169 - Stan Lee! And the History of Comics

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

Religion, Society & Culture, Dark Humor, History, Adult Humor, Conspiracies, True Crime, Cults, Conspiracy, Comedy, Biographies, Education

4.8 • 22.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Stan Lee! The man, the myth, the legend! The man who co-created 200 different comic book characters. The co-creator of Spiderman, Thor, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and so many other popular characters. The man who is still the face of the Marvel empire after his death. We go over this incredible creator's legendary life today and also go over the history of the comic book in this KA-BOOM! ZAP! POW! graphic novel edition of Timesuck! Check out Lynze and I's new horror podcast Scared to Death. Listen on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, Youtube, and more! Here's the iTunes link: https://apple.co/2MRMgai Happy Murder Tour Standup dates: (full calendar at http://dancummins.tv) December 26-28 Spokane, WA Spokane Comedy Club CLICK HERE for tix! Listen to the best of my standup on Spotify! (for free!) https://spoti.fi/2Dyy41d Timesuck is brought to you by the following sponsors: Manscaped! Get 20% Off + Free Shipping when you use the code TIMESUCK at Manscaped.com Felix Gray! Shipping and returns are free when you go to FelixGrayGlasses.com/TIMESUCK Watch the Suck on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TwjsbHDAJko Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna become a Space Lizard? We're over 6000 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.

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0:00.0	There are only a handful of American writers that have gone into become true household names around the world.
0:05.3	Stephen King is one, Daniel Steele is another James Patterson, Dan Brown, Nora Roberts.
0:11.1	But there's only one comic book writer with international name recognition, arguably more name recognition than all those authors.
0:17.8	I just mentioned with the lone possible exception is Stephen King.
0:21.0	And that's Stanley Stan motherfucking Lee gosh dang.
0:25.3	That boom bam.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:26.8	Yeah.
0:28.2	The man co-created some of those popular cultural icons of the last hundred years hell of ever.
0:33.8	Characters that have gone on to become some of those popular fictional characters in the history of the world.
0:38.3	I would guess most kids today around the world are way more familiar with Stanley characters like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor, the X-Men,
0:45.1	the powerful box office franchise, the Avengers.
0:48.4	Then they are with Shakespeare's characters, Aromio and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear.
0:52.6	Stanley left behind an enormous creative legacy helping create characters beloved by millions known by billions.
1:01.1	Characters who undoubtedly will live on the zeitgeist for centuries.
1:05.1	Stan's gift was to evolve comic book characters from the wooden black and white all good or all bad.
1:09.7	Characatures initially marketed at young children and turned them into much more flawed and nuanced human characters that young adults and full grown meat sex have come to enjoy immensely.
1:21.0	Lee was also one of the most successful promoters of comic books in history.
1:24.4	Although he never owned Marvel comics.
1:25.9	He became the face and some might argue the heart of the comic book publishing giant.
1:30.8	Lee's creations have dominated Hollywood and recent years.
1:33.2	A list Hollywood actors fall all over themselves to be cast and want to lease or as one of Lee's heroes.
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