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this list we’ll be looking at the most
important game-changing popular
characters and teams co-created by the
late great Stan Lee number 10 magneto
the war’s still coming Charles and I
Stanley is credited with creating some
of the most iconic heroes in all of pop
culture but let’s not forget he also
created a handful of incredible and
timeless villains as well while we were
tempted to go with Doctor Doom we had to
go with the tragic sympathetic Magneto
Lee stated many times over his career
that he didn’t see magneto as a villain
but rather as a victim of bigotry who
was pushed too far well it was writer
Chris Claremont who further developed
magneto into the Malcolm X to Professor
X’s Martin Luther King jr. he was
working from Lee’s groundbreaking
foundation number 9
Black Widow she may have started out as
an antagonist but this Russian spy would
go on to become one of Marvel’s most
iconic female heroes eventually joining
its premier team the Avengers part of
what makes Black Widow such a compelling
character is her complicated backstory
the first generation of costume
superheroes were shining beacons of
morality flawless and unwavering in
their commitment to good decades later
Stan Lee sought to make Marvel
superheroes more flawed and relatable
bringing human emotion into the
narratives and in this sense
Black Widow was one of his greatest
achievements a complex character with
sins to atone for Black Widow helped
pave the way for morally complex
characters of modern comics number eight
daredevil debuting in daredevil number
one in April of 1964 Matt Murdock’s
high-flying vigilante quickly took the
comic book world by storm his origin
story was one that appealed to the
average reader where
was from a working-class Irish American
family well-acquainted with poverty an
accident left him blind as a kid but the
radioactive substance that took his
sight also enhanced his other senses
motivated by the murder of his father he
would eventually use these abilities to
make New York City safer it’s often
taken for granted but daredevil was
among the earliest and most empowering
representations of a disability in
comics and Beyond and he’s a character
that continues to have a big impact
today you were right what you told me
not everyone deserves a happy ending
number seven Thor Stanley wasn’t afraid
to push the boundaries of the universe
he was building for Marvel Comics one of
the more out there inclusions in his
colorful roster of superheroes was Thor
the Norse god of thunder by Lee’s own
account he wanted to introduce a heavy
hitter and for him the only way to get
the level of power he was looking for in
a character was to use a God rather than
a human Greek and Roman gods were
already pretty popular but he saw an
opportunity to put his own spin on a
Norse God suffice it to say it worked
wonders
number 6 Incredible Hulk many a comic
book writer has tried to craft a
muscle-bound juggernaut of a hero to
compete with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s
irradiated Hulk but none have come close
in creating the character Lee took
inspiration from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic story dr. Jekyll and
mr. Hyde as well as some aesthetic cues
from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein then he
and Kirby added their own unique origin
story and for whatever reason some
purple pants as Lee put it he had
recognized that readers liked imperfect
characters and with the Hulk he wanted
to give them both a monster and a Man
Hulk is a tortured soul that appeal has
never worn off
number 5 black panther in addition to
being a creator Stan Lee was also a
vocal opponent of racism and Prejudice
in any form in Stan’s soapbox his
monthly column
he made a stance on these issues very
clear encouraging his readership to
share his views of equality in 1966 he
used his craft to make a major
contribution to black representation in
popular culture with the creation of
Black Panther the first black superhero
in mainstream comics take his messy
friend be first appearing in Fantastic
Four number 52 in 1966
T’Challa was not only a skilled
combatant but he was also very
scientifically minded in short black
panther was a groundbreaking progressive
figure in his own time and has
rightfully become a modern-day icon
number four iron man following his
creation
iron man quickly became a linchpin in
the interconnected marvel comics of the
1960’s much like he would be on the big
screen when the marvelous
Manek universe kicked off he was also a
founding member of the Avengers a group
also created by Lee as Stan remembered
it the creation of Tony Stark was a way
of challenging himself as a writer by
introducing a character that fans might
not initially like Stark was a
capitalist and weapons manufacturer
which didn’t fit with the anti-war
sentiments of the time but Lee was big
on creating flawed characters and sure
enough the reader soon took to this
outwardly vain but vulnerable and
relatable character truth is I am Iron
Man
number three the x-men vs. was
overwhelmed by the product of having to
come up with individual origin stories
for each member of his new superhero
team Stan Lee instead devised the
concept of mutants within the Marvel
Universe little did he know just what a
huge role this class of character would
play in the decades to come the x-men
arguably more so than any other creation
allowed Lee to address issues of
discrimination and Prejudice over the
decades they would expand to cover an
entire corner of the Marvel Comics
universe and eventually spawn a massive
film franchise number 2 Fantastic Four
we know what you’re thinking the
Fantastic Four are nowhere near as
popular as the x-men Marvel’s first
family might not be as popular with
readers today as they once were but
their importance to the industry cannot
be overstated
before Stan Lee created the Fantastic
Four he was considering walking away
from the industry after the decline of
Golden Age superhero comics the medium
turned to other genres which Lee was
dissatisfied writing the Fantastic Four
was his last-ditch effort to write the
sort of story he wanted to tell what
about superheroes who were imperfect and
crop ‘old with personal issues it was
like a light bulb exploded over my head
I thought well at last at least I’ll get
it out of my system and then I’ll quit
or be fired
the Fantastic Four proved a huge success
and the Marvel Revolution began this
creation literally shaped comics as we
know them today number one spider-man
Stan Lee co-created dozens of iconic
characters over the years a contemporary
writer would be extremely lucky to come
up with even one hero of comparable
success but such as the magnitude of
Stanley’s contribution to pop culture
with that being said his single greatest
creation was a high school student who
after being bitten by a radioactive
spider and losing his uncle will learn
that with great power comes great
responsibility thanks in large part to
the innovative design by co-creator
Steve Ditko this teenaged hero would go
on to connect with innumerable readers
inspiring generations of bands to find
the hero in themselves spider-man is one
of the greats and we can’t thank Stanley
enough for bringing him into our world
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
forever welcome to watchmojo.com Lea
creations
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ll be looking at the most
important game-changing popular
characters and teams co-created by the
late great Stan Lee number 10 magneto
the war’s still coming Charles and I
Stanley is credited with creating some
of the most iconic heroes in all of pop
culture but let’s not forget he also
created a handful of incredible and
timeless villains as well while we were
tempted to go with Doctor Doom we had to
go with the tragic sympathetic Magneto
Lee stated many times over his career
that he didn’t see magneto as a villain
but rather as a victim of bigotry who
was pushed too far well it was writer
Chris Claremont who further developed
magneto into the Malcolm X to Professor
X’s Martin Luther King jr. he was
working from Lee’s groundbreaking
foundation number 9
Black Widow she may have started out as
an antagonist but this Russian spy would
go on to become one of Marvel’s most
iconic female heroes eventually joining
its premier team the Avengers part of
what makes Black Widow such a compelling
character is her complicated backstory
the first generation of costume
superheroes were shining beacons of
morality flawless and unwavering in
their commitment to good decades later
Stan Lee sought to make Marvel
superheroes more flawed and relatable
bringing human emotion into the
narratives and in this sense
Black Widow was one of his greatest
achievements a complex character with
sins to atone for Black Widow helped
pave the way for morally complex
characters of modern comics number eight
daredevil debuting in daredevil number
one in April of 1964 Matt Murdock’s
high-flying vigilante quickly took the
comic book world by storm his origin
story was one that appealed to the
average reader where
was from a working-class Irish American
family well-acquainted with poverty an
accident left him blind as a kid but the
radioactive substance that took his
sight also enhanced his other senses
motivated by the murder of his father he
would eventually use these abilities to
make New York City safer it’s often
taken for granted but daredevil was
among the earliest and most empowering
representations of a disability in
comics and Beyond and he’s a character
that continues to have a big impact
today you were right what you told me
not everyone deserves a happy ending
number seven Thor Stanley wasn’t afraid
to push the boundaries of the universe
he was building for Marvel Comics one of
the more out there inclusions in his
colorful roster of superheroes was Thor
the Norse god of thunder by Lee’s own
account he wanted to introduce a heavy
hitter and for him the only way to get
the level of power he was looking for in
a character was to use a God rather than
a human Greek and Roman gods were
already pretty popular but he saw an
opportunity to put his own spin on a
Norse God suffice it to say it worked
wonders
number 6 Incredible Hulk many a comic
book writer has tried to craft a
muscle-bound juggernaut of a hero to
compete with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s
irradiated Hulk but none have come close
in creating the character Lee took
inspiration from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic story dr. Jekyll and
mr. Hyde as well as some aesthetic cues
from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein then he
and Kirby added their own unique origin
story and for whatever reason some
purple pants as Lee put it he had
recognized that readers liked imperfect
characters and with the Hulk he wanted
to give them both a monster and a Man
Hulk is a tortured soul that appeal has
never worn off
number 5 black panther in addition to
being a creator Stan Lee was also a
vocal opponent of racism and Prejudice
in any form in Stan’s soapbox his
monthly column
he made a stance on these issues very
clear encouraging his readership to
share his views of equality in 1966 he
used his craft to make a major
contribution to black representation in
popular culture with the creation of
Black Panther the first black superhero
in mainstream comics take his messy
friend be first appearing in Fantastic
Four number 52 in 1966
T’Challa was not only a skilled
combatant but he was also very
scientifically minded in short black
panther was a groundbreaking progressive
figure in his own time and has
rightfully become a modern-day icon
number four iron man following his
creation
iron man quickly became a linchpin in
the interconnected marvel comics of the
1960’s much like he would be on the big
screen when the marvelous
Manek universe kicked off he was also a
founding member of the Avengers a group
also created by Lee as Stan remembered
it the creation of Tony Stark was a way
of challenging himself as a writer by
introducing a character that fans might
not initially like Stark was a
capitalist and weapons manufacturer
which didn’t fit with the anti-war
sentiments of the time but Lee was big
on creating flawed characters and sure
enough the reader soon took to this
outwardly vain but vulnerable and
relatable character truth is I am Iron
Man
number three the x-men vs. was
overwhelmed by the product of having to
come up with individual origin stories
for each member of his new superhero
team Stan Lee instead devised the
concept of mutants within the Marvel
Universe little did he know just what a
huge role this class of character would
play in the decades to come the x-men
arguably more so than any other creation
allowed Lee to address issues of
discrimination and Prejudice over the
decades they would expand to cover an
entire corner of the Marvel Comics
universe and eventually spawn a massive
film franchise number 2 Fantastic Four
we know what you’re thinking the
Fantastic Four are nowhere near as
popular as the x-men Marvel’s first
family might not be as popular with
readers today as they once were but
their importance to the industry cannot
be overstated
before Stan Lee created the Fantastic
Four he was considering walking away
from the industry after the decline of
Golden Age superhero comics the medium
turned to other genres which Lee was
dissatisfied writing the Fantastic Four
was his last-ditch effort to write the
sort of story he wanted to tell what
about superheroes who were imperfect and
crop ‘old with personal issues it was
like a light bulb exploded over my head
I thought well at last at least I’ll get
it out of my system and then I’ll quit
or be fired
the Fantastic Four proved a huge success
and the Marvel Revolution began this
creation literally shaped comics as we
know them today number one spider-man
Stan Lee co-created dozens of iconic
characters over the years a contemporary
writer would be extremely lucky to come
up with even one hero of comparable
success but such as the magnitude of
Stanley’s contribution to pop culture
with that being said his single greatest
creation was a high school student who
after being bitten by a radioactive
spider and losing his uncle will learn
that with great power comes great
responsibility thanks in large part to
the innovative design by co-creator
Steve Ditko this teenaged hero would go
on to connect with innumerable readers
inspiring generations of bands to find
the hero in themselves spider-man is one
of the greats and we can’t thank Stanley
enough for bringing him into our world
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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