--- title: Stan Lee's The Simpson Cameos Confirmed He Was a Super Guest description: Among Stan Lee's many accomplishments, he loved making a guest appearance, which he did multiple times for his own films and The Simpsons. canonical: https://time.com/5452323/stan-lee-simpsons/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-12T21:01:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:57.974Z og:title: Stan Lee's 'The Simpsons' Cameos Prove He Was a Super Guest og:description: The King of the Cameos og:url: https://time.com/5452323/stan-lee-simpsons/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacbd20dec279ccd3/69893ed397cdff32b76b6b12/stan-lee-the-simpsons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: FOX's "The Simpsons" - Season Twenty-Five og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stan Lee's 'The Simpsons' Cameos Prove He Was a Super Guest twitter:description: The King of the Cameos twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacbd20dec279ccd3/69893ed397cdff32b76b6b12/stan-lee-the-simpsons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Than Marvel. 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(Photo by FOX via Getty Images) THE SIMPSONS: Stan Lee guest voices as himself in the "Married to the Blob" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images) FOX—2014 FOX  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 12, 2018 9:01 PM UTC [Stan Lee](http://time.com/4117869/stan-lee-spider-man-creation/)‘s legacy as the writer, publisher and editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, as well as a producer and actor has helped to make him a larger-than-life hero to many. Lee, who passed away on Monday at the age of 95, is perhaps best known for creating or co-creating many beloved comic books superheroes, such as _Spider-Man_, _Black Panther_, _Iron Man_, and the Incredible Hulk. However, among his many accomplishments, Lee also had a special claim to fame: he loved making an appearance. According to [_The Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/stan-lee-cameo-spider-man-homecoming-34-more-films-tv-shows-1018027?utm%5Fsource=twitter), Lee made a [cameo in nearly every Marvel film](http://time.com/4826162/spiderman-homecoming-easter-eggs/) from 1989 to 2018; he also made cameos in Marvel animated series, and outside of the Marvel Universe, perhaps most notably on _The Simpsons_, where he appeared in multiple episodes as himself. In his first appearance on the show in Season 13, Stan Lee arrives in Springfield to pay a visit to Comic Book Guy and Bart at The Android’s Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop, where he not only critiques Bart’s comic of “Angry Dad” (a spoof of the Incredible Hulk) but also riffs on his longtime rivalry with DC comics, seen most presciently when he tries to fit Thing from the Fantastic Four action figure into a too-small Batmobile toy car. Another notable episode involves Stan helping the Comic Book Guy find love with a fellow nerd, eventually marrying them in the end. Lee was mourned on social media by many of _The Simpsons_ staff, including producer Al Jean, who noted that his cameos on the show was “one of the very greatest thrills.” > [](https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1062057032302309377) Writer Stephanie Gills also paid her respects to Lee, writing on Twitter that “he inspired many of us @TheSimpsons to become writers.” > [](https://twitter.com/stevie%5Fgillis/status/1062065235023065089) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5452323/stan-lee-simpsons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5452323/stan-lee-simpsons/"},"headline":"More Than Marvel. 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