Jack Kirby Was Robbed
How Stan Lee exaggerated his influence on Marvel Comics
5 min readJun 23, 2023
I’ve been guilty of it myself. After Stan Lee died, I said he was as important a cultural figure as Walt Disney. Was he, though?
We could debate whether Disney deserves as much praise as he’s gotten given the incredible talent he supervised. Did he shaft his many brilliant contributors? I’m going to give…