10 Great Stan Lee Cameos Not In Marvel Movies
It's not just the MCU that saw cameos by Marvel's creative genius.
Stan Lee's death this week will be mourned by many, not just comics fans where he was known and loved for decades as the highly productive co-creator of some of the medium's greatest heroes from Spider-Man to the Hulk, but also by movie and TV fans who loved both the adaptations of his famous characters and his increasing tendency to give cameo performances in the same.
In fact, it could well be said that one of the erstwhile Stanley Lieber's greatest and most enduring creations was the character of "Stan Lee" himself, the nerdy-yet-suave comic book icon who remained the public face of his company, with his signature glasses and moustache hardly changing across the years, long after he ceased to be actively creatively involved in Marvel's work.
Of course, we all know about Lee's recurring cameos across every single movie in the blockbuster behemoth that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which his already filmed scene for Avengers 4 will sadly be the last. There will be plenty of lists elsewhere paying tribute to this running gag and speculating about Lee's place in the in-universe Marvel movie mythology, so let's look here at some of his alternative appearances.
For a man who's essentially just spent decades playing himself, Lee also has an impressive filmography away from the company whose success he built. Here are just a few of the cameos from the Marvel icon in non-Marvel productions.
10. Ralph Breaks The Internet
The first of what is likely to be many posthumous cameos from a man who spent many of his latter years on film sets waiting for his one jokey scene will be in this month's Wreck-It Ralph sequel.
If the first Wreck-It Ralph was all about packing the movie with as many appearances from classic video game characters as possible, the sequel's shifting of setting into the expansive world of the internet and a visit to the Oh My Disney fansite means that we can expect stacks of cameos from all the various intellectual properties owned by the Mouse House.
Although not technically a cameo in a Marvel movie, therefore, this is almost the same thing as Lee will undoubtedly appear alongside a load of other Disney-owned Marvel stuff.
The movie is not out yet, nor have there been any images released of Lee's cameo, but rumour suggests that in one scene Sugar Rush princess Vanellope Von Schweetz will be chased through the Oh My Disney site by Star Wars stormtroopers, almost knocking Lee over on the way. Viewers wanting to celebrate the late comics great may need to keep an eagle eye out for that moment, then.