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Stanley Martin Lieber (28 December 192212 November 2018; age 95), commonly known as Stan Lee, was likely one of the best known comic book creators, being the creator or co-creator of a number of famous characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. He worked primarily at Marvel Comics, including acting as the editor-in-chief for the company for the longest period of time of any editor-in-chief. When he left the position in 1972, he stepped into the role of publisher, a position he held for quite some time longer.

During the time when Marvel held the Star Trek license, he was credited as "presenting" a number of the titles, including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Voyager - Splashdown.

Stan Lee was referenced in the novel Planet X, which was a crossover between X-Men and Star Trek: The Next Generation. The reference consisted of a security officer named Lee and two other officers, Ditko and Kirby (calling out to Lee's former fellow employees Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby), assisting Worf and a couple of the X-Men (Banshee and Archangel).

In 2011, Lee appeared in the documentary Trek Nation.

He often made cameo appearances in film adaptations of his comic books, such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, and Avengers movies. Star Trek alumni who appeared in these productions include Patrick Stewart, Eric Bana, Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoë Saldana, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, Kelsey Grammer, Aaron Stanford, Karl Urban, Kirsten Dunst, Leif Gantvoort, Amy Hill, and Zach Cherry.

Lee passed away at the age of 95 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. [1]

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