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今天选择的是超级英雄之父斯坦·李，他的故事将分成数篇发送给大家。来来来，让我们一起来读读吧。
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·李是谁？
纽约时代漫画公司的出版商Martin Goodman（马丁·古德曼）不知道该拿这个少年怎么办。但这孩子是他妻子的侄儿，她要求Goodman雇用他。就这样，Stanley Martin Lieber（斯坦利·马丁·利伯）在漫画黄金时代的中期开始工作。斯坦利还是个孩子的时候，会花好几个小时蜷缩在漫画书里。现在，他成了那个世界的一部分！
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.
超级英雄无处不在：霹雳火（The Human Torch）发射火焰对抗坏人。会飞的海底人纳摩能在水下自由呼吸，他像拥有千人的力量。美国队长一开始是一个骨瘦如肉的艺术系学生，但在美国政府招募他参加“超级战士”计划后，他变成了超级英雄。
霹雳火Human Torch 图片来源：Marvel Comics
海底人纳摩Namor 图片来源：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，斯坦利不同事们交往。时代漫画公司的艺术家们有点吓人，都是老爷们，抽着大雪茄，整天互相大喊大叫。对于一个来自布朗克斯（纽约市最北端的一区）17岁孩子来说，那里有什么可做的呢?
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.
年轻的斯坦利在午餐时间要跑到熟食店去买三明治，而且确保这些艺术家老爷们的墨水瓶都灌满了。但他不会浪费一辈子时间去买咖啡和接电话。他有梦想，他要成为作家，他想要讲故事，也许有一天能写出伟大的美国小说。
买三明治和咖啡的路上 图片来源：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，两位时代漫画公司的高级经理一气之下辞职了。古德曼先生（老板）需要有人在他打盹或打高尔夫球的时候管理办公室。他把斯坦利叫过去，让他接手这份工作。
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.
就在那时，斯坦利·利伯成了斯坦·李。在接下来的半个世纪里，他帮助创造了美国著名的超级英雄，有蜘蛛侠、钢铁侠、绿巨人和X战警。他不是唯一以漫画营生的人，但斯坦·李是最好的一位。
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