What is this article mainly about? aeven after stan lee had made marvel into a multi-billion-dollar corporation, he continued to promote himself by making appearances in marvel's many movies, some of which have yet to be seen. bover the course of his long life, stan lee built the marvel universe in which he brought the famous superheroes he created to life by writing and editing comic books and producing movies about imperfect superheroes who people could relate to. cfrom the time he was a child, lee lost himself in stories by famous authors and began producing comic book stories himself as part of his work at the timely comics publishing company where he launched his career at age 17 as an office boy. deven though stan lee's parents had emigrated to new york city in 1922 to find a better life than the one they had in europe, lee and his family experienced hardship as they struggled to make ends meet through the great depression.