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At age 77 and retired from the industry, Fago recalls his career spanning animation (Fleischer Studios, Terrytoons), his four years as editor at Timely Comics filling in for Stan Lee during WWII, a decade on the syndicated Peter Rabbit strip, and a $1-million contract producing 100 Classics Illustrated-style books using Filipino artists. He reflects on the Marvel Method of plotting and the Wertham hearings' limited effect on his freelance work.

Daniels discusses his large-format history book Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, describing the nearly two years of research that went into it, including interviews with every Marvel editor-in-chief and dozens of creators from the 1930s through the present. He reflects on rediscovering overlooked figures such as wartime editor Vince Fago, and on his goal of making the book accessible to general readers beyond the direct-market audience.