Marvel comics legend Stan Leedied last week at 95.

The first time I worked with Stan was not on a Marvel project.

Stans line was Hi there.

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And Hiro says, Im trying to get to California.

And Stan says, Well, Ive got good news for you!

Were headed right there, so come on board!

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We were like, Iguessthats the same as Hi there if youre in Stans world.

And I would go, Whats extraordinary to me is that Stan Lee knows who I am.

It just seemed impossible to me.

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And he was so good about that.

There arethese two guys with top hats and tuxedos walking down the street, talking about the Fantastic Four.

He really took hold of the comic book industry and told the world that these arent just for children.