Editing Thomas Edison (section)

=== Commemorations and popular culture ===
{{Main|Thomas Edison in popular culture|List of things named after Thomas Edison}}
[[File:Thomas Edison issues of 1929 & 1949.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Thomas Edison issues of 1929 and 1947]]
Thomas Edison has been honored twice with two different U.S. postage stamps. The first was released in 1929 at Menlo Park, NJ, two years before his death; a [[:File:Two Cent Reds of 1926-1930.jpg|2-cent red]], on the 50th anniversary of his invention of the incandescent light, and again in 1947, 3-cent violet, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, [[First day of issue|first released]] in [[Milan, Ohio]], his place of birth.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Thomas A. Edison Issue  |publisher=U.S. Post office; Smithsonian National Postal Museum |year= |access-date=November 23, 2023 |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-modern-period-1940-present-commemorative-issues-1940-1949-1946-1947-2 |ref=smithsonian}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Scotts Specialized Catalogue of United States Postage Stamps |publisher=Scotts Publishing Company |location=New York|pages=88, 122 |ref=scotts}}</ref>

Edison has also appeared in popular culture as a character in novels, films, television shows, comics and video games. His prolific inventing helped make him an icon, and he has made appearances in popular culture during his lifetime down to the present day. Edison is also portrayed in popular culture as an adversary of [[Nikola Tesla]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Knapp |first=Alex |date=May 18, 2012 |title=Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015151534/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |website=Forbes}}</ref>