In the early days of the revamped Marvel Comics, Thor was one of the flagship characters created by Jack Kirby andStan Lee that helped propel the publisher to the top of the sales charts along with Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk and others. In multiple interviews given in his lifetime, Stan Lee often presented the creation of Thor as something that came from his mind in a stroke of inspiration, imparting his brilliant ideas to Jack Kirby, who drew what Smilin' Stan described.
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