Profile picture
Hector Navarro @Hectorisfunny
, 156 tweets, 69 min read Read on Twitter
I'm going to attempt to chronologically list all of the Marvel characters Stan Lee had a hand in creating. Working with his genius collaborators, Stan and his team produced an insane amount of iconic characters in a roughy ten year period. (Thread)
With his younger brother, writer Larry Lieber, and Jack "the King" Kirby:

Groot

Tales to Astonish #13 (November, 1960)
With writer Lieber, and artist Kirby:

Fin Fang Foom

Strange Tales #89 (October, 1961)
With the King, Stan gives birth to the Marvel Universe:

The Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With Jack Kirby:

Mister Fantastic

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With Jack Kirby:

Invisible Woman

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With Jack Kirby, he resurrects a Golden Age Marvel hero for the modern era:

The Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With Jack Kirby:

The Thing

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With Jack Kirby:

Mole Man

Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
With writer Lieber, and artist Kirby:

Hank Pym

Tales to Astonish #27 (January, 1962)
With Kirby:

The Skrulls

Fantastic Four #2 (January, 1962)
With Kirby:

Hulk

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May, 1962)
With Kirby:

Betty Ross

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May, 1962)
With Kirby:

General "Thunderbolt" Ross

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May, 1962)
With Kirby:

Rick Jones

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May, 1962)
With Kirby:

Doctor Doom

Fantastic Four #5 (July, 1962)
With writer/artist Steve Ditko:

Spider-Man

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August, 1962)
With Ditko:

Aunt May

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August, 1962)
With Ditko:

Uncle Ben

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August, 1962)
With Ditko:

Eugene "Flash" Thompson

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Thor

Journey into Mystery #83 (August, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

"Stone Men from Saturn" (which would later be revealed as Kronans, and specifically Korg)

Journey into Mystery #83 (August, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Ant-Man

Tales to Astonish #35 (September, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Jane Foster

Journey into Mystery #84 (September, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Loki

Journey into Mystery #85 (October, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Heimdall

Journey into Mystery #85 (October, 1962)
With writer Lieber and artist Kirby:

Odin

Journey into Mystery #86 (November, 1962)
With Kirby:

Alicia Masters

Fantastic Four #8 (November, 1962)
With Kirby:

Willie Lumpkin

Fantastic Four #11 (February, 1963)
With writer Lieber and artist Don Heck:

Iron Man

Tales of Suspense #39 (March, 1963)
With writer Lieber and artist Don Heck:

Ho Yinsen

Tales of Suspense #39 (March, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

J. Jonah Jameson

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

John Jameson

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March, 1963)
With Kirby (and Ditko inking):

Uatu the Watcher.

Fantastic Four #13 (April, 1963)
With Kirby:

Nick Fury

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
With Kirby:

The Howling Commandos

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
With Kirby:

"Dum Dum" Dugan

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
With Kirby:

Gabe Jones

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

The Vulture

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

The Tinkerer

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May, 1963)
With writer Robert Bernstein and artist Joe Sinnott:

Frigga

Journey into Mystery #92 (May, 1963)
With writer H.E. Huntley and artist Kirby:

The Wasp

Tales to Astonish #44 (June, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

Doctor Octopus

The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July, 1963)
With artist Ditko:

Doctor Strange

Strange Tales #110 (July, 1963)
With artist Ditko:

Ancient One

Strange Tales #110 (July, 1963)
With artist Ditko:

Wong

Strange Tales #110 (July, 1963)
With artist Ditko:

Baron Mordo

Strange Tales #111 (August, 1963)
With Kirby:

The Avengers

The Avengers #1 (September, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

The Sandman

The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

The X-Men

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Magneto

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Professor X

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Cyclops

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Jean Grey

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Beast

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Iceman

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Angel

X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
With writer Bernstein and artist Heck:

Pepper Potts

Tales of Suspense #45 (September, 1963)
With writer Bernstein and artist Heck:

"Happy" Hogan

Tales of Suspense #45 (September, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

Liz Allen

The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (September, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

Betty Brant

The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (September, 1963)
With Kirby:

Giant-Man

Tales to Astonish #49 (November, 1963)
With Kirby:

The Vanisher

The X-Men #2 (November, 1963)
With writer/artist Ditko:

The Lizard

The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (November, 1963)
With Kirby:

Surtur

Journey into Mystery #97 (a month earlier, in October, 1963)
With artist Heck:

Mister Hyde

Journey into Mystery #99 (December, 1963)
With Kirby:

The Blob

X-Men #3 (January, 1964)
With Kirby:

Baron Strucker

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5 (January, 1964)
With Ditko:

Electro

The Amazing Spider-Man #9 (February, 1964)
With Heck:

The Mandarin

Tales of Suspense #50 (February, 1964)
With Kirby, who co-created the character along with Joe Simon in 1941:

Bringing Captain America into the modern era and making him a "man out of time", which endures to this day

Avengers #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

The Brotherhood of Mutants

X-Men #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Scarlet Witch

X-Men #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Quicksilver

X-Men #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Toad

X-Men #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Mastermind

X-Men #4 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Hela

Journey into Mystery #102 (March, 1964)
With Kirby:

Sif

Journey into Mystery #102 (March, 1964)
With artist Bill Everett:

Daredevil

Daredevil #1 (April, 1964)
With Everett:

"Foggy" Nelson

Daredevil #1 (April, 1964)
With Everett:

Karen Page

Daredevil #1 (April, 1964)
With writer N. Korok (Don Rico) and artist Don Heck:

Black Widow

Tales of Suspense #52 (April, 1964)
With Kirby:

Skurge, the Executioner

Journey into Mystery #103 (April, 1964)
With Ditko:

Mysterio

The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June, 1964)
With Ditko:

The Green Goblin

The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July, 1964)
With Kirby:

Baron Zemo, (father of Helmut Zemo)

The Avengers #6 (July, 1964)
With Ditko:

Kraven the Hunter

The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (August, 1964)
With artist Joe Orlando:

The Owl

Daredevil #3 (August, 1964)
With artist Don Heck:

Hawkeye

Tales of Suspense #57 (September, 1964)
With Kirby:

Kang the Conqueror

The Avengers #8 (September, 1964)
With artist Joe Orlando:

The Purple Man

Daredevil #4 (October, 1964)
With writer/artist Ditko:

The Sinister Six

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (October, 1964)
With artist Don Heck:

Wonder Man

The Avengers #9 (October, 1964)
With Ditko:

Dormammu

Strange Tales #126 (November, 1964)
With Ditko:

Glenn Talbot

Tales to Astonish #61 (November, 1964)
With Kirby:

Edwin Jarvis

Tales of Suspense #59 (November, 1964)
With Ditko:

Ned Leeds

The Amazing Spider-Man #18 (November, 1964)
With Ditko:

Mac Gargan

The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (December, 1964)
With Ditko:

The Leader

Tales to Astonish #62 (December, 1964)
With Ditko:

The Mindless Ones

Strange Tales #127 (December, 1964)
With Kirby:

Laufey

Journey into Mystery #112 (January, 1965)
With Kirby:

The Absorbing Man

Journey into Mystery #114 (March, 1965)
With Kirby:

Fenris

Journey into Mystery #114 (March, 1965)
With Ditko:

Kaecilius

Strange Tales #130 (March, 1965)
With Kirby:

Creating a new version of the Golden Age Timely (Marvel) Comics adaptation of the classic pulp character Ka-Zar

The X-Men #10 (March, 1965)
With Kirby:

Medusa

The Fantastic Four #36 (March, 1965)
With artists Jack Kirby and Alex Toth:

The Juggernaut

The X-Men #12 (July, 1965)
With Kirby:

The Warriors Three

Journey into Mystery #119 (August, 1965)
With Kirby:

Fandral

Journey into Mystery #119 (August, 1965)
With Kirby:

Hogun

Journey into Mystery #119 (August, 1965)
With Kirby:

Volstagg

Journey into Mystery #119 (August, 1965)
With Kirby:

Hercules' first modern appearance

Journey into Mystery Annual #1 (October, 1965)
With artists Jack Kirby and Jay Gavin (Werner Roth):

The Sentinels

The X-Men #14 (November, 1965)
With artists Jack Kirby and Jay Gavin (Werner Roth):

Bolivar Trask

The X-Men #14 (November, 1965)
With Ditko:

Gwen Stacy

The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December, 1965)
With Kirby:

Black Bolt and the Inhumans

The Fantastic Four #45 (December, 1965)
With Ditko:

Harry Osborn

The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December, 1965)
With artist Dick Ayers:

Eric Koenig

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #27 (February, 1966)
With Kirby:

The Silver Surfer

The Fantastic Four #48 (March, 1966)
With Kirby:

Galactus

The Fantastic Four #48 (March, 1966)
With artists Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers:

Sharon Carter

Tales of Suspense #75 (March, 1966)
With artists Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers:

Batroc the Leaper

Tales of Suspense #75 (March, 1966)
With artists Jack Kirby and John Romita:

Peggy Carter

Tales of Suspense #77 (May, 1966)
With artist Howard Purcell:

Jasper Sitwell

Strange Tales #144 (May, 1966)
With artist Don Heck:

The Collector

The Avengers #28 (May, 1966)
With Ditko:

Mendel Stromm

The Amazing Spider-Man #37 (June, 1966)
With Kirby:

The Black Panther

The Fantastic Four #52 (July, 1966)
With writer Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita:

Gladiator

Daredevil #18 (July, 1966)
With Kirby:

T'Chaka

Fantastic Four #53 (July, 1966)
With Kirby:

Ulysses Klaw

Fantastic Four #53 (July, 1966)
With artist Don Heck:

Bill Foster

The Avengers #32 (September, 1966)
With Kirby:

Ego the Living Planet

Thor #133 (October, 1966)
With artist John Romita:

The Rhino

The Amazing Spider-Man #41 (October, 1966)
With Romita:

Mary Jane Watson

The Amazing Spider-Man #42 (November, 1966)
With Romita:

The Shocker

The Amazing Spider-Man #46 (March, 1967)
With artist Gil Kane:

The Abomination

Tales to Astonish #90 (April, 1967)
With Romita:

The Kingpin

The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (July, 1967)
With Kirby:

Ronan the Accuser and the Kree

The Fantastic Four #65 (August, 1967)
With Romita:

Joe "Robbie" Robertson

The Amazing Spider-Man #51 (August, 1967)
With Kirby:

MODOK

Tales of Suspense #94 (October, 1967)
With artist Gene Colan:

Captain Marvel, (Mar-Vell, the male Captain Marvel)

Marvel Super-Heroes #12 (December, 1967)
With Romita:

Captain George Stacy

The Amazing Spider-Man #56 (January, 1968)
With Kirby:

The Wrecker

Thor #148 (January, 1968)
With artist Gene Colan:

Whiplash

Tales of Suspense #97 (January, 1968)
With artist Larry Lieber:

Richard and Mary Parker

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5 (November, 1968)
With Kirby:

Doctor Faustus

Captain America #107 (November, 1968)
With Kirby:

Franklin Richards

The Fantastic Four Annual #6 (November, 1968)
With artist John Buscema:

Mephisto

The Silver Surfer #3 (December, 1968)
With Romita:

Randy Robertson

The Amazing Spider-Man #67 (December, 1968)
With artist Gene Colan:

The Guardians of the Galaxy (the original lineup)

Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (January, 1969)
With artist Gene Colan:

Yondu

Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (January, 1969)
With Romita:

Vanessa Fisk

The Amazing Spider-Man #70 (March, 1969)
With artist Gene Colan:

The Falcon (and Redwing)

Captain America #117 (September, 1969)
With artist John Buscema:

The Prowler (Hobie Brown)

The Amazing Spider-Man #78 (November, 1969)
With artist John Buscema:

She-Hulk

The Savage She-Hulk #1 (February, 1980)
And I'm done! To clarify: this isn't every character Stan co-created, there are COUNTLESS more supporting characters, heroes, and villains that his teams developed for their stories. Like me, I hope you're thankful you got to live in the era of Stan Lee. Bye for now! EXCELSIOR!
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Hector Navarro
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!