Iron Man: Stan Lee

STAN LEE (Executive Producer) is currently the chairman and chief creative officer POW! Entertainment. The company was founded in 2001 and has over 40 movies, TV, DVD, video game and other projects in various stages of development.

Also the chairman emeritus of Marvel Comics, Lee is known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry. Hundreds of legendary characters, including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, The Avengers, The Silver Surfer, Thor and Dr. Strange, all grew out of his fertile imagination.

Lee served as executive producer for Columbia’s worldwide blockbusters “Spider-Man,” “Spider-Man 2” and “Spider-Man 3,” all directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

Lee executive-produced the global hit “Ghost Rider,” which took in over $200 million worldwide. Lee also executive-produced “X-Men: The Last Stand” after executive-producing the first two smash “X-Men” films. He also served as executive producer of “The Fantastic Four,” “Hulk,” “Elektra,” “Daredevil” and the “Blade” trilogy.

In the early 1960s, Lee ushered in what has come to be known as “The Marvel Age of Comics,” creating major new superheroes while breathing life and style into such old favorites as Captain America, The Human Torch and The Sub Mariner.

During his first 25 years at Marvel as editor, art director and head writer, Lee scripted no fewer than two and as many as five complete comic books per week. His prodigious output may comprise the largest body of published work by any single writer. Additionally, he wrote newspaper features, radio and television scripts and screenplays.

By the time he was named publisher of Marvel Comics in 1972, Lee’s comics were the nation’s biggest sellers. In 1977, he brought the Spider-Man character to newspapers in the form of a syndicated strip. This seven-days-a-week feature, which he has written and edited since its inception, is the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips, appearing in more than 500 newspapers worldwide.

In 1981, Marvel launched an animation studio on the West Coast and Lee moved to Los Angeles to become creative head of Marvel’s cinematic adventures. He began to transform his Spider-Man and Hulk creations into Saturday morning television and paved the way for Marvel’s entry into live-action feature films.

Under the umbrella of his new company POW! (Purveyors of Wonder!) Entertainment, Inc., Lee is creating and executive producing an animated “Stan Lee Presents” DVD series, with the first two released in 2007: “Mosaic” and “The Condor." Lee’s television credits with POW! include serving as executive producer and star on NBC’s sci-fi hit reality series “Who Wants to be a Superhero?” seasons one and two, and as co-producer and creator of “Stripperella” on the Spike cable channel, in addition to previously executive-producing “Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Spider-Man” and “X-Men.”

Lee has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including Stan Lee’s Superhero Christmas, The Origins of Marvel Comics, The Best of the Worst, The Silver Surfer, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, The Alien Factor, Bring on the Bad Guys, Riftworld, The Superhero Women and his recent autobiography Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee.