories. When Kirby decamped to DC Comics in 1970, he got his revenge in fiction, creating an obvious Lee pastiche named Funky Flashman — an insulting name that also sounded Jewish. Jewish superheroes?

Lee cameos in various seasons of Marvel's Netflix television series through still-photograph as a police officer of the New York City Police Department. Lee cameos in Daredevil, [32] Jessica Jones, [33] Luke Cage, [34] Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher. In Iron Fist, he is identified as having assumed an identity as Captain Irving Forbush. [35] With the exception of Daredevil, Lee did not have a hand in the creation of any of these characters. Mitchell, Aric (February 21, 2013). "Stan Lee's Annihilator: Chinese Superhero Coming To Big Screen". The Inquisitr. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013 . Retrieved February 27, 2013. Stan Lee: Marvel Legends". OAFE.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014 . Retrieved April 27, 2010.He guest-starred as Dr. Lee (aka: Generalissimo) in "Glimpse", a season four episode of Eureka that aired in July 2011. [90] He voiced himself in 2 episodes of Fantastic Four titled "Incursion of the Skrulls" and "Superskrull". [49]

Lee and other comics creators are mentioned in Michael Chabon's 2000 novel set in the early comics industry The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. [201]

Accolades Stan Lee is congratulated by President George W. Bush on receiving the National Medal of Arts in 2008 One of Lee's earliest contributions to animation based on Marvel properties was narrating the 1980s Incredible Hulk animated series, always beginning his narration with a self-introduction and ending with "This is Stan Lee saying, Excelsior!". Lee had previously narrated the "Seven Little Superheroes" episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which the Hulk series was paired with for broadcast. The Disneyland Meet and Greet for Captain Marvel shows Stan's birth date and the day he had passed on a crate. [6]