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Nov 12, 2018

I am not going to be able to speak about this this morning, I can see that. But under the persona, Stan Lee was a real human being. I met him three times and three times he told me something literally life-changing. I hope everyone knows, he cared about us. That was no act.

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This is bitter news. We were lucky to have him. Untold millions of lives made better by stories. Endless people who learned responsibility from Spider-man, acceptance from the X-men, self-forgiveness from the Hulk. Stan Lee put better heroes in our vision. Forever the Man.

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We all knew this was coming. But it doesn’t stop the tears. I am finding a bit of amusement that my last memory of him, he almost accidentally ran me over with his Rascal scooter backstage at a con. But he was so kind and funny about it. I’m glad our last meeting was laughter.

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Gail Simone

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Nov 12, 2018

Okay, that’s it for now. I need to go process this. Comics is a community in huge part because Stan said it could be. He made this stuff and it’s been our companion in dark times, our smile when we needed it, our courage, too. I love all you comics people today of all days.

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Nov 12, 2018

Especially, all my love and support goes to my friends at

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today. I appreciate you all so much. Thank you for being the next runners in the best of all possible relays. And now I am going to ugly cry for a good while. Be nice to each other today, please.

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He was the architect of our modern mythology. May his memory be a blessing. #Excelsior

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Was already crying before but... Actually bawling. These two tweets may be the most beautiful thing on the internet today.

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I only KINDA saw him once, going to the bathroom at a convention.

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Beautifully said.

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X-Men framed for me, as a child, that it was ok to be different, that there was power in it. Spider-Man helped frame much of my adult views of the world. Stan was amazing,

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We got 95 years of him and it doesn't feel like enough. He was the bridge from the golden age and the weird war tales up to the very latest blockbusters. I find it hard to think of another figure as fundamental to the shape of storytelling today.