Death of a superhero

“As comics writers we had to have villains in our stories. And once World War II started, the Nazis gave us the greatest villains in the world to fight against. It was a slam dunk.”

~ Stan Lee

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What does it mean when you find yourself personally impacted by the death of someone you never met, but still feels like a member of your family? Though it was one of my dreams in life to one day meet Stan Lee, last Monday brought those dreams to a screeching halt as my social media feeds were flooded with news of his death at the age of 95. As I texted my wife the news, I found myself nearly in tear...