editorial
Put Stan Lee on the new license plates
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, AUGUST 3 12 0-SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 BTR
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BY ALEX MITCHELL
It would be different if the
newly proposed license plates
did not display the word ‘excelsior.’
While this phrase is of
course the Empire State’s
motto, it has too been coined
by not only a New Yorker, but
a Bronxite and hero by the
name of Stan Lee.
Governor Cuomo, the
Bronx Times Reporter encourages
you and the NYS Department
of Motor Vehicles to
include our borough’s Stanley
Martin Leiber on whichever
version of the newest license
plates are chosen to hit the
road with.
Given his nature to cameo
in many a Marvel fi lm, our paper
believes that having him
pop up on a license plate is the
perfect way to honor his legacy.
After all, he and his team
did give plenty of nods to the
beautiful New York state in
many different ways.
Of course he put Spiderman
in the World’s Borough,
Captain America in Brooklyn,
the Fantastic Four, Doctor
Strange, Daredevil and more
in Manhattan, but Lee didn’t
stop there.
He thought that the west
side of the Hudson Valley
was an ideal setting to move
the Avengers new facility
into while Professor Charles
Xavier’s school for the gifted
has been sitting pretty at
1407 Graymalkin Lane in
Westchester’s Salem Center
for plenty of years now as
well.
Clearly, the man loved New
York.
Instead of having all of
those roadway signs that tried
to showcase the state’s beauty,
it may have been a better investment
to just put some Marvel
graphics up.
Fortunately it’s not too late
to give our guy from University
Avenue some outstanding,
due recognition at the
state level.
Speaking honestly, the current
designs in contention are
a little less than dynamic and
you’ll have to go out-of-state
(likely New Jersey) to fi nd
a person that has a problem
driving behind Stan Lee.
If it makes things easier,
we would be happy to do a
graphic layout of some concept
art for the design to take
this project off of your hands.
Don’t worry; we won’t go too
overboard with it.
The Bronx Times Reporter
understands that with great
power comes great responsibility,
‘nuff said.
Stan Lee in August, 2017. AP/ Chris Pizzello
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