Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man and other Marvel superheroes, dead at 95
China DailyTHE SOAPBOX Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee places his handprints in cement during a ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, US, July 18, 2017. He went on the lecture circuit, move to Los Angeles in 1980 and pursued opportunities for his characters in movies and television.Through it all, he kept connected with fans, writing a column called "Stan's Soapbox" in which he often slipped in his catchphrase "'Nuff Said" or the sign-off "Excelsior!" He also made cameos in most Marvel films, pulling a girl away from falling debris in 2002's "Spider-Man" and serving as an emcee at a strip club in 2016's "Deadpool." The Walt Disney Co bought Marvel Entertainment in 2009 for $4 billion in a deal to expand Disney's roster of characters, with the most iconic ones having been Lee's handiwork.