Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ former creative director. He died in November 2018 at age 95. His art remains a legacy — read below for his ongoing familial drama and superhero movie news.
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Culture Did ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ inspire Raoul Wallenberg’s Holocaust heroism?
Wallenberg saw an anti-Nazi remake about the superhero with a double life. ‘Pimpernel’ also inspired Stan Lee and Larry David
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Film & TV The real story buried in the Disney+ Stan Lee documentary
The film overplays the Marvel editor’s contributions — and downplays his Jewishness
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Culture He created the most Jewish of superheroes — but how Jewish was he really?
Born 100 years ago to immigrants from Romania, Stan Lee went on to become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century
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Fast Forward Stan Lee’s Former Business Manager Charged With Elder Abuse
On May 10, the Los Angeles Superior Court charged comic book legend Stan Lee’s former business manager and caretaker Keya Morgan with multiple accounts of elder abuse, including false imprisonment, forgery and fraud committed over the course of Morgan’s relationship with Lee. The court issued a $300,000 warrant for Morgan’s arrest, CNN reports. Morgan, a…
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The Schmooze Here Are All Of Sunday’s Jewish Oscar Nominees
Happy Oscars-Shabbat! Hold on to your hats — here are all the Jewish people and Jew-ish movies that will be competing for Academy Awards in major categories this Sunday. BEST PICTURE “Black Panther” The nod for the cutting-edge Marvel movie is a huge moment for Black representation, and a credit to our non-Jewish friend, director…
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Culture Here’s Stan Lee’s Final Published Work (Spoiler: He Discusses the Holocaust)
Editor’s Note: Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee, who passed away this week, took a strong interest in the Holocaust in recent years. His final published essay appeared as the introduction to the recent book “We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust,” by Neal Adams, Rafael Medoff, and Craig Yoe (IDW/Yoe Books, 2018). “We…
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Culture Stan Lee And The Death Of A Jewish-American Idealism
A friend of mine once said there are three unarguably American creations: Baseball, Jazz, and Comic Books. Jews historically had a hand in all of them, but thanks to geniuses like Stan Lee, the latter is what we can claim as truly ours. Stan Lee’s passing marks the end of an era not only for…
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The Schmooze Stan Lee Professes Love To His Fans As He Battles Pneumonia
Stan Lee, the Marvel comic book legend responsible for so many of your favorite superheroes, professed his love to his fans in a video released Tuesday. In the video, Lee explains his absence from the public scene – the comic creator has been battling pneumonia. “I want you all to know I’m thinking of you,”…
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