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Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, center, with Luke

LIer worked with Stan Lee on one of comics icon's last projects

Port Washington's Rick Silbert co-created "Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light," a final project that the Marvel Comics' icon worked on.

Celebrities Recent notable deaths
See all the movie stars, musicians, authors, sports figures and other notable people whom we've recently lost.
4/25/19
Books 'Fall and Rise': Reconstruction of 9/11 is a page-turner
Mitchell Zuckoff and I spent Sept. 11, 2001, in a similar pursuit: writing the main ...
4/25/19
Books Mary Giuliani talks celeb catering, new memoir
The aspiring actress found her calling serving pigs in a blanket to Elizabeth Taylor and Bradley Cooper.
4/24/19
Books 'Losing Earth': Are we too late to fight climate change?
The author argues that we lost a vital opportunity to reduce carbon emissions in the decade from 1979 to 1989.
4/23/19
Books What to read: An Ian McEwan novel, a love letter to Italy, more
New fiction and nonfiction releases worth checking out this week.
4/23/19
Books 'Courting Mr. Lincoln': Abraham Lincoln's love life
A historical novelist fashions a moving romantic triangle with the 16th president, his wife and his best friend.
4/23/19
Theater Next on 'The Prom's' dance card: A young adult novel
Saundra Mitchell, who has written more than 20 books for tweens and teens, will pen a young adult novelization of the hit Broadway musical "The Prom."
4/22/19
Books Prince memoir 'The Beautiful Ones' coming out this fall
The book depicts Prince's evolution through deeply revealing, never-before-shared images and memories and culminates with his original handwritten treatment for his masterwork, "Purple Rain."
4/22/19
Books Authors appearing on LI, week of April 21
Readings and signings in Nassau and Suffolk this week.
4/20/19
Books Bestsellers for the week ending April 13
Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by NPD BookScan for the week ending April 13.HARDCOVERFICTION1. WHERE ...
4/19/19