DrMitchJ

Still, this is about as confusing as calculus ... even with the attempts to explain it ... appreciated the attempts all the same. 

I have more books to list on my registry but not enough time to do so. 

Do we just need to have a set in the registry to enter automatically, or is there something that needs to be filled out to make our set eligible??? Or do we need to put the set into a specific category? I'm not really understanding the way this works and I want to participate. Thanks so much. 

I don't understand anything that is going on here, can someone explain the contest?? 

So lucky to have had Al Jaffee around for so long, and all the great work he created over the years.

It seems that he was universally loved and admired by all of his peers. 

R.I.P. 

On 4/2/2023 at 1:36 AM, Doctor Obscure said:

evidence for him getting the credit he did as a result of the corporate buyers of Marvel at the time Martin Goodman selling it needing to tie up freelancer's claims is much higher and much easier to see. Stan has more documented cases of declaring his lack of interest in comics, passion for comics, and reading comics than he has documented cases of him declaring that he even likes comics. He explained dozens of times how he tried to get out of comics. And once he could use comics as a chance to go to L.A., he did. Stan Lee is a myth. Being an admittedly witty and affable Editor and decent dialogue writer on finished fully drawn stories does not constitute what Stan gets.

It certainly helped that Uncle Martin was Stan's boss, and Uncle Martin used Stan's relationship with the artists to screw them over. Jack Kirby (and Steve Ditko) probably got screwed over the most (especially when the Merry Marvel Marching Society cartoons were released)  Without Jack (and Steve), Marvel wouldn't be what Marvel is today. In fact, if you took all the characters that were created by Jack (and Steve) w/Stan and compared their worth to all the characters that Stan created with everyone else  .... there is no comparison. 

But that being said, Stan was the face of Marvel, Stan outlived most of his co-creators, so Stan's history of Marvel is canon. 

One example of a Stan Lee contradiction to history, in Origins of Marvel Comics (or Son of Origin?) Stan goes into detail how Kirby created the Silver Surfer ... When Stan received the pages to dialogue, he had no idea who that was flying around on the penciled pages of The Galactus Trilogy (FF 48-50) and when he called Jack about it, Kirby said, that Galactus needed a Herald to scout things out for the Big Guy.  I don't remember who came up with the name, but Kirby had the guy on a Surf Board because surfing was kind of a big thing right about then. I think that Stan's contribution to the Silver Surfer was that Jack needed to add shorts so he didn't look naked!! Wow, what an editor  Anyhow, it's well documented, but kinda retracted by Stan in subsequent stories and recollections.  

On 3/30/2022 at 8:58 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Because:

...to books he worked on.

EXACTLY ... for a while he was taking credit for nearly everything (there was a QVC where he signed a print with Captain America and Wolverine on it and claimed he created every character that was on the lithograph)  ... 

anyway, yes, books where he was credited as the author or the actual editor, but when he became Editor Emeritus and his name was on nearly every title, he shouldn't have signed those books. At first, I remember CGC promoting "Stan's Collection" and those books were advertised as his actual "file copies" IIRC. 

And yes, I believe he was taken advantage by his daughter in his last few years, but he took advantage of so many co-creators and in so doing, denied them lots of money that would have been rightfully due to them ... so Karma?? 

Anyway, I love Stan "The Man"  ... I hate Stan "Funky Flashman"  ... he had a good side and a bad side just like everyone on the planet. 

On 4/10/2023 at 9:22 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Welcome! It's fun, and I'm glad that you've been around to see the ups and downs, and still come away with a positive attitude. I hope you're rewarded! Welcome to the boards!

Hey Adamantium,  Thanks for the welcome. I've been on other hobby boards (12 years on Beckett) and I've seen the ups and downs there and mostly had fun. I expect that this will also end up being a fun experience.