There is one issue I have with this: what will the documentary tell us that we don’t already know?

Stan Lee was interviewed so many times. He wrote an autobiography. Articles have been written about him.

From our wrestling discussions, well we could probably ask, what would the point be of a documentary about the history of, say, the WWF/WWE? What would it tell us that we don’t already know?

No disrespect to Stan Lee, but I’m just not sure there’ll be any new information - or any major revelations.

Any documentary will be aimed at the general public, who only know him as the cameo guy in the MCU films and believe that he is the sole creator of things, despite the credits (which they probably didn't really look at, much, except to wait for the post-credits teaser).

Stan has an interesting life, which makes for a good story and there is a big audience who hasn't heard it. However, I also suspect it will perpetuate the idea that he thought everything up and handed it to the artists. Stan was part of the creation of the Marvel Universe; but, the reality is far more complex than years of interviews have made it. Also, I tend to think that most of the interview subjects with be actors and similar personnel from the movies and tv shows, feeding the copy written for them, without real personal insight into Stan. His wife passed away in 2017, but brother Larry is still around and Stan's daughters. I doubt the Kirby family was contacted to contribute and Ditko had no immediate family, aside from a nephew who had worked as an artist. If we are lucky, they might have interviews with some Marvel staffers, like John Romita, though I suspect it would more likely be from the current editorial side of things, rather than people who worked directly with him, like Roy Thomas. You would hope they would try, though, especially Roy, as Stan was his mentor and he worked with him on later projects involving Marvel history.

I'm willing to bet you won't hear the words "Funky" and "Flashman" in it.

I don't think it's as much about Stan Lee getting all this extraneous credit as a creator that really attracts people to his life and a bigger than life persona at that (much as the smaller group of hardcore folks like us have the knowledge of and passion for all the undersung talent that is more representative of the bigger picture of success).

People gravitate to personas in general more than a resume or list of credentials. Stan's frequent chutzpah has charmed more people than it has offended, whether we like it or not (as you said Roquefort Raider, he was very good at self-promotion). A truly objective and balanced view of the contributions of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko is certainly both just and would make for a more "informational" documentary of the legacy of Marvel. But could someone tell it in as mesmerizing a manner as Stan could? That's a tall order.

Of course I say all this, but Steve Ditko is my favorite artist (who I feel is even more obscure than Kirby to the broader population), so trust me when I say I'm with everyone here in spirit.

driver1980, I do have to say I also agree with your point, the very first thing I thought was "another one"? If there's money still to be made I get it from a business sense, but man it seems like this has all been covered many times before.

Watched this last night. Really well done from a filmmaking perspective. It basically takes audio and clips from old interviews, comic con appearances, TV shows, etc to tell his life story. The debate over creator credit is a significant aspect of the story, but definitely slanted towards Lee as the most important contributor. Still, it explores Ditko's and (especially) Kirby's side more than most mainstream works on Lee's life usually do. Nothing from Larry Lieber. Audio from Kirby, Simon, Flo Steinberg. Lots of clips from media I hadn't seen before, like Lee with Julie Schwartz and Carmine Infantino on a mid-70s (?) ep of the Tom Synder show that looks pretty interesting