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STAN “THE MAN” LEE

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Biography

Spider-Man. Thor. Doctor Strange. Mr. Fantastic. Jean Grey. These are just a few of the heroes that Stan Lee created in his six decades with Marvel Comics.

Born to Jewish immigrants living in Manhattan in 1922, Stan (born Stanley Martin Lieber; his name is now legally and officially Stan Lee) grew up influenced by the day’s pop culture, especially Errol Flynn movies. In 1939, he got an assistant position at Timely Comics, which would become Marvel Comics within 30 years. Marshaling his childhood ambition to be a writer, Lee made his comic-book debut with the text filler "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America Comics #3 (May 1941).

From there, Timely morphed into Atlas Comics in the 1950s. Atlas’ stories comprised a wider variety of genres than Timely’s had, and Lee was all too happy to provide Atlas with text. By the late 1950s, Julius Schwartz, then-editor of DC Comics, had revived superheroes as a genre. Atlas publisher Martin Goodman, Lee’s superior, ordered Lee to devise a number of new superheroes. Lee was reluctant. He had grown somewhat tired of working at Atlas and was looking for a career change. His wife advised him to experiment with superheroics, however, since “the worst they can do is fire you!”

But they didn't. Far from it. Lee’s characters were complex and human in ways that hadn’t been seen before in comic books. They were occasionally temperamental, vain, or melancholic; they fought with each other, sometimes over hopelessly petty matters; they paid bills and got bored and sometimes even fell physically ill. Before Lee, the vast majority of superheroes were idealistic specimens of superhuman perfection. They didn’t have problems.

So, why should he be playable? Put simply--why not? Stan’s made numerous cameo appearances in Marvel-licensed video games in the past, including in playable contexts (LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, for example). Thus, it’s not impossible for him to be willing to act in one last playable cameo role.

I recognize that Stan didn’t do it all himself, that Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko were also instrumental in the formation of the greater Marvel Universe. That’s a fair criticism, and I’d like to think I’ve properly addressed it in his Signature (no spoilers! read it yourself :P). I suppose Jack and Steve could even work as Enhanced Costumes for Stan, only Jack’s dead and Steve’s reclusive, so Gaz couldn’t get them to do their own lines, as it were.

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Stats

• Durability: 2 --> 3
• Strength: 3 --> 5
• Fighting: 3 --> 4
• Speed: 2
• Energy: 2 --> 3
• Intelligence: 2 --> 4

Synergies

• Level 25: +15 Spirit
• Level 50: 1% chance to destroy Normal/Elite enemy on hit

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True Believer [support: 6]

Lunging Lee [Melee, Movement]: Level 1
Dash forward fist first, putting the kibosh on any bozo who tries to interfere with your motion.

• Physical Damage: X~Y
• Move Speed: +20% for 4s

Script Revision [Movement]: Level 10
You could have sworn the script said you were meant to be over there instead. See, that’s much better!* (*Yes, I gave Stan Lee a teleport. Fight me.)

• Spirit Cost: 10

Snark Attack [Area]: Level 12
Get up on your soapbox and show these clowns what you’re made of. Who do you think came up with all those snappy one-liners, anyway?!

• Taunt Duration: 5s
• Weaken: Enemy deals 10% less damage for 5s
• Spirit Cost: 15

Mint Condition: Level 22
You’ve been through a lot in this business, and you’re not going down without a fight. Activate to break free of negative status effects just like you broke free of the Comics Code Authority.

• Passive Effect:
• Damage Reduction: +8%
• Defense Rating: +X
• Total Defense Rating: +8%
• Deflect Rating: +X
• Total Deflect Rating: +8%
• Dodge Rating: +X
• Total Dodge Rating: +8%
• Maximum Health: +X
• Tenacity: +X
• Regenerate X health for 5 seconds when you use a Medkit
• Active Effect:
• Crowd Control Immunity Duration: 1.5s
• Cooldown: 15s

No-Prize [Area]: Level 25
Announce the latest No-Prize winner, confusing nearby enemies as to why anyone would ever want one.

• Confuse Duration: 10s
• Confused enemies deal 3000% more damage to other enemies
• Confused enemies take 90% less damage from other enemies
• Cooldown: 10s
• Spirit Cost: 15

Inspiration: Level 42
Have a sudden brilliant idea that manifests itself as a temporary boost to your fighting abilities.

• Damage: +10%
• Move and Attack Speed: +10%
• +3 Intelligence
• Restore X Spirit per second
• Spirit recovers regardless of power usage
• Buff Duration: 12s (affected by 25% of Power Duration)
• Cooldown: 40s
• Spirit Cost: 15

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Stan the Man [artist attacks: 7]

First Draft [Melee]: Level 1
Okay, so it’s nothing fancy. But it’ll get the job done for now. We can fix it later.

• Physical Damage: X~Y
• Restore X Spirit when you strike an enemy
• Attack Speed: X

Exact Cuts [Melee, Bleed]: Level 4
For a long time, you helped comics to stay on the cutting edge of pop culture. It’s time to show exactly what that means.

• Physical Damage: X~Y
• Physical Damage: X twice per second (stacks up to three times)
• Attack Speed: +5% for this power, for 3s (stacks up to three times)
• Spirit Cost: X

That Inking Feeling [Ranged, Area]: Level 6
Heave a great big inkwell into the air, spilling ink and interfering with anyone’s ability to move.

• Physical Damage: X~Y (2 hits)
• Physical Damage: X twice per second
• Slow: -40% attack/move speed that persists for 4s after leaving area of effect
• Area Duration: 8 seconds
• Can maintain up to 3 areas at a time
• Spirit Cost: X

Sharp Wit [Melee]: Level 15
Being as famous as you are, you’re not sure if you have time to do battle with these baddies, but you can sure try to pencil them in.

• Physical Damage: X~Y
• Damage: +20% against enemies affected by Exact Cuts
• Damage: +20% against enemies affected by That Inking Feeling
• Attack Speed: X
• Spirit Cost: X

Whiteout Cannon [Ranged]: Level 20
Holster a gigantic cannon onto your shoulder, specifically designed by one Frank Castle to fire an enormous gob of correction fluid that tears at the bad guys’ very beings. They won’t know what hit them.

• Physical Damage: X~Y
• Physical Damage: X twice per second for 8s
• Vulnerability: Enemy takes +10% damage for 8s
• Cooldown: 4s
• Spirit Cost: X

POW! BIFF! BAM! [Melee]: Level 34
Fly into a dizzying blur of attacks, leaving dummies winded on the floor. And they thought you couldn’t hold your own.

• Physical Damage: X~Y per hit (8 hits)
• You are Invulnerable for the duration of this power
• Cooldown: 8s (shared with Retcon Wrecker)
• Spirit Cost: X

Retcon Wrecker [Ranged, Area]: Level 46
No, no, no. Coming up with this deadbeat of a baddie was a terrible idea. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

• Physical Damage: X~Y per hit (3 hits)
• Critical Rating: +X for this power
• Critical Damage Rating: +X for this power
• Cooldown: 8s (shared with POW! BIFF! BAM!)
• Spirit Cost: X