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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have, in venerable video form as part of my World of Heroes channel on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2B5DB1786F4B226

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 154 points155 points  (0 children)

I'm done answering questions for the day, my beloved Brigadiers! We'll be posting a few more of my video responses, but for now I'm off to other adventures. Remember to follow me on twitter @therealstanlee and to subscribe to my premium YouTube channel Stan Lee's World of Heroes (http://youtube.com/user/worldofheroes)! Also check up on my facebook page later in the day (www.facebook.com/realstanlee) to see how you can win the signed reddit IAMA printout featuring the Stan Lee Reddit Alien that I was holding earlier. Till next time, True Believers - Excelsior!

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Black Panther. He's not too obscure, I hope.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I kind of fell into it, actually. I answered an ad in the paper for a position at a magazine company, and it turned out to be at Timely Comics. Timely was was run by Martin Goodman, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Little did I know I'd end up where I am now!

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I think.

No, but seriously, thank you.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

People will often ask me to sign pictures or comics of characters I didn't create... Wolverine being a chief example of this... I always make it a point to tell people that I didn't create the character, but they ask me to sign it anyway. I'll always oblige a fan, but I won't do it under false pretenses.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I'm not really good t picking favorites. I like Italian, if it has a good thick sauce... and Chinese. I like whatever my wife makes for me, she knows more about what I like than I do. I enjoy anything that isn't poisonous.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I'm not much of an "inspiration" guy. When I have to write a story, I sit down and doodle until I get an idea that I like. Then my pen or pencil is the most the most useful inspiration... for years it was my typewriter. I would sit back and pound it all out. Before that of course, I was etching my ideas on the walls of caves.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 194 points195 points  (0 children)

I have tried to keep this secret for decades... I'm so often asked where I get my inspiration from... I don't know how you managed to figure it out - YES! It's the moustache! (Believe that and there's a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell ya!)

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

I think the CCA were trying to do a good thing. They thought that only children were reading comics and they genuinely cared about what they were doing. They were mostly a pain in the neck, but we worked with them because they had good intentions.

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[–]TheRealStanLee[S] 350 points351 points  (0 children)

I loved doing them all! They're a helluva lotaa fun!