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What You Missed At Denver Comic Con 2016

https://303magazine.com/2016/06/recap-denver-comic-con-2016/

Spotlight on Stan Lee

“When asked about any new characters that he had in development, Lee responded with “I have one. You’ll see him in a year”

Stan Lee may be everyone’s most beloved cameo appearance in Marvel’s movie franchise, but he is so much more than an Easter Egg to be found in cinematic films. Lee has created many characters for Marvel in his career, not least of all, Spiderman. Spiderman’s beginning was a little shaky at first. Lee regaled the audience of his panel at DCC with the creation story of the famous wall-crawler. Lee had just finished Fantastic Four and the publisher asked him to come up with another superhero. Lee went home and began a brainstorming session. He saw a fly on the wall and began thinking that it would be cool – “I probably didn’t say ‘cool’ back then, I probably said, ‘groovy’,” he injected into the story – if men could climb walls, maybe shoot webs. He wanted to make him a teenager because no other superheroes were teenagers. And he decided to give him a lot of personal problems as well. The publisher’s response was that it was the worst idea ever because people hate spiders and teenagers could only be sidekicks. At that time, Amazing Fantasy was being ended by the publisher. Lee put Spiderman into the last issue and on the cover as well.

“It was the best selling issue,” Lee stated. And the rest is history. Lee’s panel was filled with laughter and story telling in only the way Lee could present it, with humor and humility. “I’ve written so many things. This will come as a surprise to you, I am my biggest fan. I love everything I’ve written,” he said with a smile. When asked about any new characters that he had in development, Lee responded with “I have one. You’ll see him in a year. He’s called The Annihilator. So remember, The Annihilator.” He exited the stage to a standing ovation and a chorus of thunderous applause.

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It's strange that people are mentioning "The Annihilator" in these articles. Stan has been mentioning "The Annihilator" for over a year without a word in articles. Now, "The Annihilator" is being mentioned in the convention write ups.