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LOS ANGELES, June 30 (UPI) -- Stan Lee made it to the red carpet for Marvel's newest film, Ant-Man without incident Monday night. It was questionable whether or not he would attend after reports said the Spider-Man, Hulk and Iron Man creator made an emergency trip to the hospital over the weekend for unspecified reasons.
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Lee appeared energetic and witty as ever while speaking with Marvel Host Tamara Krinsky at Monday's premier. "All I want is an excuse to stand with my arm around you like this," he joked with Krinsky during the live stream. He continued to joke about his cameo, "I haven't seen it yet! The only reason I came was to see [it]."
The comic book mastermind also had quite a bit of background to offer to Ant-Man fans. He claimed the original comic was lacking in constant perspective, which caused the reader to lose their sense of the hero's size at any given time. "The thing about Ant-Man is that he's that small," he said, "and everything else is big."
"They never drew him tiny with something recognizable next to him -- like an apple or banana -- so you can see how small he is," he explained. "In comics, the drawings have to be the equivalent of special effects in a movie. They didn't put enough special effects in the comic books which is why he never became our best-selling hero, although he was always popular."
