Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige said it best when he took to Twitter to wish Stan Lee a happy 95th birthday. In addition to the birthday wishes, he included the hashtag that reads, “So Many More Cameos to Come.” Lee has had a cameo in every MCU project to date and has recently finished filming a few more that we’ll see in the upcoming releases of Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Lee’s cameos are often some of the most fun scenes in comic book history and they’re all done with love, respect, and humor for the man responsible for most of the characters.
Hulk star Mark Ruffalo called Stan Lee a legend on the day of his birth while Don Cheadle took to Twitter to say, “happy born day, Stan!” Chris Evans also joined in on wishing Lee a happy 95th birthday as did Jason R. Moore. In addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld also took to social media to wish Stan Lee a very happy birthday, marveling (no pun intended) at Lee’s stamina to keep going and thanked him for the memories as well. Mark Millar called him a hero along with thousands of Marvel fans from all over the world.
Over the past eight decades, Stan Lee has lived out his childhood fantasy on the pages of thousands of comic books, turning his youthful daydreams into a huge brand that today casts a Hulk-sized shadow over pop culture. When Disney bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in 2009, none of that going to Lee, it acquired the most valuable superhero library on the planet. Movies based on Lee’s characters (he has created or co-created hundreds) have grossed over $21.3 billion worldwide, with TV shows, video games and merchandise adding billions more. And at 95, Lee is just getting started. Infinity War is going to see more superheroes on the big screen that has ever been seen before and Stan Lee will be right there in the middle of things.
Stan Lee is 95-years old and still accomplishing more than men and women half his age and doing it with a gigantic smile on his face. Lee is a legend and he knows it, so Happy Birthday, Stan Lee!
