In 1962, Stan Lee had to sign an agreement with Marvel Comics against the failure of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’. The company’s position was that teenaged characters would only work as sidekicks, never as the main heroes, so Spidey wouldn’t catch on. Lee agreed that after 5 appearances by the character, he would pay any losses out of his own pocket.
Didn’t cost him a penny.
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Didn’t cost him a penny.
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson