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From the desk of Stan Lee!

Like many successful businessmen who traveled frequently, Lee often used his secretaries for correspondence that bordered on the personal. Here Lee writes to a Los Angeles Municipal judge about a matter that never concerned him during his long walks in New York (although Lee has always enjoyed driving and the status that comes with the purchase of certain automobiles). He also uses his minor celebrity to a positive end in praise of an airline stewardess who was particularly solicitous to him. Finally, Lee goes after a few perks such as finding out who made those amazing towels at the Savoy. (That trip to London was one of the first big publicity-related sojourns of his post-scripting comics career.)

Lee had a positive relationship with his secretaries. He seems to have been a pleasant but reasonably demanding employer, and reports indicate he wouldn't hesitate to have secretaries run personal errands or perform even light editorial duties as it suited him. Lee also seemed to like things done just right -- Lee's archived papers contain at least one directive to a secretary on the subject of how to construct letters the Stan Lee way (including never directly inviting future correspondence from fans or other frequent letter writers). Among his fellow comics professionals, predominantly male, Lee was known for having incredibly attractive female office help, a fact that many creators would comment on decades after they stopped visiting Stan in his various Manhattan offices.

Stan Lee's time on the road is discussed in Chapters 11 and 15.

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