Stan Lee’s Blood Was Stolen And Used To Sign Marvel Comic Issues Sold In Vegas

[Agent Z]

In the wake of the Daily Beast’s reporting that Lee’s finances have allegedly been drained (in part) by ongoing disputes with a former business partner associated with Hands of Respect, a for-profit charitable organization that both Lee and his daughter JC were formerly involved with, this week celebrity news site TMZ reported that this former business associate allegedly forged medical documents last October to instruct Lee’s personal nurse to drain several vials of blood from Lee.

Originally, TMZ reported that people close to Lee were concerned the blood itself was going to be sold off in the form of actual pens, containing it as an ink substitute, but an updated claim today from the site alleges that the blood has instead been used to stamp Lee’s signature onto several recent Marvel Comics—The Mighty Thor #700, and a variant cover of Rise of the Black Panther #1. [Full disclosure: Rise of the Black Panther writer Evan Narcisse is also a senior writer here at io9 and Gizmodo.]

According to TMZ, the comics are being sold at the Las Vegas Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N., an officially licensed exhibition and retail store based on Disney and Marvel Studios’ Avengers movies currently operating at Treasure Island Las Vegas. The site obtained a certificate of authenticity included with one of the stamped comics—retailing for up to $500—claiming that the signature on the book has been “hand-stamped with Stan Lee’s Solvent DNA Ink.” One of the many curious things about certificate is that it ties the comics and Lee’s purportedly stolen blood back to Hands of Respect, whose logo is printed at the bottom of the document.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/report-stan-...ign-1825022655

[Drops Of Venus]

It seems pretty clear those Hands Of Respect people are scamming him. Good grief; all the news and press around the man lately have been terrible.

[9th.]

what in the world

[rpmaluki]

Well this is awful, seriously.

[MarvelMaster616]

This is disturbing, but distressingly believable.

[SpiderClops]

Hands of Respect... I can't even.

[The Dying Detective]

Very bad things are happening instead of letting Stan Lee retire in peace and enjoy whatever time he has left everyone's leaching off him every step of the way. This is the man along with his partner Jack Kirby who created Marvel and this is how they treat him?

[Naked Bat]

This is right out of a horror movie. Can't they give the man a break?

[Iron Maiden]

This is beyond the pale. I hope the police are involved and arrests are forthcoming.

[Sensational C]

Absolutely disgusting to leech off an elderly person like this or any manner, I hope whatever contract or power this organization has on Lee is swiftly terminated and that they face consequences for this.

[Thor-Ul]

Is this true? I had read something about in april's fool,so I thought it could be a joke and not real. There is confirmation on this or is just something someone believe it was real?