ST> If I'm not mistaken, "Stan The Man" has been at least three
ST> people....PLUS that character Marie Severin did that looks like
ST> Hal Linden mixed with Robert Goulet. Jack Kirby did a version of
ST> him that was so far removed from what MIGHT be reality that it
ST> isn't funny!
DH> 
ST> I remember seeing a supposed picture of him in either Rolling
ST> Stone or ONE of the hipper magazines of the late sixties/early
ST> seventies that looked like Hal Prince, and as we've seen on the
ST> cartoon shows, he's NOW a wizened old turkey with bad hairweaving.
ST> Now, either the schmuck's a chameleon, or there's been more than
ST> one Stan Lee!
DH> 
DH>      A "wizened old turkey" and a "schmuck".  There's respect for
DH> you. 8|
Well, I remember Marvel from before it lost its "maverick" status. It was an 
inspired, quirky little outfit that was full of inventive little surprises,
like heroes that cracked jokes as they slugged it out, heroes with neuroses, 
sidekicks that expounded on the verbosity of their group's leaders and the
kind of cosmic concepts that made Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke such
popular sci-fi authors....and watched it degenerate into one of he crassest,
most profit oriented outfits around! You're bound to look on the man riding
herd on all this as an "alte kocke" ANYDAY....!!
DH>      I guess your memory must be better than mine... 'cuz other than
DH> getting older, I only ever remember one Stan "the Man" Lee.  Perhaps
DH> the artistic renditions of Stan Lee just didn't capture the likeness
DH> of him very well.  Perhaps it was intentional?  I don't know.
Something tells ME it's just a corporate name, like the author of the "Doc
Savage" books.....
DH> Besides, I think comic fans can, out of respect for his
DH> contributions to comics, cut the man a little slack when it comes
DH> to his memory.  After all, the Marvel Universe he helped create is
DH> the better part of 40 years old now... I think Stan Lee can be
DH> forgiven for not being able to instantly recall names and facts.
DH> Let's see how good our memories are when we get to be Stan's age.
I dunno, you didn't see him fumble like I did. It was like he had just been
told about their existence as characters....
ST> Gee, I wonder who was writing for Roy Thomas.....(g)
DH> 
DH>      I don't know.  Who?
Shooter?? Conway?? de Falco??
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