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Stevens discusses his role as co-producer on Disney's The Rocketeer film, covering the seven-year development process, the choice of director Joe Johnston, and the faithfulness of the adaptation to his original comic. He also talks extensively about his history in storyboard work (including Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Michael Jackson Thriller video), his love of good girl art and painters like Gil Elvgren and Robert McGinnis, and his plans to shift toward writing and film work rather than continuing as a comic-book artist.

The founder of Graphitti Studios explains how he pioneered quality licensed comic-character T-shirts for the direct sales market, having started with Dave Stevens' Rocketeer and Will Eisner's Spirit before word-of-mouth brought creators to him. Chapman discusses the frustrating difficulty of licensing from DC and Marvel (whose licensing arms demand unrealistic revenue projections for niche characters), the technical process of hand-separated and laser-scanned screen printing, and the current bestseller: a new Cerebus "Most Holy" shirt. He also previews upcoming expansion into cloisonné pins and a signed limited hardbound edition of The Rocketeer graphic novel.

Writer/producer Bilson discusses developing The Flash as a CBS primetime series, explaining how the show is inspired by Watchmen, The Dark Knight, and American Flagg rather than campy TV superhero conventions. He covers the casting of John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen, Dave Stevens' costume design, Howard Chaykin's role as story editor, and the challenge of competing against The Cosby Show and The Simpsons in its time slot. He contrasts the show's grounded, dark tone with prior superhero TV productions and previews plans for costumed villains and moral ambiguity.