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Romita recounts his career from 1940s romance and war comics through his time at DC, then his return to Marvel where Stan Lee brought him onto Daredevil using Jack Kirby layouts as a bridge, and ultimately to Amazing Spider-Man. He details creating key characters including Mary Jane Watson (modeled on Ann-Margret), the Kingpin, and Robbie Robertson, and describes how he and Lee collaboratively developed stories under the Marvel method, with Romita often co-plotting and acting as quality-control over other artists.

Two separate interviews are presented together: the first, conducted by Brian Talley, covers Romita Jr.'s career from breaking in via Iron Man (with Dave Michelinie and Bob Layton) through his long run on Amazing Spider-Man, exploring his father's influence (John Romita Sr. discouraged him from comics), his views on social commentary and violence in comics, and his feelings about ego and self-imposed pressure. The second, a shorter piece by Steve Saffel who caught him dropping off art at the Marvel Bullpen, focuses on his new role as X-Men penciller — he discusses the challenge of following Byrne, Cockrum, and Paul Smith on what he calls a "suicide book," his working relationship with Chris Claremont, his affinity for the diverse cast, and his careful research for location-specific issues.

In a broad career retrospective, Wein recounts the creation of Wolverine (a name supplied by Roy Thomas, with a costume designed by John Romita Sr.) and the new X-Men lineup with Dave Cockrum, including the origin of Storm from two merged character concepts. He shares opinions on what subsequent writers did with his creations — disliking the move toward Wolverine killing — and discusses his fondness for The Incredible Hulk, favorite Batman stories, working with Alan Moore on Swamp Thing, and early career breaks through fanzines and Joe Orlando at DC.