Quote Originally Posted by Mister Mets View Post
I do think you underrate Stan Lee's contribution if you think he's more like Mort Weisinger or Karen Berger.
Where's the evidence that he isn't? That's the point of it, there's no hard evidence that Stan Lee created/generated/originated any of the major creations, or that he and he alone created and developed the Marvel Universe. And certainly, issue-by-issue, beat by beat, Stan Lee wasn't the one who conceived and developed the stories as we know them. The Green Goblin mystery was entirely Ditko's baby.

There's no evidence aside from his word, and Stan Lee's credibility is severely damaged not least because he spread disinformation and spouts falsehoods like Ditko intended somebody else to be Green Goblin in his final decades.