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Part one of a conversation with DC's Director of Development covering the critical and commercial reception of DC's recent editorial initiatives: Gold expresses satisfaction with The Flash and Green Arrow revamps and The Question, and reflects candidly on the missteps with Doom Patrol and Sonic Disruptors. The pair also discuss the evolution of comics conventions from their decade co-running the Chicago Comicon, noting increasing professionalism, shrinking sense of wonder among attendees, and the superior intimacy of small shows and store appearances.

Part two of an interview with DC's Director of Development and his wife Ann DeLarye-Gold, focusing on comics as show business, convention etiquette for professionals, and Mike's vision for DC's future. Gold explains his rationale for Action Comics Weekly as an anthology incubator, his enthusiasm for a Bugs Bunny mini-series aimed at all ages, plans to reprint classic Kanigher/Kubert Sgt. Rock stories, development of TSR role-playing properties, and a five-year vision of comics splitting into periodical and book-format "creative industries."