True believer: the rise and fall of Stan Lee

Overture : what it takes

Ambition and its discontents. Escape at any cost (To 1939)

Means of ascent (1939-1945)

Quiet desperation (1945-1961)

Mister Marvel. What price victory? (1961-1966)

Lonely at the top (1966-1972)

Chafing in the C-suite (1972-1980)

Lost in Hollywood (1980-1998)

Get rich quick. The great experiment (1998-2001)

Spotlight and shadow (2001-2017)

Disintegration (2017-2018)