Stan Said:
“Now, we’re not trying to say it’s unreasonable for one human being to bug another. But, although anyone has the right to dislike another individual, it’s totally irrational, patently insane to condemn an entire race—to despise an entire nation—to vilify an entire religion. Sooner or later, we must learn to judge each other on our own merits. Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance. For then, and only then, will we be truly worthy of the concept that man was created in the image of God—a God who calls us ALL—His children.”
I think Stan Lieber was probably Jewish. Jews understand intolerance vs tolerance. That quote is worthy and deep and I endorse it.
I've never been into superhero comics... or superhero movies particularly, but what I've read about Stan Lee's creations the last day has me thinking he was a treasure. Even at 95, his death was a great loss. His creations point the way to self-understanding, the first step to self acceptance. A friend said to me a long time ago, "I think everybody is their own hero nowadays." I think Stan understood that and imbued his creations with humanity. They wern't just superhuman, they were human with superhuman powers.
Edit: From Wikipedia...
'Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922, in Manhattan, New York City,[6] in the apartment of his Romanian-born Jewish immigrant parents, Celia (née Solomon) and Jack Lieber, at the corner of West 98th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan.[7][8] His father, trained as a dress cutter, worked only sporadically after the Great Depression,[7] and the family moved further uptown to Fort Washington Avenue,[9] in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Lee had one younger brother named Larry Lieber.[10] He said in 2006 that as a child he was influenced by books and movies, particularly those with Errol Flynn playing heroic roles.[11] By the time Lee was in his teens, the family was living in an apartment at 1720 University Avenue in The Bronx. Lee described it as "a third-floor apartment facing out back". Lee and his brother shared the bedroom, while their parents slept on a foldout couch.[10]"