10 Best Superhero Movie Moments Of 2018

9. That Last-Minute Stan Lee Tribute - Once Upon A Deadpool

Deadpool 2 Teaser Stan Lee
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Stan Lee sadly passed away in mid-November, prompting both Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Once Upon A Deadpool to hastily assemble tributes to the comic legend in their closing credits sequences.

While Into the Spider-Verse settled for a quick written nod to both Lee and his recently-departed collaborator Steve Ditko, the PG-13 Deadpool re-edit actually featured a more substantial video tribute to Lee.

In addition to including outtake footage from him filming the popular Deadpool 2 teaser trailer - where he mistakes Ryan Reynolds for Ryan Gosling - the tribute also shows archive footage of Lee talking about his own mortality and leaving behind a legacy of stories, before the closing text reads, "Excelsior!"

Given the limited time available to create a new post-credits tag, this was a wonderful way to mourn the man and everything he's contributed to the world of comic books.

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