Stan Lee on developing a comic book superhero - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

[@StarshipMaximus]

Grasshopper-man? Stan is right. They came up with a character called Kamen Rider that wears a helmet of a grasshopper haha. I love Stan Lee!

[@Elric33239]

Emotional investment - that's what makes the successful comic book characters successful! I remember reading a Fantastic Four back-issue where the FF went broke and a Spider-man back issue when he fought Dr. Octopus the first time and was defeated, only to hear The Human Torch give a pep talk at Peter Parker's school which inspired Peter to come up with a special formula that fused Doc Ock's tentacles and discover that a simple punch in the jaw was enough to defeat him! He's still a legend!

[@MyFlipNWorld]

I guess by rocketman he meant, THE ROCKETEER. only sayin. Stan's still the man.

[@Elric33239]

@MyFlipNWorld No, Stan is right! There were serials back in the late 1940's and early 1950's featuring a character called Rocketman that later INSPIRED Dave Stevens to create The Rocketeer. The first serial was called "King of the Rocketmen"and it was released in 1949. Stan even admitted that he got the idea of Spider-man from the classic pulp series "The Spider - Master of Men." He left a spider imprint on his criminal victims' foreheads after he subdued them.

[@MyFlipNWorld]

@Elric33239 thats interesting, thx.

[@Megasevo23]

LOL KAMEN RIDER