A former business manager to Stan Lee pleaded not guilty to elder abuse charges that allege he stole from the late Marvel Comics legend and held him against his will.

Los Angeles police say Keya Morgan was taken into custody in Arizona early Saturday on an outstanding arrest warrant.

Keya Morgan was charged with elder abuse against comic book legend Stan Lee on Monday.

Under Lee’s leadership, Marvel Comics introduced a generation of comic book readers to Black Panther, Luke Cage and the diverse X-Men.

Winnipegger Tony Hazzard said the appeal of Stan Lee's work, for him, was the attempts at making superheroes relatable – for readers to see themselves in characters with extraordinary powers.

'We lost a good one. What a man and what a life. Marvel’s original superhero,' Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson wrote about Stan Lee.

Celebrities offer their thanks, remembrances and condolences in the death of Marvel legend Stan Lee, who died Monday at age 95.

Comic-book legend Stan Lee, who created Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther, Daredevil and many other Marvel heroes, has died at the age of 95.

Police have been investigating reports of elder abuse against Stan Lee since at least February.

In court documents, the Marvel Comics legend claims the defendants fraudulently stole his "identity, name, image, and likeness as part of a nefarious scheme to benefit financially at Lee's expense."