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    Stan Lee Accomplishments

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    Stan Lee has revolutionized the comic book industry through his work and creation of multiple, highly successful characters. Throughout his life and his career, he has had many people to aspire to and to lean on. While working at Marvel, and Timely Comics he has collaborated with many comic book artists sharing his thoughts and ideas with them, and in because he was successful, he helped to become an inspiration to people himself. On December 28, 1922, in New York City Stanley Martin

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    He and his future wife LaTanya Richardson joined the Black Image Theatre Company, in 1972. He started to act in Off-Broadway productions, adapting the famous book Mother Courage. He also had another golden chance when he was substituting for Bill Cosby, in The Cosby Show rehearsals. There was a great twist in his acting life when he met

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    from the Spider-Man comic books but is most famous for the movie Spider-Man in 2002. But it has quite a bit of meaning. It is telling you that if you have power over something you need responsibility to control that power. When Stan Lee made Spider-Man he knew he would have to have a special quote that would run through the whole series. When Stan Lee first started making the comics into what he wanted to see, and people loved it! Stan Lee completely changed the way comics were made, I guess

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    Stan Lee Research Paper

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    Stanley Martin Lieber, also known as Stan Lee, is a publisher, author, editor, and television producer. However, he is best known for being the president and chairman of Marvel Comic. He might not be someone who created their own company, but he did create many of everybody’s favorite superheroes. Stan Lee made a difference in the world of superheroes. Stan Lee was born on December 28, 1922 in New York City. Growing up, Stan lived with his mother, father, and little brother, Larry. Both of his parents

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    In the 1970s, 30 years after the creation of Wonder Woman. The “New Wonder Woman” came out as a totally different character in its comic series. She took off her classic costume and her bracelets to wear as a modern girl. Losing power means losing the Wonder Woman spirit for lots of Wonder Woman fans. Wonder Woman made her first appearance in the 1974 Wonder Woman movie. As the first live- action appearance of Wonder Woman, American actress Cathy Lee Crosby presented a Wonder Woman with short and

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    With the implementation of the Comics Code Authority and its domination of the comic field, Marston’s creation that subverted gender norms had become problematic. The Code called for comics to conform to the social conservative ideals currently held in society and the original Wonder Woman flew in the face of that. Though Marston’s widow begged DC Comics to be given the reins of the Wonder Woman series after Marston’s death, the company handed over control of the series to Robert Kanigher, who they

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    progenies: Michelle Rice, which months before Rice’s daughter became ailing, Rice had a divinatory dream that declared that there was “something wrong with her blood.” Michelle breathed her last breath from acute granulocytic leukemia on August 5, 1972. Her son Christopher Rice, who was born in 1978, is an author and is on a radio show. The radio show is called “The Dinner Party with Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn.” He is following the footsteps of his mother. He is now 36 years old.

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    Symbolism In Wonder Woman

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    Armed with her bulletproof bracelets and magic lasso, Wonder Woman is a popular icon of female strength in a universe of male superheroes. Going through her history however, shows that she depicts a complicated heroine who is more than just a female comic book character. Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston, who was a psychologist and a lawyer, and believed that women's capacity for love, nurture, and self-sacrifice would make them better leaders than men. He created Wonder Woman in

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    She found Superman boring and at that time the only female characters seen in a comic book were heroines needing saving by a male superhero; therefore, girls in that generation did not see powerful interpretation for themselves in comic books. The appearance of Wonder Woman made an enormous impact on young girls of that generations, she was not like other heroes that were in the comic books. Wonder Woman was different, not only did she look different, but she also, she had a few different

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    Chapter 2 Influence of Comics Today people live in an increasingly visual world, where we are engaged not only by texts but also by images. We are influenced by internet, magazines, advertisement, games, picture books, film, anime, comic books and so many more. Those media are using images to communicate, entertain and gain profit. It has shown an increasing usage proportion of visual or graphic representation and less text. We are now living in images dominated world. Berger (1972: 10) explained they

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