#5 – Stan Lee $50 million
Stan Lee, oh God, we all love this little old man. You may have seen him cameo in many of the Marvel Films, but you might not know is that Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
And in collaboration with several artists, including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, the X-Men, and many other fictional characters, many of the superheroes we all love.
With the help of his uncle Robbie Solomon, Lee became an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman’s company.
Later, by the 1960s, would evolve into Marvel Comics. Lee, whose cousin Jean was Goodman’s wife, was formally hired by Timely editor Joe Simon.
We have seen him cameo in almost all the superhero films, and we love it. Every time he is a different guy, which makes it even more awesome!
