{"id":1919,"date":"2026-09-28T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:30:16","slug":"stan-lee-hated-one-marvel-superhero-so-much-that-he-kept-them-dead-for-37-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/?p=1919","title":{"rendered":"Stan Lee Hated One Marvel Superhero So Much, That He Kept Them Dead For 37 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One famous Marvel hero was removed from the Marvel Universe because <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/tag\/stan-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stan Lee<\/strong><\/a> hated their archetype. DC Comics&#8217; Robin popularized <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/dc-comics-sidekicks-join-justice-league\/\" target=\"_blank\">the concept of the comic book sidekick<\/a> in 1940, introduced only a couple of issues into Batman&#8217;s early years as a conversational partner and a compelling figure to younger readers. Soon, nearly every major hero was paired with a youthful counterpart, including Sandman&#8217;s partner Sandy the Golden Boy, Green Arrow\u2019s archer prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Speedy, and Superman&#8217;s coworker Jimmy Olsen. These sidekicks served the dual purpose of giving adult heroes a relatable audience surrogate to mentor and injecting lighthearted energy into their respective heroes&#8217; stories.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One famous Marvel hero was removed from the Marvel Universe because Stan Lee hated their archetype. DC Comics&#8217; Robin popularized the concept of the comic book sidekick in 1940, introduced only a couple of issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}