Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Superhero creator Stan Lee finally gets a star on Hollywood 's Walk of Fame on Tuesday , a week after his 88th birthday . Lee jokingly asked why he had to wait 50 years after the first star was awarded and 70 years after his comic book career began . `` I 'll talk to somebody about that , '' Lee told CNN . Lee 's characters include Spider-Man , The Incredible Hulk , X-Men , The Fantastic Four , Iron Man , Daredevil , The Avengers , Silver Surfer and Dr . Strange . `` I 'm pretty proud of the fact that some of the stories I wrote so many years ago are still being read and hopefully enjoyed by the public and people are making motion pictures based on them , and television series and even a Broadway show , '' Lee said . Lee pays attention to everything , he said , including last month 's accident that injured an actor in the Spider-Man Broadway show . `` Not a sparrow falls but that I notice , '' he said . His favorite creation is Spider-Man `` because he 's the most popular and he 's known and loved worldwide , '' he said . `` But I really loved them all and whichever one I was writing at the moment , that was my favorite . '' As for his characters , he said he `` just dreamed them up , '' and they do n't have roots in his childhood . `` As a child , I did n't really know anybody who shot webs or crawled on buildings or wore suits of armor and flew or anything like that , '' he said . `` I just imagined , and there they were . '' The long life and broad success of his comic book characters were unexpected , he said . `` We just hoped that the books would sell and we would continue to get our salary and be able to pay our rent . '' How much longer they live depends on how producers and writers treat them in the future , he said . `` If people take the care with them that they have taken up to now , there 's no reason why these things could n't last as long as any legendary fictional characters , '' Lee said . The movies based on Lee 's comic books `` have done so much for the characters '' by giving them glamour and prestige , he said . `` When they were in comic books , they were still read all over the world and pretty well-known all over the world , but they did n't have , you might say , the respect that they have now because of movies , '' he said . Lee spends time these days also working on the Stan Lee Foundation , a nonprofit group that concentrates on educating children , he said . `` To me , education is one of the most important things in the world , '' Lee said . `` Somebody who is n't educated , it 's like running in a race with one leg tied behind them . '' He 's still writing new stories for his POW ! Entertainment company . `` To me , the most important thing in the world is to keep busy , and I 'm happy to say I 'm lucky enough to still be busy , '' he said . Lee 's Hollywood star , to be dedicated Tuesday morning , will be the 2,428th on the Walk of Fame .
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