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This is Stan Lee (left) and Gov. Ige with the proclamation. Stan said it was going to be placed in his Stan Lee Museum in Los Angeles.
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For his appearance at the inaugural Amazing Hawaii Comic Con, Stan Lee met with Gov. David Ige, who signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 18, 2015, “Stan Lee Day.”
The proclamation listed the many accomplishments of the man who was born Stanley Martin Lieber but adopted the pseudonym Stan Lee and later made it his legal name.
“Mr. Lee inspired us through his stories by veering away from the typical superhero ideals and creating characters that combined superhuman powers with human emotions and problems while they dealt with real-world issues in a way that would influence comics for decades,” according to the proclamation, which also was signed by then-Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui.
The proclamation called the then-92-year-old “a true visionary whose comics and films can be found in virtually every country, in almost every language, uplifting and entertaining multiple generations.”
The proclamation ended with Lee’s traditional sign-off, “Excelsior!”
Lee returned to Honolulu seven months later, when he was 93, for a series of appearances and autograph sessions.
Stan Lee Day proclamation by Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Scribd
