George RR Martin is a master at using Game of Thrones characters and he learned that from Marvel and Stan Lee.
the series of Game of Thrones It was a real bombshell a few years ago and now we can see the spin-off titled the house of the dragon in hbo max. Fans expect it to have the same tone with violence, epic stories, and a lot of betrayal. As George R.R. Martin, creator of the saga and producer of the programs, has shown that any character can succumb to the baser instincts. Something that according to him, he learned from the comics of Marvel of Stan Lee.
In a recent interview with The Independent, George R.R. Martin reveals that one of his biggest influences was the comic Marvel titled avengers #9:
“That’s all Stan Lee, and you can see it in all my work! Characters who kill unexpectedly, characters who are not what they seem, characters who are part good and part bad. gray characters. You don’t know where they are going to jump when the time of crisis comes. Stan Lee’s fingerprints are all over it.”
What is this comic about?
avengers #9 from 1964 is written by Stan Lee and has the art of jack kirby Y dick ayers. Among the main heroes we find Avengers like Captain America/Steve Rogers, Thor, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Giant-Man/Henry Pym Y Wasp. While the villains are Baron Zemo / Heinrich Zemo, Enchantress Y executioner. It is also the first appearance in Marvel of wonder-manalso know as Simon Williams. He underwent some experiments led by Zemo that gave him great power, but also caused him to need a medicine from time to time in order not to die. So Zemo forced him to join the Avengers to lead them into a trap. But his last great act was noble and he preferred to die before ending up as a villain.
The House of the Dragon series will premiere on August 22, 2022 on HBO Max.