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Agatha has been alive for more than three centuries? How? What? She’s a witch. They have longer life spans than humans (except for the ones Agatha sucked all the magic out of, turning them into lifeless husks). So no sitcoms this week? Not exactly, but we did figure out why Wanda is so fixated on them. Turns out that back in Sokovia, the Maximoff family would unwind after a long day of living in a failed Eastern Bloc state by gathering around the TV and popping on one of their favorite shows,...

Ive never subscribed to the "dont meet your heroes" credo. Why wouldnt you want to meet the people that inspire you? Its never made much sense to me. Thanks to a potent blend of circumstance and plain dumb luck, Ive had the chance to meet many people I hold in high esteem. And with very few exceptions, those encounters have all been positive. And none was as positive an experience as the time I met Stan Lee. I was actually lucky enough to meet him several times, between 1993 and 2012. Each time...

Stan Lee (Stanley Lieber) as a young boys c. 1920s (Courtesy of the Stan Lee Papers, Box #177, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) Stan and Joan Lee c. 1940s (Courtesy of the Stan Lee Papers, Box #177, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) In this January 10, 1976, file photo, Stan Lee, standing, publisher of Marvel Comics, discusses a Spiderman comic book cover with artist John Romita at Marvel headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/File) Comics impresario Stan Lee, center...

By Abraham Riesman Crown: 416 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Shortly after Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics legend, died in 2018 at 95, biographer Abraham Riesman paid a visit to his only sibling, younger brother Larry Lieber. Though he had drawn comics for Stan on and off for 60 years, Lieber never felt emotionally close to him. He tried to explain his brother the best way he knew how: by ...

Neal Kirby says he was appalled the see symbols of the patriotic action man among the crowds as ‘Captain America is the antithesis of Donald Trump’<br>