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Joan B Lee 5 Facts About Stan Lee’s Wife

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Joan B Lee

Joan B Lee was the longtime wife of comic book legend, Stan Lee –best known for being the co-creator of Marvel.

The Lees, were married for nearly seven decades prior to Joan’s death last year. She is now joined by her iconic husband, Stan Lee –who died in Los Angeles at the age of 95.

Born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922; the Manhattan, NY native had his name legally changed to Stan Lee. His legacy is defined by his numerous popular comic book character creations for Marvel Comics, where he began working in 1939 at age 18 when the company was called Timely Comics.

His characters eventually went on to star in lucrative movies, TV shows, and video games, and were the basis for action figures, statues, and all manner of merchandise. They are the foundation of Marvel Entertainment.

Stan Lee was preceded in death by his wife, Joan. Meet her below in her top facts

Joan B. Lee

#1 She was born in England

Joan Boocock was born December 4, 1922 in Newcastle, England. She was affection ally known as Joanie.

#2 Joan was an actress and model

Joan began her career as a hat model. She later moved to NY where she began her voice acting career in 1994, voicing Miss Forbes in the Fantastic Four cartoon. She also lent her voice to the 1990s animated series Spider-Man –playing Madame Web, alongside Christopher Daniel Barnes.

In 2016, she had a small cameo in the film X-Men: Apocalypse.

#3 Stan Lee was her second husband

She was previously married to a soldier but it was an unhappy marriage. She married the future legendary comic book creator right after she divorced her first husband. She met Stan after moving to NY from her native England.

Stan and Joan Lee were married from 1947 until her death in 2017, just months away from their 70th anniversary.

#4 She gave birth to two children

The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Joan Celia ‘J.C’ Lee in 1950. The couple’s second child, another daughter named Jan –was born in 1953. Sadly Jan Lee died three days after her birth.

#5 She had a stroke

Joan Lee died in Los Angeles in July of 2017, after being hospitalized for a stroke. She was 95.

Joan Celia Lee 5 facts About Stan Lee’s Daughter

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Joan Celia Lee

Joan Celia Lee is the proud daughter of comic book legend, Stan Lee –best known for being the co-creator of Marvel.

Joan’s iconic father who is known as the man behind some of the world’s favorite heroes: Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Fantastic Four –died in Los Angeles at the age of 95.

Born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922; the Manhattan, NY native had his name legally changed to Stan Lee. Lee’s legacy is defined by his numerous popular comic book character creations for Marvel Comics, where he began working in 1939 at age 18 when the company was called Timely Comics. The company changed its name to Marvel Comics in 1961 when Lee and artist Jack Kirby co-created the Fantastic Four and saw it go on to become a hit.

His characters eventually went on to star in lucrative movies, TV shows, and video games, and were the basis for action figures, statues, and all manner of merchandise. They are the foundation of Marvel Entertainment.

He is survived by his daughter Joan Celia “J. C.” Lee. Meet her below.

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#1 Her parents were married for nearly seven decades

Joan Celia Lee’s parents, Stan and Joan Lee were married from December 5th, 1947 until her mother’s death in 2017 –months before their 70th year anniversary.

#2 She was accused of elderly abuse

Joan Celia Lee was accused in the past of inflicting both physical and psychological abuse upon her father, as well as her mother, Joan Lee, prior to Joan’s death in July of last year. In an interview to the NY Times, Stan denied the allegations.

#3 Joan Celia had a sister

Joan Celia was the couple’s first born in 1950. Her parents welcomed a second daughter, Jan three years later in 1953. Sadly the baby died three days later.

#4 Joan Celia Lee is in showbiz

J.C. learned how to do comic book layouts at paste-ups at a young age, and continued to work close with her father and Marvel Studios into adulthood. However, having her famous’ father’s name, Joan Celia who goes by JC, also had a bit of an acting and modeling career. You may recalled some of her work; The Ambulance (1990) and The Cool World (1963).

#5 She isn’t married

She does not have children and is not married.