Born Stanley Martin Lieber, Stan Lee was famous for creating the characters we know and love in the Marvel Universe. He made brilliant cameos in Marvel films and attended comic conventions worldwide to a sea of adoring fans. Though he passed away before Avengers Campus opened in Disney’s California Adventure park, he has recently been honored with a permanent plaque at the entrance to the land. The bronze plaque immortalizes a quote and a thank you from the Walt Disney company.
That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt a real superhero.”
The plaque continues with the dedication from Disney: Thank you, Stan, for inspiring the hero within each of us. You have made us all True Believers.
Who was Stan Lee?
Stan Lee was a comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer at Timely Publications, later becoming Marvel Comics. Along with co-writers and artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Stan created characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow, and more. Stan was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 1994 and to the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame the following year. In addition, he received the National Medal of Arts in 2008 for what became his most outstanding achievements. In 2010, The Stan Lee Foundation was founded to focus on literacy, education, and the arts. Its stated goals include supporting programs and ideas that improve access to literacy resources and promote diversity, national literacy, culture, and the arts.
According to the website, the mission of the Stan Lee Foundation is to provide people access to compelling literacy resources and arts programs to participate in an engaged, interdisciplinary learner-centered environment for self-improvement and self-sufficiency.
What attractions are in Avengers Campus?
In Phase One, Avengers Campus offers two attractions. Initially, the Tower of Terror occupied California Adventure’s Hollywood Land. It was rethemed to Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout in 2017 and added to Avengers Campus as part of the attraction’s storyline in 2021. The second attraction is Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure. Peter Parker invites guests to participate in a 3D interactive ride to stop replicating Spider Bots from destroying Avengers Campus. A third E-Ticket attraction is slated for Phase Two, but attraction details have not been released to the public since Disneyland’s closure. We’re crossing our fingers that we’ll hear more about the third attraction in Anaheim’s upcoming D23 Convention in September.
