Something Not to Marvel at

Earlier this week, I heard the news about the death of longtime Marvel comic book creator Stan Lee's death.  I almost couldn't believe the level of coverage it received.  It was a headliner event on the news.  Much higher than other famous people.  Most celebrities were lucky if they  got in after the first commercial.  Lee's death mad the first segment.  Sure, he helped create the intellectual properties that became a multi-billion dollar film franchise.  That still does no qualify his death to be a featured news story.  I was quite surprised that it garnered so much coverage.  I am still amazed, not sure why. There have been other famous people whose deaths didn't warrant so much.  I don't mean for this to be sour grapes, not really.  It is just that I have never liked Marvel comics.  There, I've said it.  For some reason, I just never really got into them.  I've always been a DC or Disney fan.  Marvel characters just didn't appeal to me.  I have purchased less than a dozen Marvel super hero comics over the decades.  By comparison, I get over a dozen DC comics every month, and usually one or two Disneys as well.  Maybe another one or so every few months.  I haven't bought a Marvel comic in a very long time.  Sure, I glance at a few every now and then, but I don't buy them.  I only look at them so that I now what's going on, just in case I need to strike up a conversation with someone.  I wouldn't want to seem a complete idiot, since Marvel is so popular.  While I must admit some of the stories seem interesting, I just don't feel u[p to actually buying any of them.   Yes, I know that Lee wrote some stories for DC, his take on some iconic characters for a special event.  Those stories are now part of a special world in the DC multiverse; it has been conformed, somewhere.  Just this morning, I heard a news story from his daughter, that Lee had been working on a new character, just this past weekend, 'Dirt Man.'  I have no idea what publisher, if any, this work was for, but I am not sure how good an idea or how much of it had been developed.  Anyway, I know many people loved the man and what he helped bring into this world.  He will be missed.