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A week before his 88th birthday, the comics legend was joined by Todd McFarlane at the ceremony.
"I'm pretty proud of the fact that some of the stories I wrote so many years ago are still being read and hopefully enjoyed by the public and people are making motion pictures based on them, and television series and even a Broadway show," Lee told CNN.
It was first announced that Lee would receive the honour in July 2007.
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