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Guice discusses how he and Bob Layton pitched X-Factor to Jim Shooter as a vehicle for the original X-Men characters, with Mike Carlin coming aboard as editor and coining the title. He explains that Jean Grey's return was not part of their original plan but was incorporated after John Byrne and Roger Stern proposed it. Guice also reflects on his origin story: breaking into comics via Southern Knights while working a day job designing patches, then drawing his first Micronauts issue with his arm in a cast, and his goal to make X-Factor feel as landmark as Kirby's Fantastic Four run. He describes his collaborative full-time creative process with Layton, and why he departed Swords of the Swashbucklers at issue #4.

Part three of an extended interview covering Roy's views on Golden Age and Silver Age continuity, his frustrations with DC's post-*Crisis* inconsistencies, and the challenge of depicting 1940s social attitudes authentically in Young All-Stars. Roy and Dann discuss their collaborative writing partnership and upcoming projects including Shazam, Helix, and plans to bring back Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., as well as ongoing work with Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt for Hero Comics and a new Doctor Strange series with Jackson Guice.