Writer/editor Stan Lee (1922-2018) made comic-book history together
with Jack Kirby in 1961 with Fantastic Four #1. The monumental
popularity of its new style inspired Lee to develop similarly
themed characters - including the Hulk and X-Men with Kirby,
Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Steve Ditko, and Daredevil with
Bill Everett. After shepherding his creations through dozens of
issues - in some cases a hundred or more - Lee allowed other
writers to take over, but he maintained steady editorial control.
Eventually, he helped expand Marvel into a multimedia empire. In
recent years, his frequent cameo appearances in Marvel's films
established Lee as one of the world's most famous faces.
Richard Bache Ayers was an American comic book artist and
cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers
during the late-1950s and 1960s, including on some of the earliest
issues of Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four. He is the signature
penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling
Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine
Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a
version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s.
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