Given that today is Stan Lee’s birthday and that he is likely the most photographed comic book creator in the world, it seems like an ideal time to do another installment of this series. Once again, these are all vintage photographs of assorted comic book writers, artists and editors from years past.
Jack Kirby in his basement studio known as “The Dungeon”, circa 1966At a planning meeting for the first IRON MAN film in 2008. From the left: Joe Quesada, Axel Alonso, Brian Michael Bendis, me, Mark Millar, Jon Favreau and an unidentified Marvel Studios staffer.Stan Lee in his office, circa 1975A 1948 photo of Ray Holloway, Syd Shores, Dave Jaffee, Ezra Jackson, Art Simek, Art Wiess and Alan SulmanBob Wiacek in the Marvel Bullpen, 1983Steve Ditko, circa 1961Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, promotional photo circa 1941Stan Lee at the wedding of Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson at Shea Stadium, June 5, 1987Jack Kirby, circa 1982John Romita in his Marvel office, late 1980s.Jack Kirby, late 1970sDanny Crespi, Nel Yomtov and Jim Salicrup in the Marvel offices, early 1980s.Mike Carlin, Chris Claremont and Walt Simonson, circa 1983Stan Lee on the beach, late 1940sJerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, circa 1941John Verpoorten and Stan Lee, circa 1970Mort Weisinger, date unknownStan Lee at Marvel’s animation studio, 1983Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, circa 1972. That’s Roz Kirby in-between them, mostly blocked by Stan.John Romita and Stan Lee, circa 1970Stan Lee, circa 1966Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, circa 1987
The kid in the Spider-Man suit was Chris Sanders, the creator of LILO AND STITCH. He was the only one at Marvel Productions fit enough to wear the suit. This is in the parking lot in front of the studio.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 
Hi Tom—
Might the unknown in the shot with Danny Crespi be Chris Claremont? It kind of looks like him.
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Nope. It’s Nelson Yomtov.
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That makes much more sense, actually.
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I _thought_ that looked like Nel, but I wasn’t around enough back then to be sure.
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The kid in the Spider-Man suit was Chris Sanders, the creator of LILO AND STITCH. He was the only one at Marvel Productions fit enough to wear the suit. This is in the parking lot in front of the studio.
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It’s funny that Stan Lee’s hairpiece is different in every picture!
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The photo with Stan in red and Kirby in the cowboy hat is from December 1975’s MiamiCon. Kirby had just returned to Marvel some months earlier.
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