Comic book genius Stan Lee, the architect of the contemporary comic book, has died. He was 95.

The creative dynamo who revolutionized the comics by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk, was declared dead Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Kirk Schenck, an attorney for Lee's daughter, J.C. Lee.

As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, he revived the industry in the 1960s by offering the costumes and action craved by younger readers while insisting on sophisticated plots, college-level dialogue, satire, science fiction, even philosophy.

Spider-Man, the Hulk and X-Men were among the Lee creations that went on to become stars of blockbuster films.

Wichitan, Jason Opat, created the on-screen graphics for the movie Spider-Man 3 and all the computer screens for Iron Man.

He said he was sad to hear about Lee's death.

"Stan Lee created this whole universe, this whole thing that our art got to be a part of, so we contributed to something that helped tell his story," said Opat.

He called Lee's death an end to an era.

"That name is associated with Marvel, and anybody I know in Wichita, when we were working our film Iron Man, when it came out, it's still a thing we talk about, and people are excited to hear that our team in Wichita was a part of such a big movie.":

Some Wichita fans of the comic book man tell me they've spent thousands of dollars on his comics. Many paid to meet him, and one fan even had what his brother called a "Stan Lee shrine."

"Comic books were great for us because it gave us something we were interested in to read and gave us a reason to read," said Andrew Saindon.

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