I thought that firing of Max happened a little more than a few days ago. And from what I have read from all the people in the industry, he was really good to Stan.

See this Kevin Smith Tweet just from a couple of weeks ago

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Neal Addams gave a quote to Bleeding Cool here https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/02/comics-industry-concern-stan-lee-situation/

I am definitely still worried and curious what is going on, nothing positive it seems like.