''Stan Lee's Superhumans'' is a documentary

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that debuted from August 5, 2010 to September 17, 2014 on

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. It is hosted by

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creator

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...

and follows

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ist

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, "the most flexible man in the world", as he searches the globe for real-life

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s – people with extraordinary physical or mental abilities.See Real-Life X-Men in ''Stan Lee’s Superhumans''
Hugh Hart, ''Wired'', 12 August 2010 (retrieved 13 August 2010)

Series overview

List of episodes

Season One (2010)

Season Two (2011–2013)

Season Three (2014)

References

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External links

* (deadlink) * {{History shows 2010s American documentary television series History (American TV channel) original programming 2010 American television series debuts Works by Stan Lee