Remembering Stan Lee: Official Ranking of his Most Important Characters
Can anyone top Peter Parker?
NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 23: (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS) Comic book legend Stan Lee poses at the opening reception for ”Stan Lee: A Retrospective” presented by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art on February 23, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images)
Mat Szwajkos/Getty ImagesBrodie said it perfectly, "YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREATS!"
To celebrate Stan Lee's marvelous career, Huffington Post figured out a scientific method to rank the 1,082 most impactful Marvel Characters of all time (they counted over 54,000 in the universe). Here are the top 20:
NAME: IMPACT: DEBUT:
| 20. Nicholas Fury | 432 | 1963 |
| 19. Jean Grey | 436 | 1963 |
| 18. Clinton Barton / Hawkeye | 440 | 1964 |
| 17. Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch | 441 | 1964 |
| 16. Henry Pym | 469 | 1962 |
| 15. Norman Osborn / Green Goblin | 496 | 1964 |
| 14. Henry McCoy / Beast | 505 | 1963 |
| 13. Max Eisenhardt / Magneto | 513 | 1963 |
| 12. Jonathan Storm / Human Torch | 564 | 1961 |
| 11. Charles Xavier / Professor X | 573 | 1963 |
| 10. Scott Summers / Cyclops | 610 | 1963 |
| 9. Matthew Murdock / Daredevil | 654 | 1964 |
| 8. Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange | 705 | 1963 |
| 7. Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom | 777 | 1962 |
| 6. Benjamin Grimm / Thing | 790 | 1961 |
| 5. Thor Odinson | 811 | 1962 |
| 4. Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic | 874 | 1961 |
| 3. Bruce Banner / Hulk | 941 | 1962 |
| 2. Anthony Stark / Iron Man | 1078 | 1963 |
| 1. Peter Parker / Spiderman | 1325 | 1962 |
Full list available on HuffingtonPost.com
We dissected this official ranking, plus shared our favorite cameos and stories of Mister Stan Lee, plus how he impacted each of our lives. Take a listen:
