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Excelsior: 30 Facts on Late Legendary Comic Creator Stan Lee

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27. Stan Lee Was a Writer and Illustrator During World War II

Stan Lee in the U.S. Army. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

He began working for Timely Comics the year that World War II broke out in Europe, two years before the US entered. He didn’t serve overseas in the military but still contributed by boosting morale and patriotism through comic-book creations. He began writing for Captain America in 1941, the year that the United States entered the war, and the next year, he was promoted to the position of editor at Timely.

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