

However, Lee began his writing career in the character's original series where he created the idea of Captain America using his shield as a throwing weapon.

In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Lee plays a general in World War II who mistakes another man for Steve Rogers / Captain America, commenting, "I thought he'd be taller." Lee had nothing to do with the basic creation of the title character.His character is credited as "Stan the Man", a nickname he had adopted in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He tears the bed off his pickup truck in an attempt to pull Mjolnir out of the ground with a chain and causes everyone in the scene to laugh by asking, "Did it work?". In Thor (2011), Lee appears among many people at the site where Thor's hammer Mjolnir lands on Earth.In Iron Man 2 (2010), during the Stark Expo, Lee, wearing suspenders and a red shirt and black and purple tie, is mistakenly greeted by Tony Stark as " Larry King".A character in the film is also named after him, Stanley Lieber who owns Stanley's Pizza Parlor. Banner's location in a bottling plant in Brazil. In The Incredible Hulk (2008), Lee appears as a hapless citizen who accidentally ingests a soft drink contaminated with Bruce Banner's blood, giving him a little more kick than expected, while saying "Wow." He subsequently drops it and falls ill to gamma radiation sickness, leading to the discovery of Dr.In the theatrical release of the film, Stark simply greets Lee as "Hef" and moves on another version of the scene was filmed where Stark realizes his mistake, but Lee graciously responds, "That's okay, I get this all the time." In 2008, Stan Lee named this as his favorite cameo appearance to that date. In Iron Man (2008), Lee, credited as "Himself", appears at a gala cavorting with three blondes, where Tony Stark mistakes him for Hugh Hefner.According to Joe Russo, Lee's cameos were filmed consecutively with cameos already filmed for releases in 2019. Lee appeared in each installment of the franchise from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019), prior to his death on November 12, 2018. Stan Lee portrayed himself as an informant for the Watchers, keeping watch and detailing the events that take place on Earth within the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise.
