One doesn’t have to be a fan girl or fan boy to mourn the loss of the great Stan “The Man” Lee, who died Monday at 95; after all, the Marvel Universe has grown tremendously since Lee’s humble start as a comic-book writer. Lee and illustrator sidekick Jack “The King” Kirby debuted “The Fantastic Four” comic in 1960 — and the rest, including movie blockbuster franchises like “X-Men, “Spider-Man” and “Black Panther,” is pop-culture history. Lee even had funny cameos in nearly three dozen Marvel flicks. But it’s the true fans who will recall fondly Lee’s appearances in Hawaii: ever dapper, energetic and upbeat, whether it was a packed comics store or a confab at the convention center.

The Man may be gone, but the results of his creative genius live on.

That oceangoing trash comes from us

According to National Geographic, there are 269,000 tons of marine debris floating on the ocean surface, which means there’s no surprise why the feds swept up so much of it at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The most disturbing part? Experts say a lot of this mess comes not from seagoing vessels but from land-based sources. From us, in other words. It’s proof positive that where you see warnings at storm drains that rubbish tossed within ends up in the ocean, it’s true.