AVENGERS Creator Stan Lee Could Die Broke As The Marvel Comics Legend Gets "Picked Apart by Vultures"

AVENGERS Creator Stan Lee Could Die Broke As The Marvel Comics Legend Gets "Picked Apart by Vultures"

Stan "The Man" Lee is responsible for creating some of the world's most recognisable and popular superheroes but his final years could see him left broke as he finds himself surrounded by con-artists.

By JoshWilding - Mar 13, 2018 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: The Daily Beast
Considering the fact Stan Lee helped create pretty much every single one of the world's most popular superheroes and has an executive producer credit on almost every Marvel movie, you wouldn't think that money would be an issue for him. However, a new report from The Daily Beast reveals that his finances are in a state of disarray because people around Lee are taking advantage of the elderly creator of beloved characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, The Avengers, and The Incredible Hulk. 

One anonymous source describes the situation as "a real f***ing mess" and notes that over the past few months, Lee has lost $1.4 million due to technical issues with a wire transfer, while $300,000 was removed from one of Lee's bank accounts with an allegedly unauthorized cheque made out to Hands of Respect, a company owned by his daughter JC's former business partner, Jerry Olivarez.

That was founded by Lee and Olivarez but the former claims to have not seen any profits from the company despite the fact that a promise was made that it would generate a lot of money. Is Olivarez a con-man? Who knows but sources tell the site that a lot of people are now in Stan and his daughter's life, taking advantage of them in a big to make money off the vulnerable comic book creator.


"[JC’s] she’s never met a con man she doesn’t like, you know?" notes the so-called family insider. "Stan is not a whole lot better. Maybe their contemporaries and friends are all dead, and now they just have a bunch of hangers-on and sketchy-ass people hanging around. I have the feeling that he has been taken by everyone in the world."

Unfortunately, this means there's a very real chance Lee's final years could be full of stress, legal battles, and sketchy characters who want to leave him destitute. 
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Nebula
Nebula - 3/13/2018, 3:26 AM
Don't you dare ever put the words Stan Lee and die in the same headline again.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 3/13/2018, 3:37 AM
@Nebula - Sometimes I just have to pause at the screen and say..
Rothwilder
Rothwilder - 3/13/2018, 6:24 AM
@Nebula - I was thinking exactly the same thing. Wilding has no shame
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 3/13/2018, 9:35 AM
@Rothwilder - What do you expect from a guy who is in collections from not paying his lootcrate subscription?
jj2112
jj2112 - 3/13/2018, 3:26 AM
People will do anything for money.
IwasGroot
IwasGroot - 3/13/2018, 3:27 AM
Stan has always seemed like such an I credibly nice guy. I would hate to see any of that happen, but in the long run, you can't take it with you. Hopefully, after he passes (not anytime soon knock on wood) the people that would take advantage get their just desserts.
sickboy76
sickboy76 - 3/13/2018, 3:29 AM
Apparently that sexual harassment story was all a bullshit shakedown attempt as well
cj5590
cj5590 - 3/13/2018, 3:30 AM
An excerpt from these parasites' funerals.

YOU. DO. NOT. [FRICK]. WITH. STAN.
GogoGadgetMan
GogoGadgetMan - 3/13/2018, 3:35 AM
That Josh is a piece of work with that title.
KIDCOM
KIDCOM - 3/13/2018, 3:37 AM
"AVENGERS Creator Stan Lee Could Die..."



The [frick] Josh?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 3/13/2018, 3:38 AM
Man...Wilding sure knows how to push our buttons, doesn't he? :D
Love to hate you buddy. <3
billnye69
billnye69 - 3/13/2018, 3:41 AM
Yeah but you don't need money once your dead.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 3/13/2018, 3:41 AM
I watched Champs a documentary on Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins, about their struggles but a interesting part is how their "Friends" and "Manager" left them completely broke one their careers ended.
When you're famous it must be hard who to trust.


TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 3/13/2018, 3:42 AM
These scumbags should be locked up. There must be some super-lawyer or super-accountant somewhere who is a huge Marvel fan and can swoop in and clean this mess up. He needs us.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 3/13/2018, 6:28 AM
@TheManWithoutFear - well that's the thing, I mean am I naive for wondering why can't ANY of the huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge "Marvel family" of artists currently working can't maybe try and step in to see if they can help on behalf of Stan? I'm sure a bunch of these producers, writers and actors would walk thru goddamn fire for Stan Lee for ultimately being responsible for creating the world in which they're working.
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 3/13/2018, 3:46 AM
nothing strange here. rich old people attract the worst crowd.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 3/13/2018, 4:04 AM
I'm not the only one who's heart jumped a bit when they seen the words "Stan Lee" and "die", right?
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 3/13/2018, 4:05 AM
"Haha jokes on them Stan Lee will never die"-he says crying
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 3/13/2018, 4:09 AM
Bunch of scum. Taking advantage of people who can’t protect themselves. Hopefully once Disney and the public get a whiff of this they’ll send an army of lawyers to help out.
DBLACK
DBLACK - 3/13/2018, 4:10 AM
Ok, for sure there's more than meets the eye with this story but if none of his extended Marvel family, i.e. actors, producers, directors, etc - even a suit in Disney can not see Stan Lee right?!
Sad.

Invasion96
Invasion96 - 3/13/2018, 4:18 AM
Jack Kirby died broke.... Stan could’ve helped him but he didn’t..... anyways............. Josh don’t ever put Stan Lee and Die together in the same sentence
GogoGadgetMan
GogoGadgetMan - 3/13/2018, 5:07 AM
@Invasion96 - How do you know he did not?
SupermansTrunks
SupermansTrunks - 3/13/2018, 5:18 AM
@GogoGadgetMan - Their relationship soured very quickly once marvel hit the big time
KermitTheFraud
KermitTheFraud - 3/13/2018, 5:31 AM
@SupermansTrunks - Thats cuz Lee took too much credit. The characters Lee created on his own, by himself are specticales of dust compared to Kirby and Ditko
grif
grif - 3/13/2018, 4:50 AM
im sure at his age there is not many people left from his old days that he can talk to or trust. even his wife is gone. think its bad now? wait till hes gone and everyones trying to collect.

i dont know if i would even bother getting out of bed.
ThunderThighs
ThunderThighs - 3/13/2018, 4:53 AM
These f**king scavengers, try to ruin the life of an 90+ year old man.
Terrible people. I hope they'll have the same fate when they get old.
Prime8
Prime8 - 3/13/2018, 5:00 AM
I just hope this added stress doesn't affect his health any further. I don't think he can take much more.
AC1
AC1 - 3/13/2018, 5:00 AM
There's a lot of horrible things people do which makes my blood boil. Taking advantage of the elderly and stealing from them is pretty close to the top of that list. Doesn't matter who they are, although hearing it's happening to someone like Stan does make it feel worse given the amount of joy he helped give to so many people across the globe.

I hope something can be done to resolve this for him, the last thing he or anyone needs at that age is all the stress and difficulty that comes with these kinds of crimes and the potential difficulties that can arise afterward.
aflynn
aflynn - 3/13/2018, 5:01 AM
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