NEW YORK.-The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art presents Stan Lee: A Retrospective, on view through July 3, 2007. To countless comics fans, Stan Lee is a living legend best known as the major creative force behind the "Marvel Age" of comics. The exhibition will address Stan's contributions as a writer, artist, art director, editor, promoter, and leader of the "Marvel Revolution" during which Stan -- along with artists Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others in the fabled "Marvel Bullpen" -- introduced a host of novel, complex, humanized superheroes that have since become world-famous, blockbuster movie/television/entertainment franchises. The exhibition also includes examples of Lee's early works, more recent creations such as the animated television show Striperella, DC Comic's Just Imagine: Stan Lee series, and even current projects such as the popular "Who Wants To Be A Superhero" reality television series.

The exhibition includes examples of Lee's early work in comics, address Lee's crucial role in the famed "Marvel Revolution" (including aspects such as the "Marvel Method" of writing, Lee's cultivation of comics fandom, and of course, Lee's role as co-creator of now world-famous characters such as The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Thor, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, and more) that took place during the Silver Age of superhero comics, and remind viewers of the ever-pioneering work that Lee is still doing today through recent projects at DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and POW! Entertainment. The exhibition is the first ever at MoCCA devoted to a comics writer rather than an artist -- that is, a comics creator who is not (also) an illustrator.

"Stan Lee: A Retrospective" is sponsored in part by New York Comic-Con with support from POW! Entertainment, and The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center as well as contributions from Matthew Atherton, Conrad Eschenberg, Diamond Run/Tom Fagin, Ashanti Freeman, Stan Goldberg, Richard Howell, Klaus Janson, John McCarthy, Tom Morehouse, Matt Murray, Darren Passarello, Jim Salicrup, Steve Saffel, Peter Sanderson, Arnold Sawyer, Roy Thomas, Nell Wilson, Ken Wong and Craig Yoe. And, last but certainly not least, exhibition organizers are grateful for the gracious cooperation and incredible inspiration provided by Stan Lee.