Stan Lee's First Superhero: Lost Hero of the Golden Age Ep. 16 

I cried when I heard he had passed he was like family. Even the name Stan made him more you big brother than some old guy. I will miss him and this tinted glasses.

You really can picture him saying that!!!

I did that once, and did know everything,, they fired me,,,,,,,, ;p

DrFranklynAnderson ,Stan Lee was a Superhero💪💪👍👍😎😎

Yes you do, Stan, yes you do.

Stan Lee out Stan Lees Stan Lee

Hi Pulsar Stargrave! I originally heard that story about Stan's first story from him at Mid-Ohio Con sometime in the early 80s. You know, way back when you could get Stan's autograph for a buck and he had a twenty book limit. I'm pretty sure I heard him tell that story a couple of times about the issue running short and they had to have something quick. Comics did get lower shipping rates for having text stories in them--but regardless, Joe Simon told him he needed the story the next day. Thanks for liking the ending! That's my favorite part of the video.

I got that info about his first story from a MASSIVE interview Stan gave that was printed in ALTER EGO 104! It MIGHT still be available!

I will have to hunt down that issue!

I know, right?

they actually did. he's working Jeff mace and I believe it's Vanguard I can't remember what it's actually called Rodger Arbury the Destroyer. and other World War II Heroes they have a secret organization that they became apart of to watch over the planet and it's based in the I can't my brains not working tonight what's the Romanian States near Romania Serbia Wanda Gore Mountain transia and Latvia.

Agreed.

Been. Trying to find some ,theirs some remakes ,cuz that thors robot destroyer 🤦🏻‍♂️

Right im atm researching the similairites

Hi PokeDude011! Stan didn't get to see much action...he started off in communications and got transferred to a special propaganda unit in Hollywood...they made propaganda and training films. Joe Simon was stationed at The Pentagon in Washington D.C. and met another comic book publisher Alfred Harvey there. Jack Kirby on the other hand became a scout for an Armor Division and participated in a lot of combat. There's stories floating around that he killed three Nazis with his knife while on scouting missions. It's also been reported that his unit was one of the first American units to come across a concentration camp...Kirby, being a scout, was probably one of the first Americans to see a death camp up close.

Lol

What a dream that is!

It's even funnier imagining old Stan Lee doing that

PokeDude011 aha word

Hi LarryC213! Funny how things work out like that.

Stan Lee was a WRITER, not an artist my friend ;) The designs of those characters were created mainly by CARTOONIST Jack Kirby and in the case of Spider-Man the design was drawn by ARTIST Steve Dikto. If you don't believe me listen it from Stan Lee himself ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OXXm-VihdDo.html

@@comicbookguy6361 thanks

I love that arc!

Me too love it!

Angel Maldonado True, And Bill Everett who created arguably the first comic book antihero The Submariner.

There always will be new writers and creators.

Very often, the true lost hero is the creators.

Hi Ricardo, Thanks for watching!!! We are in agreement. I can't name another writer who comes close. His stuff is ground breaking.

That's food for thought.

Hi Jason, I think I read somewhere that people during the depression considered any job as doing good. I've heard that some people made as little as 2 dollars a week.

Hi Renshen 1957, I allude to it briefly in a graphic that Stan had collaborators and the relationships did not end well. I chose not to get into the politics of it. I will say that Kirby and Ditko do not get their fare share of the credit. There's a couple of really good books out there over the Kirby's treatment--Tales to Astonish by Ronin Ro is an awesome book. It focuses on Kirby and his career. Another great book is Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. That book has detailed info on the inner feuds going on inside Marvel going back to the Timely days. Both are great reads!

I agree.No one gets anywhere without great support

Stan gets credit for Captain America, should be Jack King Kirby.

As a comic book fan, I would agree with the fact that Kirby, Ditko and Lee all deserve credit. Stan was smart enough to surround himself with remarkable talent. Kirby is the King of that early Marvel look. If you look at the art closely Richard Reeds looks like Kirby and Peter Parker looks just like Steve Ditko. The real overall issue is that none of them own the rights to those characters after creating them. While they can argue over who created it (even though Stan has admitted that they were all part of it) the true slight is that they weren't able to earn money off of the intellectual property they created.

@@lonewolfweapon761 Only an artist? You write from ignorance, or Marvel propaganda, Jacob "Jack Kirby" Kurtzberg was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), going on sale in December 1940. (The 3/41 is the date to remove the comic from the new stands and stores, FYI). During the 1940s, Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, (There was later a "Miss America" who could fly), Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications (Sandman and the original Manhunter), later Superman/National Comics, later to become DC Comics. At Marvel, in the 1960s under writer-editor Stan Lee, Kirby created many of the company's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Thor, the Hulk and Iron Man. The Lee-Kirby titles garnered high sales and critical acclaim, but in 1970, feeling he had been treated unfairly, largely in the realm of authorship credit and creators' rights, Kirby left the company for rival DC. Jack Kirby died in 1994 and Stan (Stanley Martin Lieber) Lee began to take sole credit for Kirby's work at Marvel. The internet is a wonderful resource for information you might try it some time. PS I was buying Marvel Comics in the 1960's, as well as DC, when Marvel also published reprints of the original Capt America from WWII (Timely comics Simon/Kirby's creation) Cap was also in Comics books published before the Marvel name change during the Korean War with (Bucky), and the WWII included the original Human Torch (an android) and his mutant sidekick (who naturally was combustible) before the term mutant was used, Toro, in Comics which also featured he Sub-Mariner.

ohh yhea and with Shia Labeouf in the Destroyers pants !!!

Pat X they should JUST... DO IT

I think destroyer later became punisher(same skull logo)

Hi Brendon O'Hair! A person like Stan comes around once a lifetime. He was there in the early days when comics were a wide open medium and everything was new.

Coincidentally he did a line of Destoyer comics ..Kirkman.. did u know that im wondering if thats why u mentioned it

I'm doing "Heroic Fantasy" animations and art now. Check out my YT if you're interested. =)

peter blood keep writing it's fun

First One I ever made was the “Blue Kangaroo” and it was kinda like Batman except he just used Boomerangs and on his gloves he had two giant lazer boomerangs that he would use like wolverines claws

Thanks Zahir!!! I originally planned on doing that story...but it's a story everyone knows and it gets told all the time. It's a great story--but I decided to focus on the stories that don't get told. Stan's Atlas work has almost always been ignored, but when you read it, you can see his skill as a writer growing. They're not all gems, some are far from it, but it's during the Atlas years he became the writer/creator we know him for.

FizzFop1 yes I loved how you touched on that....that Stan was a phenomenal writer and then he transitioned into the comic master storyteller!!!

Hey DigitalOdyssey3001! Thanks for watching. There's a couple of great books out there that goes into detail about early Marvel and the battles for credit later. Tales to Astonish by Ro covers the Jack Kirby story really well. Another book that's really good is Marvel Comics:The Untold Story by Howe does a great job telling what happened with both Ditko and Kirby. It also goes into detail about what happened to form Image. If you get the chance, check them out.

​@@FizzFop1 thanks for the info, im going to look for both of those books.

Thank You Kresna D Adji! I'm glad you appreciate my efforts!

Hi Metalsnake! Thanks for watching. I think Sgt. Fury didn't come about until the 1960s even though it was set in the 1940s.

1963 was the first issue. Series ended in 81. I believed the series covered WW2 and Korean war. Still was a big part of Stan lee's work.

Hi TheComicsPreacher!!! It crossed my mind, but they are here on RU-vid for free. Also, my last venture at making a DVD didn't break even.

you need a marketing promoter! :)

I think ,,, MegaMan Was an extension of me, wanting to help people less fortunate, but doing it very quickly,, did Ravager ever howl? hahaha,, ( I do, I am part wolf,, full moons make me nuts,, >> true!!) hagd E

Hi Ray! Seeing a Destroyer Easter egg in one of the Marvel films would be cool.

I have my own theory where he is The One Above All, yes they did a thing where Kirby was The one Above all But I think it would work amazingly

Cooper Magner that's my theory as well and I really hope it plays out. Would be cool in a future Marvel movie to see a group of heroes find The One Above All and end up talking to Stan Lee. Imagine the movie being almost over and you're like "I haven't seen Stan Lee yet" and boom they tie in all his cameos to one character.

no to late , but it would have been nice that captain america encounter him , the Destroyer in is first movie against the german nazi , a cameo kinda like in the sylvester stalone movie with all the other bad ass action stars , in the middle of the movie at one point the group are in a helpless situation and the lone wolf Chuck norris came in to save the day.......that for was the best ever made cameo ( if it is one ) done in a movie ^^

Stan Lee is the worst person ever

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@@Crystallize9179 No he is a rip off artist

@@xxxvvvxxx4736 go to hell

@@xxxvvvxxx4736 youre just jealous because he has fans and u dont

Hi Toby Bloomfield! That would be awesome! I would love to see the Destroyer or Union Jack in a film.

Maybe if they decide to do a film with in the 1950's they could use the All Winner Squad, Jimmy Woo's Avengers (Agents of Atlas), the 3D man and the Invaders: Spitfire, Submariner, Human Torch & Toro, Destroyer, Union Jack, Ms America, Whizzer, the Patriot. With possible appearances from Crimson commando, Super Sabre and Stonewall. Possibly to fight off a Skrull invasion.

Thanks V.K.S!!! I realized last night that we're almost up to 500 subscribers! That's about 499 more than I originally estimated (lol). I should create a "thank you" video when we reach it. By the way, I wouldn't call it 'flawless." There's some major mistakes in a few and I always learn new cool things after I do one...for example, after I did the Heap-King of Nerdzz pointed out that the Heap was inspired by a Theodore Sturgeon short story called "It." I missed that one totally. In Daredevil, I mis-labeled a picture of Basil Wolverton as Charles Biro. Lately, I've been getting flack over the Black Bat origin because I didn't follow the pulp origin. Oh well, you live and learn. Thanks again VKS!

Well if it isn't flawless it's pretty close. Your work will continue to entertain and educate. Little mistakes matter little. Keep up the great work and congratulations on the subscribers!

Hi jjgLatin!!! Yep, there's a number of comic book characters to take on the name Destroyer...not to mention there was a paperback character in the 1970s that used that name...I think he may have been a James Bond super spy clone...not sure because I never read any of the books, but I do remember seeing them at the drugstore when I was kid.

+FizzFop1 Actually he was an assasin trained in a lost art

FizzFop1 i think the origin is equally the same as the Sentry... Drinking Super Soldier formula.

Thanks-that ending is actually based on a true conversation. It's probably my favorite thing I've done on these videos.

That would be cool.

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