The Marvel cinematic universe always delivers one specific thing in all its television and film properties. That one defining thing is a cameo by Stan Lee himself, who created many of the characters we see on-screen in Marvel movies and TV shows.
Netflix' Jessica Jones is no exception and Lee turns up exactly where fans might expect, particularly those familiar with the Daredevil series. Lee's photo shows up in the background in the Hell's Kitchen police station, exactly where it was in Daredevil.
Of course, it makes sense that the photo appears in both Daredevil and Jessica Jones, as the two series both exist in the same universe in Hell's Kitchen, New York.
Heroic Hollywood quickly spotted the photo of Lee, dressed in uniform as a police officer, in the latest trailer for the series.
Stan's photo appears on the right, just above the man's shoulder.
Here's the same photo of Lee as seen on Daredevil:
Lee usually appears somewhere in the background or as in a minor role in most Marvel cinematic universe properties. He's taken on many roles throughout Marvel's film and TV history: a hotdog stand vendor in X-Men, a security guard in Hulk, a man mistaken for Hugh Hefner by Tony Stark at a party in Iron Man, Odin in Thor and a school librarian in The Amazing Spider-Man, among other cameos.
Although Jessica Jones isn't one of Lee's creations, Marvel still honors him by using his photo on the wall in the background of the Netflix series as an important part of the company's history.
However, Jessica Jones' creators were Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, who developed a story about a superhero who hung up her cape after a traumatic experience. After that, she became a private detective handling cases involving people with superpowers. In the Netflix series, Jessica faces Zebediah Killgrave, aka the Purple Man, who has the ability to get inside her mind and control her thoughts and actions.
Bendis, as one of Jessica Jones' creators, took to his Tumblr earlier this year, praising the series.
"The show is so good. I have seen the first couple of episodes and because i didn't work on it directly i can say this with full no ego fanfare: I loved it!" wrote Bendis. "And believe me, i was going to be the hardest on it. Harder than any of you. Jessica is a part of my DNA. A bad Jessica Jones show would have hurt me deeply. BUT it is faithful and lively and everything that I could personally have wanted from the show."
Jessica Jones premieres on Netflix on November 20.
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