"Game of Thrones" author Martin remembers Stan Lee: He was my first publisher

According to foreign media reports, Marvel co-founder and pop culture icon Stan Lee died on Monday at the age of 95, and many people have publicly expressed their nostalgia for him. One of them is the famous fantasy novelist and the original author of "Game of Thrones", George RR Martin.

It is reported that Martin wrote a letter to Stan Lee when he was 13 years old to express his appreciation for an issue of "Fantastic Four" published by Marvel at that time. At that time, the letter was published in "Fantastic Four #32" (1964) and Stan Lee responded.

Martin wrote in his blog post titled "Farewell to a Marvel": "I owe Stan Lee a lot. In a sense, he was my publisher and my first editor." Martin even compared Stan Lee to Shakespeare. Perhaps this metaphor is a bit exaggerated, but Martin was only 13 years old at the time.

Martin believes that without Stan Lee, comics as we know them today might not exist.

Now, Martin said goodbye to Stan Lee in the same way - through a letter.

Let me close with one last letter of comment.

Dear Stan,

You did good work. As long as people still read comic books and believe in heroes, your characters will be remembered. Thanks so much. Make Mine Marvel.

George R. Martin

35 East First Street

Bayonne, New Jersey