Stan Lee was the former head comic book writer, editorial and art director, publisher, and chairman of Marvel Comics, where he created or co–created enduring characters including Spider–Man, the X–Men, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and many others. As the defining editorial voice for Marvel, he introduced a generation to a new, more humanized approach to superheroes. Stan Lee passed away in 2018, at the age of 95.