Word: lees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lee uses his character Spiderman, one of his most popular heroes, as an illustration of his approach. "He's got super powers, and he fights crooks; he's just like anybody else. So we gave him an aunt who's always dying of a heart attack; he has all these personal problems; he's sort of a nebbish...
...same time, Lee comes across as the sort of person who is almost never serious in casual company. He jokes continually, talks mostly tongue-in-cheek, and generally tries to reinforce the idea that what he does is somewhat ridiculous. He recalls how he got into the business: "Well, I wanted to be an actor, so it was the most natural thing in the world that I ended up being a writer. Years ago, there was this thing called the WPA Federal Theater--Orson Welles belonged to it, I belonged to it. I like to think that somewhere Orson Welles...
...uninitiated, it might appear that all comics are basically alike. Lee, perhaps not surprisingly, doesn't see it that way. Asked the difference between Marvel Comics and other brands, he responds confidently, "the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a skateboard. Marvel has a more adult vocabulary. Marvel has a sense of humor--everything is done in a lighthearted way. We have a lot of satire in our books. Our stuff is much more realistic. If we take a character like Spiderman, we say, 'What would it be like if there were a guy like Spiderman? How would...
According to Lee, when he arrived at what is now Marvel Comics, their comics weren't much different from those of their competitors. The idea to try what he describes as a different approach was, he says, "mine, all mine." The reason for the change was "sheer boredom. I figured, all right, I'm going to try and write the kind of stories I might enjoy if I read comic books. I figured, what would I like? I wouldn't want these card-board figures who are just one-dimensional--a character who's all good, and the villains...
...collection of the original issues of Marvel Comics, Son of Origins, Lee describes Spiderman's creation: "we recklessly flew in the face of all established tradition and dared to create a hero out of a shy studious, insecure, mollycoddled momma's boy." As Lee puts it, "He's the Woody Allen of the superheroes...