Who had the bigger impact on pop Culture?

[babyblob]

So I was thinking of two giants in the field of pop culture and was wondering who had the biggest impact over all. Walt Disney or Stan Lee? Each man created a vast world that continues today.

Disney has Micky Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and dozens of other creations. Stan Lee Has Spiderman, Ironman, Xmen and the list goes on.

So who would you put in the top spot?

[CliffHanger2]

No Jack Kirby /Steve Ditko created vast worlds Stan Lee was just there to take the credit. But at the end of the day it's Disney who owns all those things-So Disney.

[Kirby101]

Stan Lee helped create a really cool Comic Book universe. Disney helped create an art form.

[Joker]

Winnie the Pooh, and dozens of other creations.

Disney did not create Winnie the Pooh. That was A.A. Milne.

Disney as a company, and Walt specifically, did not create a lot of the things they are famous for. Most of their famous animated films are not original stories.

[Buried Alien]

I'd argue the Beatles dwarf them all in terms of influence.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[DanMad1977]

It doesn't matter. Both great.

[MoneySpider]

Disney, which now owns Stan Lee's creations and a whole bunch of other properties.

[CaptCleghorn]

No Jack Kirby /Steve Ditko created vast worlds Stan Lee was just there to take the credit. But at the end of the day it's Disney who owns all those things-So Disney.

Although it's accepted that Stan liked to take more credit than he probably should have been entitled to, his salesmanship and downright schlepping of Marvel made that pie a whole lot bigger for Kirby and Ditko despite their receiving relatively smaller pieces of it.

[DrNewGod]

Stan Lee helped create a really cool Comic Book universe. Disney helped create an art form.

Given the OP question, I side with Kirby101.

[TriggerWarning]

Disney and I don't think its even close. Comics were a very niche thing until the 2000's while Disney has been everywhere for 70+ years. Plus Disney bought out Marvel not the other way around which I think tells you who has the bigger imprint.

[My Two Cents]

Comparing Walt to Stan is like comparing
Water to Mud

[MyriVerse]

Stan and Jack's creations are only just recently becoming huge. Disney stuff has been huge since my parents were in diapers.

And as much as Stan and Jack did, I still think GA DC creators are above them in terms of impact.

[The Darknight Detective]

Stan and Jack's creations are only just recently becoming huge. Disney stuff has been huge since my parents were in diapers.

Yeah, by the time my parents were born in 1942, Disney already had made a significant mark on pop culture. Stan made his claim a few decades later, but it really wasn't until this century when Marvel began to really compete with Disney as an entertainment force.

[Chris]

1. Stan Lee and Walt Disney were both credit hogs/stealers. They created a mythos around themselves at the expense of crediting many, many other visionary people.

2. Disney is the winner in terns of impact on pop culture. For most of its existence, sure, people were aware of the some Marvel super heroes and what not. But Disney has been a juggernaut since Steam Boat Willie debuted. They've dominated TV, film, animation, sports, recreation and damn near everything in between for damn near 100 years. Marvel has only become a juggernaut in the last decade. And even then it's still a Disney entity.