Marvel Comics Gives Stan Lee Lifetime Deal

Marvel Comics Chairman Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and the Incredible Hulk, is being given the super-hero treatment by parent Marvel Entertainment, which announced Monday that he is getting a lifetime contract.

Lee, 71, is also chairman of Marvel Films, which develops and produces television and film projects based on Marvel characters. Lee works in Los Angeles as co-executive producer of four animated television series--Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and Iron Man--and works on developing various film projects.

He joined Marvel in 1939 when it was Timely Comics. Terms were not disclosed.

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