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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Back in 1999-2000, Stan Lee (co-creator of pretty much all the Marvel Comics super-heroes people on the street actually know by name) decided to get in on the dot.com boom with "Stan Lee Media"...this website would showcase brand new super-hero creations by Mr. Lee, in hopes of making money with the lucrative media tie-in rights.

(Didn't pan out that way!)

One of the new characters introduced was... THE ACCUSER! Formerly a corrupt lawyer in a crime-ridden city, he offers a prayer of death bed repentence. In answer, he's given a super-powered wheelchair that turns into buzz-saw armor! Hoody hoo!

Personally, I wouldn't trust this guy to accuse anyone.

So awful...yet so strangely entertaining. [Big Grin]

Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :

I love scales of justice in the hand thing!

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

"Ophelia, whose violin could ensnare or seduce.....or shatter a man's mind!"

[ROFL]

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

It's sad that Stan Lee has to do this to make money.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Ironic that the site ended up bankrupt, no?

That said, SlaM Girl (archived elsewhere on the site) looks like it actually would've been clever and fun.

And only one episode of it was released.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

How is it ironic? From what I understand, Lee doesn't see a penny from anything Marvel does and is thus poor. Is this not true?

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Lee started the site back when it looked like making one's own dot.com business was the way to make a quick fortune...and the exact opposite happened.

I didn't mention anything about his current relationship with Marvel. But since you bring it up, he received a settlement of $10 million from Marvel for the profits of Marvel's recent movies.

Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :

Not to mention the money from being an extra in the spiderman movies and x-men 3.

Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :

I wonder how much he's getting from his TV show. Probably not much, in the grand scheme of things which is sad.

-pH

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

I didn't know that, Puffy. That's cool. [Smile]

I haven't been able to watch that show. It sounds awesome.