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 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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