---

Stan Lee, co-creator of characters including Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, turns 89 today. Stan Lee is so intertwined with growing up with comics for me that I can’t really picture the industry without him.  Reading “Marvel Tales” reprints of Lee and Steve Ditko’s “Amazing Spider-Man” comics helped turn me into a fan of the whole Marvel Universe.

Back on Lee’s 85th birthday in 2007, I wrote a list of the top 85 Stan Lee comics.  You can check it out here.

Last year, I added three more for his

This year, let me add one more to the list.  It’s an issue I had as a “Marvel Tales” edition.  “Amazing Spider-Man” No. 34, featuring the return of Kraven the Hunter, as Kraven stalks Spider-Man on the streets of New York.

---