"He Guided My Childhood": 1 of Marvel's Greatest Creators Was Like a Father to Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is hands down one of the most singularly unique actors to have ever done it in Hollywood, with his love for all things nerdy being a well-known fact that has trickled down into his professional work. Portraying more than his fair share of comic book-based characters on the big screen, Nicolas Cage once revealed that one of Marvel’s most influential writers, Stan Lee, was like a “surrealist father” to him, and that Stan the Man “guided” his childhood in ways he’ll never forget.