The Stan Lee ident from Captain Marvel might not've been present for Endgame, but the late, great, legendary Marvel figurehead was still in the film, in what looks to be his final live action cameo recorded before his passing in 2018.
When Captain America and Iron Man head back to S.H.I.E.L.D's 1970s headquarters, the camera lingers just outside and follows a car speeding past. The man at the wheel is none other than Stan 'the man' himself, who - in a reference to the Vietnam-era peace movement - yells into the camera "make love, not war."
A bumpersticker brandishing one of Lee's many trademark catchphrases - 'nuff said - can also be seen, and though it may not seem it right away, this cameo may actually be one of the late creator's most fitting yet.
Sure, the Avengers co-creator signed off many a message with 'Excelsior!', but 'nuff said is just as definitive, just like all his works.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
