Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber)
(December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018)

Stan Lee was a comic book writer, editor, producer, and publisher. He was
the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, and later its publisher. He co-created
fictional characters including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the
Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Black Panther, and the X-Men. Lee died today 
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He had been
battling pneumonia.

Lee in the Army.

Stan Lee entered the United States Army in early 1942 and served within
the US as a member of the Signal Corps, repairing telegraph poles and
other communications equipment. He was later transferred to the Training
Film Division, where he worked writing manuals, training films, slogans,
and occasionally cartooning.