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IS_123

Was Stanley company name decided after Stan Lee??

fallboss007

I don't think but idk

NeuralGnat

Insomnia is such a drag, right? :-)

IS_123

@NeuralGnat said in #3:

Insomnia is such a drag, right? :-)
Yeah I thought of that and can't wait to know the answer, though google is declining it but I doubt

@NeuralGnat said in #3: > Insomnia is such a drag, right? :-) Yeah I thought of that and can't wait to know the answer, though google is declining it but I doubt

IS_123

@fallboss007 said in #2:

I don't think but idk
I do think that, 80% doubtful

@fallboss007 said in #2: > I don't think but idk I do think that, 80% doubtful

NeuralGnat

From Wikipedia: "The Stanley legacy began in 1843 when Frederick Trent Stanley established The Stanley Works as a bolt and door hardware manufacturer in New Britain, Connecticut."

I think this might be before Stan Lee's time...

From Wikipedia: "The Stanley legacy began in 1843 when Frederick Trent Stanley established The Stanley Works as a bolt and door hardware manufacturer in New Britain, Connecticut." I think this might be before Stan Lee's time...

MIHIR_KATTI

do we all live in a simulation?

AnySecond

@MIHIR_KATTI said in #7:

do we all live in a simulation?
indubitably

@MIHIR_KATTI said in #7: > do we all live in a simulation? indubitably

Mrchess78

I think Stan Lee does some stuff on the web.:D yepp.

botboiiii2

#10

Not at all if you think this I think you might need to stop playing chess and go to checkers because seriously it obviously isn't Stan Lee created marvel stoop not stanley,we all obvi know that but what does marvel have to with a cupThe enduring confusion over the origin of the Stanley company's name stems from a simple coincidence of nomenclature, creating a persistent but entirely unfounded myth. While Stan Lee is a titan of 20th-century pop culture, the Stanley brand's history is rooted in 19th and early 20th-century American industry, with two distinct and unrelated founders named Stanley predating the comic book icon. Disentangling the histories of these names reveals that the tool and drinkware giant’s heritage is one of hardware manufacturing and thermal engineering, not superhero storytelling.
The first thread of the Stanley company's origins begins in 1843, when Frederick Trent Stanley founded a hardware manufacturing company called Stanley's Bolt Manufactory in New Britain, Connecticut. This enterprise grew and, in 1852, was incorporated as the Stanley Works. Just five years later, Frederick's cousin, Henry Stanley, established a separate company in the same town: the Stanley Rule and Level Company. The two tool-making businesses eventually merged in 1920, solidifying the name and brand that would become known for durable hand tools. The lineage of Stanley Black & Decker, the modern successor, is a story of New England manufacturing excellence and strategic corporate expansion, a world away from the comic book industry.
The second, more recent Stanley brand is the maker of the now-ubiquitous thermos and tumbler cups. This company was founded in 1913 by William Stanley Jr., an electrical engineer from Brooklyn. His invention, the all-steel vacuum bottle, was a revolutionary departure from the fragile, glass-insulated bottles of the time. William Stanley Jr.'s thermal engineering prowess gave rise to the brand we now associate with insulated drinkware, and he died in 1916, years before Stan Lee's creations would hit newsstands. While now owned by Pacific Market International, this drinkware company still bears the inventor's name.
The comic book legend, Stan Lee, was born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922, nearly a decade after the Stanley vacuum bottle was invented. The name "Stan Lee" was a pseudonym he adopted early in his career to reserve his birth name for what he hoped would be more serious literary pursuits. This detail alone is enough to debunk any suggestion that he founded a company using the singular name "Stanley." Lee's significant business ventures, like his co-founding of POW! Entertainment in 2001, were undertaken under his well-known professional name and occurred many decades after the industrial Stanley companies were established.
Ultimately, the connection between the company Stanley and the comic creator Stan Lee is a testament to the mind's tendency to link similar-sounding names across vastly different cultural spheres. What began as two separate legacies built by innovative men named Stanley—one in hardware, the other in thermal engineering—has been mistakenly conflated with the creative legacy of a comic book writer born decades later. The truth is a more nuanced story of industrial heritage, revealing that the Stanley name was forged in the factories of New England and the workshop of a prolific inventor, long before the first costumed hero ever leapt across a comic panel.

Not at all if you think this I think you might need to stop playing chess and go to checkers because seriously it obviously isn't Stan Lee created marvel stoop not stanley,we all obvi know that but what does marvel have to with a cupThe enduring confusion over the origin of the Stanley company's name stems from a simple coincidence of nomenclature, creating a persistent but entirely unfounded myth. While Stan Lee is a titan of 20th-century pop culture, the Stanley brand's history is rooted in 19th and early 20th-century American industry, with two distinct and unrelated founders named Stanley predating the comic book icon. Disentangling the histories of these names reveals that the tool and drinkware giant’s heritage is one of hardware manufacturing and thermal engineering, not superhero storytelling. The first thread of the Stanley company's origins begins in 1843, when Frederick Trent Stanley founded a hardware manufacturing company called Stanley's Bolt Manufactory in New Britain, Connecticut. This enterprise grew and, in 1852, was incorporated as the Stanley Works. Just five years later, Frederick's cousin, Henry Stanley, established a separate company in the same town: the Stanley Rule and Level Company. The two tool-making businesses eventually merged in 1920, solidifying the name and brand that would become known for durable hand tools. The lineage of Stanley Black & Decker, the modern successor, is a story of New England manufacturing excellence and strategic corporate expansion, a world away from the comic book industry. The second, more recent Stanley brand is the maker of the now-ubiquitous thermos and tumbler cups. This company was founded in 1913 by William Stanley Jr., an electrical engineer from Brooklyn. His invention, the all-steel vacuum bottle, was a revolutionary departure from the fragile, glass-insulated bottles of the time. William Stanley Jr.'s thermal engineering prowess gave rise to the brand we now associate with insulated drinkware, and he died in 1916, years before Stan Lee's creations would hit newsstands. While now owned by Pacific Market International, this drinkware company still bears the inventor's name. The comic book legend, Stan Lee, was born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922, nearly a decade after the Stanley vacuum bottle was invented. The name "Stan Lee" was a pseudonym he adopted early in his career to reserve his birth name for what he hoped would be more serious literary pursuits. This detail alone is enough to debunk any suggestion that he founded a company using the singular name "Stanley." Lee's significant business ventures, like his co-founding of POW! Entertainment in 2001, were undertaken under his well-known professional name and occurred many decades after the industrial Stanley companies were established. Ultimately, the connection between the company Stanley and the comic creator Stan Lee is a testament to the mind's tendency to link similar-sounding names across vastly different cultural spheres. What began as two separate legacies built by innovative men named Stanley—one in hardware, the other in thermal engineering—has been mistakenly conflated with the creative legacy of a comic book writer born decades later. The truth is a more nuanced story of industrial heritage, revealing that the Stanley name was forged in the factories of New England and the workshop of a prolific inventor, long before the first costumed hero ever leapt across a comic panel.