Six Degrees of Stan Lee Game

Rules and How It Is Played

Goal
Solutions solve a submission in 6 degrees (steps) or less back to Stan Lee.

Degree (Step)
A "degree" is defined as a direct connection through a specific comic book (Title and Issue Number).

Direct Connection
A "direct connection" is defined as a character or creator.

Characters
1) A character must appear directly or appear in flashback. A mere mention does not count.
2) Items and locations are excluded and not considered characters.
3) Characters are identified by their name. For example, Tony Stark is not interchangeable with Iron Man. A direct connection would be Tony Stark to Tony Stark, or Iron Man to Iron Man. But a multiple-step connection can be made. For example: Iron Man appears in X, Tony Stark is Iron Man in X, Tony Stark appears in Y.
4) Characters are identified by their identity. Two characters may share the same name but not be a connection because they have distinct and separate identities. For example, you may have a dog and a cousin who are both named "Cindy," but they are not interchangeable.

Creators
1) A creator is defined as a: writer, penciller, inker, colorist, letterer, or cover artist.
2) Editor, Editor-In-Chief, Chief Editor, and Executive Editor are excluded from this definition.
3) No unverified creator credits are allowed (sometimes a ? is used in databases when this happens).
4) No creator signatures are allowed as a connection. All connections must be "as printed," no after print connections are allowed.

Comic Books
1) Comic books are defined as "Standard Comic Issues" of original material.
2) Trades, omnibuses, magazines, hard cover editions, etc. are excluded.
3) No variants are allowed.
4) No reprints are allowed.

Solution Post Format
1) Solutions must be posted in the game thread.
2) Solutions must be a single post which includes the prior submission, the solution, and the next submission. Please do not split this into two or more posts or it won't count.
3) Solutions must be a "stand-alone" posts without quoting a previous post (we do this to reduce confusion and keep the game tidy and easily referenced).
4) Solutions must follow the format below, with sequential numbering of the prior submission and the new submission.

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Solution Post Format Example

Previous Submission:
75) Batman Black and White #1

Solution Post:

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Background/Primer

Six degrees of separation



Six degrees of separation is the idea that all living things and everything else in the world is six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps.

This is the entire basis for the success of LinkedIn. Your sphere of people you know is connected to their spheres.



Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a parlour game based on the "six degrees of separation" concept, which posits that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintance links apart. Movie buffs challenge each other to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and prolific character actor Kevin Bacon. It rests on the assumption that anyone involved in the Hollywood film industry can be linked through their film roles to Bacon within six steps. The game requires a group of players to try to connect any such individual to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible.



My original Six Degrees of Stan Lee game just took the above Kevin Bacon game and substituted Stan for Kevin.



This new "Six Degrees of Stan Lee" constrains the game entirely to comic books, through comic book characters and creators.

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Here's a visual trick that I use to quickly check for solutions:



Notice how the subjects and objects are alternately connected.

The solution is folded/pleated/CGC'd like an accordion.