Stan Lee has made 28 cameos in Marvel movies and shows — here they are

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"Spider-Man 3."
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While Marvel media includes multiple universes across TV and film, one thing unites them all: the Stan Lee cameo. Lee is a comic-book legend and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. His creative work began in 1939 and includes hugely recognizable characters like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and the X-Men.

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The 93-year-old has subtly appeared in all manner of Marvel media. He does films, including Marvel/Disney collaborations like "The Avengers" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" and Marvel/Fox film franchises like "X-Men," as well as Netflix and ABC television adaptations.

In honor of his cameo in "Deadpool," we've gathered all of Lee's Marvel cameos. Keep reading to see if you can remember them all.

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Stan Lee's first Marvel cameo was as a hot-dog vendor in "X-Men" (2000).

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He showed up as a helpless bystander in "Spider-Man" (2002).

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A young Matt Murdock saves Stan from walking into traffic in "Daredevil" (2003).

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He saves a woman from rubble while Spider-Man clashes with Doctor Octopus in "Spider-Man 2" (2004).

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Stan Lee was a postman in "Fantastic Four" (2005).

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Lee gets extremely weirded out when Jean Grey begins using her telekinesis in "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" (2006).

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Lee is a wedding crasher in 2007's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

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He comes across Peter Parker in Times Square in 2007's "Spider-Man 3."

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Here he is grabbing a drink in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk."

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That same year, Tony Stark mistakes Lee for Hugh Hefner in 2008's "Iron Man."

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In a nod to his original "Iron Man" cameo, Tony mistakes Lee for Larry King in "Iron Man 2" (2010).

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In "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011), Lee plays a retired general.

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Lee — unsuccessfully — attaches Thor's hammer to his pickup truck in the first "Thor" (2011).

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Lee pops up in a newsreel in the first "Avengers" movie in 2012.

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Lee's second cameo in the first "Avengers" movie was cut for time, but in the deleted scenes he's having lunch next to Captain America.

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Lee grooves out to classical music while Spider-Man and The Lizard battle behind him in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012).

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Lee gives a beauty contestant a perfect 10 in "Iron Man 3" (2013).

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Lee appears as a patient in a mental institution in 2013's "Thor: The Dark World."

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Lee is a security guard who loses Captain America's costume in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014).

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Rocket Raccoon spies him in 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy" flirting with a young woman.

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Lee attends Peter Parker's graduation during 2014's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."

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He's a stranger on a train in ABC's tie-in show "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." in 2014.

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He made his first, and so far only, animated-film cameo in 2014's "Big Hero 6."

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He also appeared in the first season of ABC's "Marvel's Agent Carter" alongside Tony's dad, Howard Stark, in 2015.

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He's a grizzled yet friendly bartender in "Ant-Man" (2015).

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He appears in the final episode of Netflix's "Daredevil" series in a photograph on the back wall in 2015.

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Also in 2015, when Jessica Jones visits the same station, with a surprise appearance from nemesis Zebediah Kilgrave, we see the same photo.

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Stan Lee's latest cameo is probably his raunchiest yet. In "Deadpool" (2016), Lee appears as an emcee at a strip club.

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