Captain Marvel — the MCU’s first standalone female superhero film — released this Friday. While the film has been hitting the right notes among audiences and critics, what stayed with audiences the most (apart form the invincible Goose the cat of course) was the beautiful tribute to Stan Lee in the beginning.

What seemed like the standard Marvel opening soon turned out to be a montage of Stan Lee cameos and we cheered for this legend. Fans across the world couldn’t hold in the feels and the Internet went an an emotional rollercoaster ride about this beautiful hat tip to the big daddy of the comic world.
everyone in my theater applauded after the stan lee tribute during the intro to captain marvel. and i mean EVERYONE. when i say that man has impacted so many people, i mean it.
— 𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓈𝑒 (@morphjng) March 8, 2019
Everyone during the Stan Lee tribute in #CaptainMarvel 😭 pic.twitter.com/W4TbDXggxj
— Heather Concannon (@hmmconcannon) March 8, 2019
hey @Marvel can you please keep the opening tribute to @TheRealStanLee in every movie now because it was amazing. #CaptainMarvel
— ash (@ashtothemoon) March 8, 2019
#CaptainMarvel has an awesome Stan Lee tribute, had the theater cheering from the very start. His cameo is super well done also.
— [TCA]mutamatt (@mutamatt) March 8, 2019
Stan Lee’s cameo was thee cutest thing on #CaptainMarvel ❤️ pic.twitter.com/WfYjCSgU4D
— Ivy🌿 (@misspoisenivy) March 8, 2019
THEY CHANGED THE MARVEL LOGO TO BE STAN LEE I CRIED IN THE THEATRE BEFORE THE MOVIE EVEN STARTED #CaptainMavel
— Ємιℓу Gяαнαм (@Emzlz) March 8, 2019
Me when the Marvel logo changed to Stan Lee #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/cQ9UG3piVn
— I don’t know how to Hogtie people!!! (@BNKGSH) March 8, 2019
Also when the opening credits were all Stan Lee #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/U2jtV3dFLR
— San Juana (@sanjuanacparamo) March 9, 2019
When they changed the Marvel intro to images of Stan Lee for Captain Marvel pic.twitter.com/ivH66oK8VE
— Adam Penale (@AdamPenale) March 8, 2019
They changed the marvel logo to have Stan lee on it… #CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/3pWZoylpRU
— x_taryn.c_x (@xtaryncx1) March 9, 2019
They did a quick tribute to Stan Lee at the beginning of #CaptainMarvel & everyone clapped. It was beautiful.
— 𝕌 𝕤 𝕒 𝕘 𝕚 (@Tanya_HanaKim) March 8, 2019
Truly a lovely way to remember the legend.