"The Man" on the Unmasking?

[BeastieRunner]

Has their been an interview with Stan Lee about where he stands or what he thinks about Spider-man unmasking?

If not, what do you think Stan would say about it happening?

[Venom]

Joe told Stan all about the unmasking and Stan loved the idea and very much approved of it.

[Micro]

Joe told Stan all about the unmasking and Stan loved the idea and very much approved of it.

This is according to Joe Quesada's interview with Newsarama I believe. The thing to remeber about Stan Lee is that he is always very polite when asked about these things. He isn't going to say "hey, I hate that idea don't do it", even if he doesn't think it's a good idea. The first time Aunt May was killed the editors at Marvel called up Stan Lee to tell him about the idea, and guess what, accourding to the editors "he loved that idea also." However when he was asked about it he claimed he was never informed about it at all. You could even make a similar arguement with the "Death of Gwen Stacy." Im not sure if he knew in advance, but once there was fan outrage he was agianst it, and thought they should bring her back. I think Stan has a love for the characters and the comics. Generally I think he would like an idea if the fans liked it, I've always seen him as the kinda guy that writes for the fans more than anything else, which is why we all love "the Man". So I guess the real question would be "What do the fans think about the unmasking?"

[Sean Whitmore]

I think his reaction would be, "Hey, I did that 30 years ago!" ;)


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SEAN

[Magneto Rocks]

Joe Q said he asked him and Stan loved it and I'd feel inclined to trust him. But Stan's memory has never been that good anyway ;)

And btw, someone mentioned gwen Stayc- in his interview in 2002 he stated that he had been asked beforehand apparantly but didn't remember, but afterwards he thought there was a vendetta against the Stacy family or something ;)

And PS: Joe Q's exact quote was, I believe, that the first thing Stan asked was if they could get good stories from it. Which, obviously, they can.

[MickeyRibs]

For what it's worth, here's a quote from Alan Sepinwall of the Newark Star-Ledger who talked to Stan while doing a press conference for the Sci-Fi Channel show:

"Meeting The Man
Major inner geek moment for me: shortly after Sci-Fi Channel paneled its new reality show "Who Wants to Be a Superhero," I went up to talk to producer Stan "The Man" Lee, aka the co-creator of most of my childhood heroes (Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers). Stan's hearing isn't what it used to be, but the man is still a charmer. I introduced myself as a lifelong Marvel Comics fan, and he asked me to repeat myself because of the crowd noise; after I said it louder, he smiled and said, "I heard you the first time; I just wanted to hear it again."

So what does The Man think of the current comics storyline that had Spider-Man reveal his secret identity to the world?

"I haven't read it yet," he said, "but I think anything that gets the outside world paying attention to what's happening in comics."

I pointed out that an unmasked Spidey is a radical departure from the guy whose adventures Stan wrote in the '60s. He shrugged and said, "Time moves on. You're talking to the guy who married him off in the '80s."

The rest of the article is about halfway down the page dated July 14 at
http://tinyurl.com/m2x49

[Sean Whitmore]

"I haven't read it yet," he said, "but I think anything that gets the outside world paying attention to what's happening in comics."


Hard to argue against that.


SEAN

[mattspideyrocks!]

This is according to Joe Quesada's interview with Newsarama I believe. The thing to remeber about Stan Lee is that he is always very polite when asked about these things. He isn't going to say "hey, I hate that idea don't do it", even if he doesn't think it's a good idea. The first time Aunt May was killed the editors at Marvel called up Stan Lee to tell him about the idea, and guess what, accourding to the editors "he loved that idea also." However when he was asked about it he claimed he was never informed about it at all. You could even make a similar arguement with the "Death of Gwen Stacy." Im not sure if he knew in advance, but once there was fan outrage he was agianst it, and thought they should bring her back. I think Stan has a love for the characters and the comics. Generally I think he would like an idea if the fans liked it, I've always seen him as the kinda guy that writes for the fans more than anything else, which is why we all love "the Man". So I guess the real question would be "What do the fans think about the unmasking?"

Ok, I admire Stan as much as the next Spidey fan, but if that's the case Micro, then he is as much at fault as Joe Q and everyone else for coming up with these stories. If he really, doesn't like an idea they come up with, I'm sure he could tell them otherwise and they would listen. So if he doesn't speak up and just agrees with what they do, then it's his fault as well for these supposed bad stories coming to fruition because he can tell them not to.

[Pheonix-NoRelation]

I think his reaction would be, "Hey, I did that 30 years ago!" ;)


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SEAN

"In fact, I think i did 2 stories like that!" :p

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[jim1175]

Ok, I admire Stan as much as the next Spidey fan, but if that's the case Micro, then he is as much at fault as Joe Q and everyone else for coming up with these stories. If he really, doesn't like an idea they come up with, I'm sure he could tell them otherwise and they would listen. So if he doesn't speak up and just agrees with what they do, then it's his fault as well for these supposed bad stories coming to fruition because he can tell them not to.

asking his opinion on something that they did after the fact and asking him for help with an upcoming story line is something else. They didn't ask for story help so far as I know.... If they did (and if there is a God in heaven they will because they sure could use it) I think that we would be reading very different Spidey stories now. I think that Stan should be drafted & forced to write Spidey stories, then we will see some "classic" Spiderman, the kind that fans are pining for.