Stan Lee Cancels Denver Comic Con Appearance

For the last two weeks all I have heard about from my "geeky" friends is how geeked they are to head to Denver Comic Con coming up in just over a week. Said geeks will be sad to learn Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee will not be appearing. And to pay between $175 to $275 to attend and meet Lee, you would have to be a pretty serious geek.

Lee, 90, apologized to fans and Comic Con officials in a statement issued Thursday.

"Just want you to know I'm disappointed as hell that I can't make your Con in Denver this year," Lee said in the statement.

"Something came up in regards to one of my next cameos, and I can't face the fury of all of Marveldom Assembled by not being available for the shoot," he wrote.

Lee, himself, announced he would be attending this year's con in a recorded message played on the closing day of last year's con.

"We share our fans disappointment in this cancellation, but we are working 24 hours a day to make this a kick butt show," Charlie La Greca, co-director of Denver Comic Con told The Denver Post Thursday. "No one can replace Stan 'the man,' but fear not , Denver Comic Con already has another guest lining up that is sure to have fans far and wide just as excited."