Stan Lee bites the dust at 95 Stan Lee Marvel Spider-Man Stan Lee, the previous editorial manager in-boss, distributer, and chairman of Marvel Funnies kicked the bucket at the beginning of today in Los Angeles at age 95. Lee was best known for co-making quite a bit of Marvel's pantheon of dearest superheroes: Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Phenomenal Four, the Mass, Press Man, Thor, Adrenaline junkie, Dark Puma, and Specialist Weird, among others.