Stan Lee to launch three titles with Boom!

SAN DIEGO — Stan Lee is presenting a new superhero line at Boom! Studios.   Three titles, set for release this fall, will present Stan Lee-style superheroes updated for the 21st Century.  In conjunction with Pow! Entertainment, the characters of “Soldier Zero,” “Starborn” and “Traveler” will roll out in consecutive months this fall.

Mark Waid, Boom!’s chief creative officer, said there is a certain style and tenor to a Stan Lee hero.

“This is a chance to work with a grandmaster that’s not a retro project, not a pastiche project,” he said. “There are sacrifices to being a Stan Lee superhero.  There are ways of doing that in a 21st Century environment.”

Lee kept the attending reporters laughing with witty repartee and one-liners, but did speak seriously at times about writing from the heart.

“If you do something you really like, chances are other people will like it too,” he said.