Stan Lee Does a Q&A At His Own Birthday Party (Video)

The About Heroes Podcast was on hand at the Boston SuperMegaFest this weekend, when VIP ticket holders promised a Q&A session with comics legend Stan Lee surprised the iconic writer and editor with a surprise 90th birthday party.And then, of course, put him right to work.Some highlights:On Argo: “It’s about time somebody used Kirby’s artwork–God knows I’ve used enough!”Presented with the 1963 Ben Cooper Spider-Man costume, he didn’t know it even existed. “Marvel didn’t tell me anything,” Lee said. “I was in a little room telling the stories, nobody told me what was going on.”Spider-Man Lee’s favorite character that he co-created “but I’m sure fond of the others, too.” He also said he thought the casting on Spider-Man was great, and that across the board it’s hard to find fault with the casting choices in the Marvel movies.”I was very surprised–they took the fella who played the Human Torch and they made him Captain America, and he did a great job.””The movies have done so much–all of a sudden because of the movies, I’ve become a celebrity.”That said, Lee told the audience that he preferred the version of the Lizard that he wrote, saying that in this summer’s movie The Amazing Spider-Man, he was too evil. In the comics, Lee explained, he was a good man who didn’t want to be the Lizard and wanted to change back–and Peter never really wanted to hurt him.On Who Wants to be a Superhero?: “I’d love to bring it back, but it isn’t my decision. The network did it for two seasons and after that they dropped it. I guess it didn’t get a good enough rating. So many people have told me that they loved it and that their kids loved it….I had another one that came after that called Stan Lee’s Superhumans, and everyone who saw it loved it but the network didn’t promote it at all. There was never one ad for it. It’s still playing in Israel, and it’s playing in little countries all over the world but it’s not playing here anymore.”On Verticus, his new mobile game: “The game never ends! We’ll make millions!…It’s the next Angry Birds.”