The Marvel Universe owes Stan Lee for the creation of some of its most iconic superheroes and supervillains, with more and more joining the MCU every year. But when the legendary creator was given the chance to introduce his own version of the Justice League for DC Comics, bold new versions of Superman, Batman, and more were unleashed. Whether brilliant or deranged, these Stan Lee creations need to be studied.
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Wonder Woman
An Environmentalist Powered By A Sun God, Not A Demigod Warrior Princess
In a move arguably reflective of his best Marvel comic book characters, Stan Lee begins his re-imagining of Wonder Woman by removing all mythical elements of a demigod parentage, and replaces them with his modern responsibility. In Stan Lee’s version of the origin story, the normal human Maria Mendoza gains her powers from ancient Incan sun gods, with a mission that is more environmental and humanitarian than anything ‘warrior’ like.
Diana is a paragon of virtue in the main DC Universe, but Maria struggles with doubt, balance, and the cost of intervention. Her strength is also redefined as symbolic, making her into a protector of natural order, not a warrior princess. While at the same time making sure that Maria’s version of Wonder Woman is just as committed to stewardship, not superheroics, as the classic heroine.
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Superman
An Alien Police Officer With Strange Tech, Not A Kryptonian ‘Savior’ At All
Knowing the most established aspects of the character, Stan Lee’s Superman deliberately subverts any idea that Kal-El was ‘destined’ for greatness or a light for entire peoples to follow. Superman begins as the Kryptonian ‘Salden,’ a police officer empowered by alien technology already delivering justice through super-bravery on his native homeworld as a full-grown man.
Without the loss of Krypton, the Kents, or a moral compass baked into his origin, this Superman falls almost instantly into a classic Firty Harry-esque action archetype. An origin story based on ‘power without purpose’ is almost the recipe for a supervillain, and the resulting Superman’s mission doesn’t relieve those concerns.
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Batman
A Vigilante Forged Inside A Prison, The Opposite of A Gotham Billionaire
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