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Celebrating Stan Lee

Stan Lee was the subject of a love fest Tuesday night, as actors, directors, artists and illustrators lauded the Marvel Comics legend for creating a vast universe of fantastic, flawed, righteous and relatable superheroes.

Mark Ruffalo, Aisha Tyler, Lou Ferrigno, RZA and comics creator Todd McFarlane were among the speakers at "Extraordinary: Stan Lee," a tribute hosted by Chris Hardwick and broadcast into more than 150 movie theatres across the country.

The two-hour program mixed live appearances with video tributes and animated segments that told the story of Lee's career. The 94-year-old dreamer behind Spider-Man, Iron Man and scores of other superheroes sat centre stage at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills as one artist-admirer after another shared how his characters and creative energy inspired them.

"I've patterned my life after yours," ''Guardians of the Galaxy" writer-director James Gunn said in a video message.

Ruffalo, Tyler, J.K. Simmons and Kaley Cuoco also appeared via video.

Ferrigno was there in the flesh, posing like the Hulk as he took the stage.

"I wouldn't be alive today if it wasn't for Stan," he said, adding that he was inspired by comic books long before he played "The Incredible Hulk" on TV in the late 1970s.

McFarlane compared Lee to Walt Disney. Hardwick described him as "Hugh Hefner for nerds."



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