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Dixon traces his animation career from Filmation through Ruby-Spears (Thundarr the Barbarian) and Tokyo Movie Shinsha (Mighty Orbots) to his role as story editor for the 1986 G.I. Joe season and story consultant on the G.I. Joe animated feature film. He explains how he devised the film's redemption-arc structure and created Serpentor's origin after being blindsided by Hasbro's introduction of the character mid-production, including two competing backstories that Hasbro wanted merged. He offers pointed commentary on network censorship versus syndication freedom, the hypocrisy of professional critics like Peggy Charren, and the misuse of the "gratuitous violence" argument.

Readers respond to recent issues; topics include praise for the Steve Gerber and Buzz Dixon interviews, a defense of G.I. Joe's characterization, comments on the Howard the Duck movie, and a reader's complaint about Marvel killing off major heroes under Jim Shooter's editorial tenure.

Reader Timothy Fay responds critically to a previous Buzz Dixon interview defending G.I. Joe as a "30-minute commercial." Artist William Stout and interviewer Steve Ringgenberg trade detailed corrections regarding factual and caption errors in a prior Frank Frazetta interview.