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Bruning, DC's art director, and Rozakis, DC's production manager, explain the shift from letterpress to offset printing that has transformed DC's output, noting that Camelot 3000 was the first DC book printed offset and tracing the development of Baxter paper, Rono-web paper for Ronin and Dark Knight, and the new dollar-priced offset format debuting with The Spectre. Bruning describes his integrated design philosophy — as seen in Watchmen (where the cover is literally the first panel) — and his earlier career founding Capital Comics and publishing Nexus, Badger, and Whisper before "Black September" drove small publishers out. Rozakis details the production department's heroic efforts to meet press deadlines, including Murphy Anderson's late-night runs to Teterboro Airport with film for the Montreal printers.

Part two of a conversation with DC's art director and production manager, covering corrections made for the collected DARK KNIGHT RETURNS edition, the production challenges of HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE, and a detailed discussion of the troubled Flexographic printing press at World Color/Sparta. Rozakis defends his early support of Flexo despite disastrous results on WHO'S WHO #1, while Bruning critiques the inadequate black coverage and warns that letterpress presses built around World War II are aging out. Rozakis also reflects on the autobiographical roots of 'MAZING MAN and its cancellation.

Motter and Askwith discuss how DC's authorized four-issue Prisoner comic sequel came together, tracing the project from a chance lunch meeting between Motter and DC art director Richard Bruning through the creative and legal challenges of licensing the likenesses of Patrick McGoohan and Leo McKern. They explore their collaborative writing method, the deliberate decision to leave the series' core mysteries unanswered, and their conscious use of visual and verbal echoes from the TV show. The interview also covers Motter's upcoming design work for Piranha Press and Askwith's plans for a realistic spy series with artist Rick Taylor.