Books Stan Lee through the years By EW Staff Published on November 12, 2018 02:24PM EST Close 01 of 35 Remembering Stan Lee AP Stan Lee, the comics legend behind Marvel Comics' most beloved superheroes, has died at the age of 95. In a six-decade career as comic-dom’s reigning creative, Lee helped cast the template for the modern caped crusader, conjuring up hundreds of heroes including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and Thor. Keep clicking for more photos of Lee (seen here in 1975, in the dark sweater) from throughout his life and career. 02 of 35 March 22, 1975, celebrating the first Mighty Marvel Comic Convention AP 03 of 35 Jan. 10, 1976, with artist John Romita at Marvel headquarters AP 04 of 35 June 15, 1978 Santi Visalli/Getty Images 05 of 35 July 6, 1978, with CBS photo editor Susanna Martin and Nicholas Hammond, who portayed Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man TV show CBS via Getty Images 06 of 35 July 10, 1978 Santi Visalli/Getty Images 07 of 35 May 9, 1988, with Lou Ferrigno (right), and Eric Kramer who portray The Incredible Hulk and Thor, respectively, in the TV movie The Incredible Hulk Returns Nick Ut/AP 08 of 35 Oct. 19, 1995 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 09 of 35 Feb. 29, 2000 Joe Thomas/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 10 of 35 Aug. 15, 2001 Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images 11 of 35 April 28, 2003, with Rebecca Romijn at the X2: X-Men United premiere Chris Polk/FilmMagic 12 of 35 June 22, 2004, at the premiere of Spider-Man 2 Vince Bucci/Getty Images 13 of 35 Nov. 16, 2006 Lester Cohen/WireImage 14 of 35 Feb. 23, 2007 Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images 15 of 35 July 15, 2008 Michael Buckner/Getty Images 16 of 35 Oct. 17, 2009, accepting the Comic-Con Icon award onstage during Spike TV's Scream Awards Kevin Winter/Getty Images 17 of 35 Oct. 5, 2010 Bennett Raglin/WireImage 18 of 35 Oct. 8, 2010 Marc Stamas/Getty Images 19 of 35 Sept. 10, 2011, at the Toronto Film Festival Matt Carr/Getty Images 20 of 35 July 12, 2012 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images 21 of 35 July 19, 2013 Michael Buckner/Getty Images 22 of 35 April 13, 2015, with Lou Ferrigno at the premiere of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Steve Granitz/WireImage 23 of 35 June 29, 2015, at the premiere of Ant-Man Kevin Winter/Getty Images 24 of 35 April 12, 2016, with Chris Evans at the premiere of Captain America: Civil War Kevin Winter/Getty Images 25 of 35 Sept. 27, 2016 Tommaso Boddi/WireImage 26 of 35 Oct. 20, 2016, with Robert Downey Jr. at the premiere of Doctor Strange Jesse Grant/Getty Image 27 of 35 Dec. 2, 2016 BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images 28 of 35 Feb. 28, 2017 Denise Truscello/Getty Images 29 of 35 March 4, 2017 Mat Hayward/Getty Images 30 of 35 May 6, 2017, with Spider-Man: Homecoming stars Laura Harrier and Tom Holland in Mexico Victor Chavez/WireImage 31 of 35 July 18, 2017, at his hand and footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood David Livingston/Getty Images 32 of 35 Oct. 28, 2017, at Lee's Los Angeles Comic Con Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images 33 of 35 Jan. 6, 2018 Erika Goldring/Getty Images 34 of 35 Jan. 29, 2018, with Chadwick Boseman at the premiere of Black Panther David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images 35 of 35 April 23, 2018, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige at the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War Charley Gallay/Getty Images