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Steve De Young
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So, apparently, at least one member of the FF, Sue, was based on a real person, or at least, that's what Edith Finck's obituary says. Apparently she was a long time friend of Stan Lee. Now I'm curious if the others were based on particular people as well.
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Peter Martin
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Wasn't Ben Grimm at least partly based on Jack Kirby?
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Mike Norris
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I think Reed had some Kirby in him too.
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Steven Myers
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Reed looks like Kirby, but was written as Stan. Ben was written as Jack. So inspiration for the writer could be different than for the artist.
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Mike Norris
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Stan seems more fun loving than Reed.
Edited by Mike Norris on 13 March 2017 at 8:44pm
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Jason Czeskleba
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I don't know that Stan always came across as fun-loving to his employees in the same way that he did to the readers. I've seen it plausibly theorized that Ditko based J. Jonah Jameson at least partially on Stan.
Mark Evanier just happened to blog about this general topic yesterday. He says that Kirby may have used celebrities or people he knew as partial inspiration for some of his characters, but that no Kirby character (not even Funky Flashman) was based entirely on a single person.
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Mike Norris
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Yeah, I'm, sure Stan the boss was different than "Stan the Man". Part of me is curious about Stan's management style. But the part that says "Don't meet your heroes!!!!" doesn't want to know.
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Christopher Frost
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I've often wondered what Stan is like in real life. I mean, I've met him at a convention, but what I'm getting at is what is he like when he isn't putting on the Marvel spokesman showman act. Is he nice? Mean? What does the man behind The Man really act like when the attention isn`t on him.
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John Byrne
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I've often wondered what Stan is like in real life. I mean, I've met him at a convention, but what I'm getting at is what is he like when he isn't putting on the Marvel spokesman showman act. Is he nice? Mean? What does the man behind The Man really act like when the attention isn`t on him.•• Stan is Stan.
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John Byrne
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…no Kirby character (not even Funky Flashman) was based entirely on a single person.•• 
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Gundars Berzins
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Hey I could use one of those!
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Greg Woronchak
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…no Kirby character (not even Funky Flashman) was based entirely on a single person.
What about Don Rickles in Jimmy Olsen?
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