Disney Will Celebrate Legacy of Stan Lee With Streaming Documentary

It’s unbelievable to consider that Stan Lee is older than Disney, the firm that now homes Marvel Studios. But sure: Disney reaches its centennial subsequent 12 months, and Lee—nicely, he would have gotten there first and really almost did. It’s hard to think about a world with out his iconic comedian e-book characters, together with Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, and the Wasp.

In honor of the legendary storyteller, Disney+ launched a teaser for its documentary on Lee to commemorate 100 years of the awesomeness of his mighty creations and contributions to popular culture as we all know it.

That signature snigger rings out true and heartbreakingly bitterswet amid the montage of Marvel Studios cameos. Gosh, we miss that man’s presence. Lee was recognized later in life as a fortunate allure look in every Marvel film and in a while within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I nonetheless tear up at his cameo in Into the Spider-Verse, which completely sends him off as he passes the baton to the following technology of storytellers. We’re able to prep the tissue field for this launch, set which is able to arrive subsequent 12 months on Disney+.

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