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Welsh political cartoonist who became chief cartoonist at Punch after years drawing for the Daily Mail, working across five decades of British editorial cartooning.
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As Marvel's writer and editor through the 1960s, Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk — reshaping superhero comics around flawed, relatable characters.
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Cover, Punch, 27 April 1872. Illustration by Richard Doyle. Scan held by the Library of Congress — rights record.
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