Comic book legend Stan Lee reads for literacy in Los Angeles.
Photo courtesy DisneyLOS ANGELES — Stan Lee sprawled out Monday on a bed on Hollywood Boulevard and started reading to passersby and anyone willing to listen.
No, it wasn't a side effect of gamma-ray poisoning. The Marvel Comics patriarch was taking part in Disney's Bedtime Stories Reading Relay.
To promote the release of Bedtime Stories on DVD and Blu-ray, Disney invited Lee and stars of the Adam Sandler comedy to read children's books to an assembled crowd on the grand steps at Hollywood and Highland on the Walk of Fame. For every book read during the event, Disney donated 100 books to First Book, a charitable organization providing reading material across the country to educational programs and children in need.
Lee told Wired.com that he didn't hesitate when asked to take part. After all, he's been supporting youth literacy for decades, when you consider generations of kids advanced their reading skills while enjoying the adventures of Spider-Man and Captain America.
"When I first started, I wasn't thinking about improving anyone's reading ability," Lee said. "I was trying to sell comics. But, as the years went by, I'd receive letters from parents saying, 'My kid was getting terrible grades in reading at school, but we've got him to read your comic books.'"
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