Comicbook icon Stan Lee dies at 95

AN ATTORNEY FOR HIS DAUGHTER SAYS LEE DIED IN A LOS ANGELES HOSPITAL MONDAY MORNING AFTER BEING TAKEN BY AMBULANCE FROM HIS HOME. LEE HELPED USHER IN A NEW ERA OF SUPERHERO STORYTELLING. HE CREATED OR HELPED CREATE A STRING OF ICONIC CHARACTERS INCLUDING SPIDER-MAN, THE HULK, THE X-MEN, IRON MAN AND THOR. HE BECAME MARVEL'S EDITORIAL DIRECTOR AND PUBLISHER IN 1972. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS... MOVIES IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GAINED WORLD-WIDE POPULARITY AND BECAME A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SUCCESS. LEE SAID HE USED TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT BEING A COMIC-BOOK WRITER... BUT THEN REALIZED THAT ENTERTAINMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE.