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作者：Geoff Edgers 出版：Grosset & Dunlap
Who Was Stan Lee?
Martin Goodman, the publisher of Timely Comics in New York City, didn’t know what to do with the teenager. But the boy was his wife’s cousin and she had asked Goodman to hire him. So, just like that, Stanley Martin Lieber was working in the middle of the Golden Age of Comics. As a boy, Stan spent hours curled up with comic books. Now, he was part of that world!
斯坦·李是誰？
紐約時代漫畫公司的出版商Martin Goodman（馬丁·古德曼）不知道該拿這個少年怎麼辦。但這孩子是他妻子的侄兒，她要求Goodman雇用他。就這樣，Stanley Martin Lieber（斯坦利·馬丁·利伯）在漫畫黃金時代的中期開始工作。斯坦利還是個孩子的時候，會花好幾個小時蜷縮在漫畫書裡。現在，他成了那個世界的一部分！
Superheroes were everywhere at Timely. The Human Torch fought bad guys with fire. Namor the SubMariner could fly and breathe underwater, and he was as strong as a thousand men. Captain America began life as a scrawny art student, but turned into a superhero after the US government recruited him for the Super Soldier project.
超級英雄無處不在：霹靂火（The Human Torch）發射火焰對抗壞人。會飛的海底人納摩能在水下自由呼吸，他像擁有千人的力量。美國隊長一開始是一個骨瘦如肉的藝術系學生，但在美國政府招募他參加“超級戰士”計劃後，他變成了超級英雄。
霹靂火Human Torch 圖檔來源：Marvel Comics
海底人納摩Namor 圖檔來源：Marvel Comics
At first, Stan kept to himself. The artists at Timely were a little scary. They were all older, smoked big cigars, and yelled at each other all day long. What was there for a seventeen-year-old kid from the Bronx to do?
起初，斯坦利不同僚們交往。時代漫畫公司的藝術家們有點吓人，都是老爺們，抽着大雪茄，整天互相大喊大叫。對于一個來自布朗克斯（紐約市最北端的一區）17歲孩子來說，那裡有什麼可做的呢?
Young Stanley Lieber ran to the deli for sandwiches at lunchtime and made sure the artists’ inkwells were full. But he wasn’t going to waste a lifetime fetching coffee and answering phones. He had dreams. He was a writer. He wanted to tell stories and maybe someday write the great American novel.
年輕的斯坦利在午餐時間要跑到熟食店去買三明治，而且確定這些藝術家老爺們的墨水瓶都灌滿了。但他不會浪費一輩子時間去買咖啡和接電話。他有夢想，他要成為作家，他想要講故事，也許有一天能寫出偉大的美國小說。
買三明治和咖啡的路上 圖檔來源：Who Was Stan Lee
One day, two of Timely Comics’ top managers both got angry and quit their jobs. Mr. Goodman needed someone to run the office while he was taking naps or playing golf. He called Stan over and offered him the job.
有一天，兩位時代漫畫公司的進階經理一氣之下辭職了。古德曼先生（老闆）需要有人在他打盹或打高爾夫球的時候管理辦公室。他把斯坦利叫過去，讓他接手這份工作。
That’s when Stanley Lieber became Stan Lee. In the next half century, he would help create some of America’s most famous superheroes, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, and the X-Men. He wasn’t the only person who made comic books for a living, but Stan Lee was the best.
就在那時，斯坦利·利伯成了斯坦·李。在接下來的半個世紀裡，他幫助創造了美國著名的超級英雄，有蜘蛛俠、鋼鐵俠、綠巨人和X戰警。他不是唯一以漫畫營生的人，但斯坦·李是最好的一位。
圖檔來源：stickers.cloud
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