It started with an idea.
From that idea, stories were made. Stories that would span decades. Stories that rejected the normal status quo and taught kids to embrace their differences. Stories that showed people to love and to be kind and to forgive. Stories that brought us together despite everything that had pulled us apart. Stories that soon turned into a legacy.
It started with an idea.
An idea to give hope during the darkest of times. To show, that in a world of hate, we will rise above it. To show that heroes and villains are maybe not all that different. That behind everything we are all the same. That no matter how terrible a villain might be, there is always a reason for that their ways.
It started with an idea.
An idea that grew into a world. Then from that world and universe was formed. A universe that would be remembered for lifetimes. A universe that people of all shapes, sizes, colors, and forms would come to visit. A universe that we could escape too when our world felt like it was too much. A universe where nothing was impossible and anything could happen. The rules of time and space did not apply and anything you wanted could be yours. A universe where Earth's Mightiest Heroes existed.
It started with an idea.
And behind that idea was a man, first name Stan and last name Lee.
May he go onwards and upwards to greater glory.
Excelsior!