After The Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man were released, the popularity of the comics sky-rocketed. The comic became popular worldwide. Stan Lee even traveled to different countries as well as local colleges to speak about his life in comics and his comics.
"Spidey was not only hugely and immediately popular in America, but all around the World. Spider-Man became the best-selling superhero worldwide in Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Yugoslavia, Germany, South America, and Scandinavia, to name a few, as well as France."
~ Stan Lee, (Pg 138) Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee
Stan Lee with comics behind him.
(He began interim at just 19, Geeks)
Stan Lee (left) and Jenette Kahn (right) at Chicago Comicon. Mike Gold moderates (middle).
(Stan Lee & Jenette Kahn at Temple University, July 1979, The Comics Journal)
Stan Lee speaking out to audience.
(Stan Lee versus the censors, The Libertarian Institute)
After the code disbanded, comic books were finally free to creatively entertain to their full extent. Eventually, many of the most popular comics including The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and the Fantastic Four have been made into entertaining action-packed movies. Many of them becoming popular worldwide.
1977 Spider-Man Trailer.
(Spider Man (1977) Trailer, 1977, YouTube)
Stan Lee posing.
(Stan Lee: 1922-2018, The Comics Journal)
Stan Lee posing with a few superheroes.
(WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY, Doc NYC)