A big "Excelsior" on the occasion of his 89th birthday to the co-creator of the Marvel Universe, not to mention decades worth of pre-Marvel Atlas titles and post-Marvel projects across nearly every medium imaginable, the inimitable Stan Lee!

As a fellow Jewish New Yorker who loves comics with a birthday around Christmas (December 31 here), I tip my hat to the living legend. Thanks for your many, many contributions to culture and to the lives of billions, and here's to many more.