Star-studded Stan Lee memorial planned

Stan Lee’s devoted fans will have a chance to mourn him alongside his friends, family and co-creators at a memorial in Hollywood on Jan. 30, organizers announced Wednesday.

Lee’s company POW! Entertainment announced that it will honor the Marvel Comics mogul outside the TCL Chinese Theatre, where Lee’s hand and foot prints are in concrete.

The memorial’s organizers include filmmaker and Lee superfan Kevin Smith, who will moderate a discussion of Lee’s life and work that is set to include actors Mark Hamill and Vincent D’Onofrio.

Smith, in a statement, called Lee “the literary titan of comic books” and “our modern-day Mark Twain.”

The evening will include speakers, musical performances, an art exhibit, and costumes and props from Lee’s creations and Marvel-movie cameos.

“Stan was a unique and unforgettable human being,” Gill Champion, Lee’s founding partner at POW!, said in a statement. “He loved coming to work and creating new ideas and stories and in spite of his genius he was a relatable and kind man.”

A private memorial is planned inside the venue immediately after.

Lee, whose co-creations include Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Black Panther, died Nov. 12 at age 95. He was laid to rest the same week in a small, private funeral.

MATT SAYLES/AP 2011 Comic book genius Stan Lee, who died in November, will be publicly memorialized at an event Jan. 30.