![]() ![]() ![]() (Later, fans found out he did it for his cameo in that summer’s Guardians of the Galaxy.) He then told the audience, “I got home and my wife said, ‘Wow, you look better without the mustache.’ And the guys at Pow! said, ‘Oh, you look better without the mustache.’ Well, I don’t need a house to fall on me, so I want to keep it off. ![]() Lee started to explain by saying “I was doing some work on a hologram project–” when someone ran up on the stage to prevent him from spilling the beans. Lee’s mustache, a fixture on his face ever since, has become so iconic that its absence was noted by fans at an April 2014 Q&A session. Starting out as a fresh-shaven youth in his uncle’s publishing office, he started growing out his beard during the swinging ’60s and switched to sporting just a ‘stache right around the time Jack Kirby (who had left Marvel for DC under less-than-sunny terms) created a bearded character that was clearly intended as a satirical swipe at his former boss. Though technically not a comic-book character (despite numerous appearances as himself in his company’s books and movies), Lee deserves an honorable mention. Hey, it’s Movember, so what better time than now to honor some of the great all-time comic-book mustaches? Below are a succession of soup-strainers submitted for your consideration, organized by means of a very complex algorithm that lists them from merely meh to most excellently awesome (it’s all science, trust me).Īlso, if you’re someone who’s wondering what this whole “Movember” thing is about, this should help. These are the words that describe the man who wears a mustache.” - The Tick 27 Noteworthy Mustache Aficionados from the Comics, in Ascending Order of Awesomeness ![]()
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