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Five years after his passing, Stan Lee’s voice narrates his beginnings in the comic world and rise to global fame: In a new 86-minute-long documentary, we are transported to the West Side of Manhattan where Stanley Martin Lieber was born in 1922 to Eastern European parents. We learn about his humble beginnings and how, upon entering the world of comics in 1939, he took up a pen name because he did not consider what he was doing to be “real writing.” Little did he know this would become a whirlwind adventure where would end up collaborating with Jack Kriby to create some of the world’s most popular superheroes.

But criticism has been harsh: Jack Kirby’s son, Neal, is one of those people who are less than thrilled with the feature’s outcome. The late artist’s son issued a statement on social media in which he lambasted the new documentary, calling it “Stan Lee’s greatest tribute to himself.” And some comic experts seem to implicitly agree: Kirby was far more than simply an illustrator, his contributions included naming characters and drafting plots, Stephen Krensky is quoted as saying. Catch the documentary — and form your own opinion — on Disney+.

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