Hama explains the inter-office politics and workflow when you're a writer in the gargantuan Marvel X-Men universe, and then sends a comic and toy nerd off the rails when he suggests a letter Folan wrote to Wolverine as a kid.
Hama explains how he went about taking over writing duties on Marvel's Wolverine comic book in the 80's and what makes Wolverine such an iconic character.
Hama explains the differences in writing for the two comic majors - Marvel & DC - and how much more unsure of themselves Marvel characters tend to be than their DC counterparts.
Hama is steered into an obscure blip on his resume, writing the DC Comics' C.O.P.S. comic book, before explaining what it is that entertains him in fiction and character development.
Hama covers a range of topics about the rebirth of G.I. Joe in 1982 - how he got the gig writing the comic, creating the characters and Cobra, Hasbro's sexist views towards female characters, and "the fear" that fuels his writing.
Hama shifts G.I. Joe gears to the creation of the character military dossiers on the back of the action figure packaging - how they came to be, then actually reads some of the original, unedited copy that he wrote 30 years ago.
