He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which would later become Marvel Comics' primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber / ˈ l iː b ər/ December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer.
