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Besides using more complex characters than other comics ("I'm a very complex man," he says), Lee insists on employing a more advanced vocabulary than his competitors. He claims that the vocabulary his writers use is "college-level, possibly much higher that that. If I want to use a word like cataclysmic, or neophyte, or proselytize, or monolithic, or anything that's germane, I go ahead and use it. And I figure the kids will either learn what it means by osmosis, or by the use in the sentence, or if they have to go to a dictionary and look...
When I ask Lee if he has as many teenage readers as younger ones, he draws himself up in his chair with the air of a man about to reveal the answer to a profound moral question (expecting his reply to provoke dismay). "As Marc Antony said as he stood over Caesar's corpse, 'If you have tears to shed, prepare to shed them.' We have"--he pauses dramatically--"as many readers from age 16 to 25 as we have from age 6 to 15. As a matter of fact, you're almost too young for me to be talking...
...fact is that Stan Lee does regard his work as a serious endeavor. He contends that his comics are very educational, and obviously has no worries about their potential for stunting the intellectual growth of young minds. Behind this view is a genuine belief in the validity of comic books as an art form. He regards Marvel Comics as the highest expression of the genre. "Our stories are very well-written for comics," he contends. "They're much better written than people would expect, which is why they like them when they see them. They're beautifully illustrated. It shouldn...
...success of Marvel Comics has certainly exceeded even Lee's expectations, and in fact they have branched out into other media. Some of his original comic book characters have appeared on their own Saturday morning cartoon shows for several years, although he has nothing to do with their production. He notes that Steve Krantz, of Fritz the Cat and Cooley High fame, is producing a feature film on Spiderman--not animated, but live action. Another director plans to put out a movie based on Lee's character the Hulk. And according to Lee, Paramount Television is planning a television series...
...Lee himself has a lot of plans. He plans to write a novel, and says he has been approached by publishers about it. He says his is now working on a movie with a French director, but he doesn't say what it's about or who the director is. He would like to have a television talk show, and a Marvel Comics television show, "like Walt Disney Presents." He is full of enthusiasm for all these ideas. "There's a million things I want...