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Post by kirby101 on Sept 19, 2024 9:31:04 GMT -5
Not when I was growing up in the 60s, not in NY. We "kids" were not al gung ho about Vietnam. And unless his group was the Young Republicans, I doubt they would all cheer him in. I know you think Stan wrote perfect dialog for all these characters, but it rang false. More a 50s hipster vibe, than the 60s generation. He was better with the Spidey quips and over the top villain-speak. The memories of relatives and friends who served in Vietnam--the perspectives (of the period in question) they have recalled over the decades is not "false" but reality. You can despise Lee as much as you like, but his characterization related to the service mirrors real people who were of age to serve. Were they East Coast College students?
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Post by jtrw2024 on Sept 19, 2024 10:02:43 GMT -5
I know Stan Lee had two daughters. They were a couple years younger than the Spider-man cast at this point in the title's history, but with the sliding-time scale for comic books, their ages probably caught up within a few years. Did Stan ever talk about how his kids, or their friends may have helped inform his perspective on the way he wrote his characters?
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 19, 2024 10:58:36 GMT -5
Stan's daughter Joan would've been 16 at the time ASM #46 was published. I know they had a contentious relationship later in life (she had mental and substance abuse issues) and I don't think he talked about her much in interviews. His other daughter, Jan, died in infancy.
Cei-U! I summon the family tragedy!
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Post by jtrw2024 on Sept 19, 2024 12:13:08 GMT -5
Stan's daughter Joan would've been 16 at the time ASM #46 was published. I know they had a contentious relationship later in life (she had mental and substance abuse issues) and I don't think he talked about her much in interviews. His other daughter, Jan, died in infancy. Cei-U! I summon the family tragedy! Thanks Cei-U. I didn't know that about Stan's daughters. I haven't read many interviews where he talked about things outside of the comicbook business
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Post by kirby101 on Sept 19, 2024 12:27:14 GMT -5
Outside of adoring his wife Joan, I don't think he talked much about his personal life. He was always talking about the comics he did, promoting and being a showman. (None of that meant derogatorily) When I think about it, you rarely see comic pros talk much about their personal lives in interviews. Mostly it's about the here books and the biz.
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