Question

Stan Lee is best known for his amazed superhero stories. Lee was born in New York City in 1922, and as a boy, he enjoyed reading books and going to the movies. He graduated from high school when he was just 16 years old and then got a job as an editorial assistant at Timely Comics. Timely Comics later became Marvel Comics. There, Lee soon became an editor, then a comic book writer, and finally, the publisher.

Lee’s first writing assignment was on a Captain America comic book in which he made Captain America throw his shield so that it returned to him like a boomerang. Lee helped create memorable comics such as Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, Iron Man, and Black Panther. He worked with the help of artists Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Starting in 1962, a team approach for developing the plots in comics began used Lee, Ditko, and Kirby. This meant that they could publish their comic books very quickly. Lee helped create characters who were different from others because they had human feelings and flaws. He also used what was going on in the world in his stories. He thinks it was important to discuss issues like prejudice and drugs.

In the late 1990s, when Lee was well into his 70s, he started turning Marvel comics into movies through his own company. His first movies X-Men and Spider-Man—were very popular and made lots of money. Lee also helped create Daredevil, Hulk, and Iron Man. The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel Entertainment in 2009 and released more movies, including Thor, The Avengers, Ant Man, and Black Panther.

Stan Lee is an inspiretion. He changed the comic book business by making the superheroes more human and by turning comics into movies. He showed that superheroes don’t have to be perfect—they just have to be interesting. Fans around the world were saddened on November 12, 2018, when Stan Lee passed away at the age of 95.

Timely Comics is a registered trademark of Marvel Characters, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. His first movies X-Men and Spider-Man—were very popular and made lots of money.
A. movies—X-Men
B. movies, X-Men
C. movies . . . X-Men
D. correct as is

Answer 1

A. movies—X-Men

Explanation: Adding an em dash after "movies" produces balanced dashes setting off the appositive "X-Men and Spider-Man" ("His first movies—X-Men and Spider-Man—were very popular..."). The other choices leave the appositive unbalanced or use inappropriate punctuation.