The man behind so many comic book heroes has finally passed away. We all knew it was coming but it doesn't make it any easier. Born Stanley Martin Lieber, the man known to the world as Stan Lee has passed away at age 95. Yes, we all know time waits for no person and we all know that everyone eventually has to pass away but he was so full of life up until the very end. It deluded us to some degree. Our denial kicked in and we thought he'd never leave us.
Childhood is not easy on many of us, especially comic book fans growing up in the 80's/90's. Now that geek has become chic, it's hard for people to understand this but for a time (not too long ago) anyone who was into comics sometimes found it hard to find friends. That gets worse when you are in a smaller school where no one, absolutely no one shares your interests or hobbies. Stan Lee gave us characters we could relate to. Peter Parker is a shy kid, socially ill at ease. Matt Murdock is blind, but he sees the world better than anyone with sight can thanks to his radar sense, which no one knows he has. Even the villains are sympathetic, to some degree. Magneto is a political idealist who correctly sees that mutants are mistreated in their society and wants more than civil right-he wants equality then eventually, superiority. We could relate to the characters better than anyone else in our world. They gave us an outlet for our own insecurities and worries.
This hurts like it did when Lemmy or Johnny Ramone passed away.
No comments:
Post a Comment