Stan Lee has announced a new superhero character franchise: Nitron. The newest creation will be employed for film, television, and other digital formats. Lee is working with Michael Benaroya and Keya Morgan on the Nitron project. The franchise takes place in the present day and the characters are an advanced intelligent species secretly living on Earth. Stan Lee is the creator of some of Marvel's most iconic characters such as the X-Men, Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, and Thor.