Stan Lee On Why He Doesn't Like Superman

Stan Lee On Why He Doesn't Like Superman

In the latest "Stan's Rants", the Mighty Marvel Maestro talks about the thing that really ticks him off about the Last Son of Krypton. "I hate stories that fool the reader. I hate movies that fool the public. Take Superman for instance..."

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By MarkJulian - Nov 06, 2013 10:11 AM EST
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"I hate stories that fool the reader. I hate movies that fool the public. Take Superman for instance. Superman flies, right? How does he fly? The man has no visible means or propulsion. Whenever Superman flies, he gets in a pose like this [demonstrates], and he's off. How? There's no engine, there's no jet, there's nothing. He's just flying. Now take Thor. When Thor wants to fly, we use a scientific principle. He has his hammer, he has a leather thong attached to his wrist, he swings the hammer around faster and faster, till it's going like a propeller and then he lets go of it. Well the hammer goes flying off into space. But the thong is wrapped around Thor's wrist, so he goes with it. So you have hammer propulsion and Superman who flies just because they tell you he flies."



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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber, December 28, 1922), is an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. Working with the likes of artists such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and many other mainstays in the Marvel Universe. A young Lee transformed Marvel Comics from a small comic book division of a publishing house into a large multi-million dollar corporation. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995.

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YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 11/6/2013, 10:35 AM
[Joker voice] "And here... we...... go!"
ParisSun
ParisSun - 11/6/2013, 10:35 AM
I will not participate but I will enjoy reading all the butt hurt and warm my hands in the flames.
panathatube
panathatube - 11/6/2013, 10:36 AM
He's hilarious!
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 11/6/2013, 10:36 AM
I hate movies that fool the public........................................................................................................................................................................
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 11/6/2013, 10:37 AM
@ParisSun LOL
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 11/6/2013, 10:38 AM
Wow.
StarkAnthony
StarkAnthony - 11/6/2013, 10:38 AM
Stan's rants are tongue in cheek, he's joking. He knows the entire genre is silly, including a lot of his own creations. It's just fun.
Cartoon22
Cartoon22 - 11/6/2013, 10:38 AM
yeah!!!! thor > superman
Earth69
Earth69 - 11/6/2013, 10:40 AM
He needs to just shut up and go off into the sunset gracefully. He's definitely reached the 'crazy old man says stupid $hit' stage of his life.
robsncoppers
robsncoppers - 11/6/2013, 10:40 AM
The Hulk. Where does all that mass come from, Stan?
McNyagano
McNyagano - 11/6/2013, 10:41 AM
@DoubleD

"Superman can't be the strongest being in the world. Batman beats him all the time :}"


Uh oh..shots fired.:O

YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 11/6/2013, 10:41 AM
@StarkAnthony That's not gonna stop a few people (understatement) from taking this to heart. A lot of the readers on this sight are a tad sensitive to opposite opinions.
Earth69
Earth69 - 11/6/2013, 10:41 AM
Oh yeah, and Stan Lees version of Superman was garbage. Thank God he didn't invent the character. No one would know who Superman was.
Liderc
Liderc - 11/6/2013, 10:42 AM
lol, All the butthurt Superman fans. I don't care how Superman flies, but it's hilarious that people actually get upset because Stan Lee complains about something not "making sense" when he drew comics for a living.
Bam
Bam - 11/6/2013, 10:44 AM
lulz Stan being Stan. He has a point all the characters he created has some scientific flight system: Human Torch propelled by fire, Magneto in a magnetic field.

Then again he also created BlackBolt who flies via shits and giggles.
Highflyer
Highflyer - 11/6/2013, 10:44 AM
This is gonna get messy.
Indy
Indy - 11/6/2013, 10:45 AM
Stan lol people no need for flame war he joking that point of stan rants suppose be funny he pokes funny of stuff.
McNyagano
McNyagano - 11/6/2013, 10:45 AM
*grabs popcorn*

Earth69
Earth69 - 11/6/2013, 10:45 AM
Batman beats Superman all the time???. What other story aside from The Dark Knight Returns (which is an elseworlds story)has Batman ever *beat Superman*. Even in that story, Batman needed the assistance of a gimpy one armed Green Arrow with a kryptonite arrow, and a friggin massive armored suit. Batman hasn't "beat Superman all the time", because they haven't fought all that much. Stan Lee doesn't know shit, and his comments are just proof that he's senile.
Kyos
Kyos - 11/6/2013, 10:46 AM
Ha, what a funny old man - I like him! :D
Tevii
Tevii - 11/6/2013, 10:46 AM
Its funny when people think Stan's Rants are serious
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/6/2013, 10:46 AM
Mom!!! Stan Lee's gone senile, time to put him in a home!!
FlyingSeel
FlyingSeel - 11/6/2013, 10:49 AM
*another comment about how this thread will become a flame war*
thewolveRAYne
thewolveRAYne - 11/6/2013, 10:49 AM
Homer lol
Azazel1
Azazel1 - 11/6/2013, 10:49 AM
What an idiot..
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 11/6/2013, 10:50 AM
The most loquacious man in comics, everyone!
BaronZemo
BaronZemo - 11/6/2013, 10:51 AM
I love this guy!
KryptonianNIKKA
KryptonianNIKKA - 11/6/2013, 10:51 AM
He doesn't like the greatest/kind daddy of superheroes? FK U STAN
vtopa
vtopa - 11/6/2013, 10:52 AM
Oh Stan...
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