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''Stan Lee Meets...'' was a limited series published in 2006 by
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in which comic book writer Stan Lee meets one of the characters he has created in each issue. The series was written by Stan Lee himself and was released to celebrate his 65th year as a Marvel Comics employee. The series is noted for its
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humor and the comic book characters' general dislike of Stan Lee. Over the course of the five issues, Lee meets Spider-Man, the
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, Doctor Doom, Doctor Strange and the
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. Each issue also contained reprints of issues from each character's respective comic. A special issue in which Lee meets Professor X and
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(''X-Men: The Unlikely Saga of Xavier, Magneto and Stan'') was included with the
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edition of '' X-Men: The Last Stand''.


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