The series was written by David Tischman, with art by Glenn Fabry.

[2] The story is told through Come Together, a Behind the Music-like documentary looking back on the team directed by Nick Mansfield, the son of one of The Mates.

It then relates the history of the fictional universe through the decades, each one bringing their own types of superhero.

Martijn Form reviewed the first issue for Comics Bulletin and was not impressed with the story, also finding the dialogue "mediocre" and the plotting "forced".

He liked Fabry's cleaner line work suggesting "he's just about the perfect guy for this particular job" and while he didn't struggle as much with the plot jumping about in time he felt the part in the present was not as engaging or interesting as The Mates during the Sixties, although even this fell into a predictable pattern: "Okay, it's the Beatles as superheroes, but then what?".