- Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1921) is an American writer, editor, was the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist. Though no longer officially connected to the company, save for the title of "Chairman Emeritus", Stan Lee remains a visible face in the industry. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he introduced complex, …
- Alex Ross
Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross is an American comic book painter, illustrator and plotter, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work. Ross is known for his love of the vintage looks of classic characters and the more mythic elements of the superheroes. In the past ten years, Ross has done much work for the industry’s two largest and most historically important publishing houses, Marvel and DC Comics, but Ross is also the co-creator of "Astro City", …
- John Byrne
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born naturalised American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero. His best-known work has been on Marvel Comics' "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ "Superman" franchise. During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works including "Next Men" and "Danger Unlimited".
- Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has also won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics; for over the last seven years, Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic sales chart. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, …
- Jerry Siegel
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel a.k.a. Joe Carter (October 17, 1914 - January 28, 1996) was the co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable fictional characters of the 20th century
- Roy Thomas
Roy Thomas is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E. Howard's character and helped launch a sword and sorcery trend in comics.
- Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod on June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and a leading popular scholar of comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium.
- Gene Colan
Gene Colan (born September 1, 1926, the Bronx, New York City, New York) is an American comic book artist who sometimes worked under the name Adam Austin. Best known as one of the signature artists of the Marvel Comics superhero "Daredevil", its cult-hit series "Howard the Duck", and Marvel's "Tomb of Dracula", considered one of comics' classic horror series, he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005
- Len Wein
Len Wein (born June 12, 1948) is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men. He was born in New York City, New York.
- Joe Simon
Joseph H. Simon (born October 11, 1915) is a Jewish-American comic book writer, artist and editor who created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books, and who served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. His infrequently used pen names were Gregory Sykes and Jon Henery. With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, …
- Kevin Conroy
Kevin Conroy (born November 30 1955) is an American actor of stage, screen, and voice, perhaps best known for his portrayal of DC Comics superhero Batman in numerous animated series and features that comprised the DC animated universe.
- John Bolton
John Bolton (1951, London) is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for his dense, painted style, which often verges on the photorealism. Bolton gained a degree in graphics and design before he began, in an almost casual way, to work in comics. His first works in Great Britain were for magazines like "Look In" (alongside other British talents such as Arthur Ranson, Angus P. Allan and Jim Baikie), …
- Dan Jurgens
Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American writer and artist of comic books. He is best known for creating the superhero Booster Gold, and for his lengthy runs on the "Superman" titles "Adventures of Superman" and Superman (vol. 2), particularly during "The Death of Superman" storyline. Other series he has been associated with include "The Sensational Spider-Man" (Vol. 1), "Thor" (vol.
- Dick Giordano
Richard Joseph "Dick" Giordano (born July 20, 1932) is an American comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as editor of then industry-leader DC Comics.
- Ed Benes
José Edilbenes Bezerra is a Brazilian comic book artist, better known as his pen name Ed Benes. He is best known for his work on DC Comics' "Birds of Prey", "Supergirl", and "Superman" titles. Benes originally specialized in drawing superhero pin-up girls, but has matured significantly as an artist since his debut pencilling Wildstorm Comics' "Gen¹³". His sister, Mariah Benes, is also a talented artist.
- Billy Zane
Billy Zane (born William George Zane, Jr. on February 24, 1966) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best recognized for his role as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic", and as The Phantom in the 1996 eponymous film based upon the comic book superhero. As of 2007, Zane has appeared in over 50 films and numerous TV-series.
- John Smith
John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on "2000 AD" and "Crisis". His work is characterised by intricate, sometimes obscure plots and an interest in taboos and the occult. This is told in an elliptic, fractured narrative style reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or the cut-up technique of William S. Burroughs. Other notable influences include Michael Moorcock, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alan Moore and Noel Coward.
- Tony Isabella
Tony Isabella (born December 22, 1951) is an American comic book writer and commentator, best known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath and Black Lightning, DC Comics' first major African American superhero.
- Gerry Conway
Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway (September 10, 1952 -) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher (with artist Ross Andru) and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on "The Amazing Spider-Man". He is also known for co-creating the DC Comics superhero Firestorm (with artist Al Milgrom), and for scripting the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, …
- Scott Kolins
Scott Kolins is an American illustrator, writer and creator for multiple different superhero and science fiction comic books. His main credits are as a penciler but he is an established inker as well as colorist and has some credits as a writer.
- J. M. Dematteis
John Marc DeMatteis (born December 15 1953) is an American writer of comic books. A follower of the Indian guru Meher Baba, DeMatteis is known both for infusing superhero comics with spiritual concerns, and for his humorous touch.
- Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson is an artist best known as a penciler of major superhero comicbooks published by Marvel and DC. His first professional work was "Spider-Man" for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for 2000AD, beginning with a Future Shock written by Grant Morrison, and going on to achieve great acclaim with his detailed work on Judge Anderson (written by Alan Grant). His first work for DC Comics was a "Batgirl" special issue.
- Swordsman
The Swordsman is the name of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. Each of the men to use this name has essentially been a superhero, albeit a hero with no special powers, only skill with a sword. The first two Swordsmen have acted as supervillains at times. All of the Swordsmen save for the most recent one have been members of the Avengers.
- Gary Groth
Gary Groth (born 1954) is an American comic book editor, publisher, and critic. He is editor in chief of "The Comics Journal" and a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, young Groth published "Fantastic Fanzine", a fanzine and a pun on the Marvel Comics title Fantastic Four. Later Groth worked as an assistant to artist Jim Steranko. In 1976 Groth founded Fantagraphics Books Incorporated with Mike Catron, …
- George Pérez
George Pérez is a Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books. Along with John Byrne, he was arguably the most popular and influential artist in American comic books in the 1980s. He primarily illustrates superhero comics, mainly published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and is known for his clean, dynamic, yet ornate style, with a strong emphasis on group superhero action scenes.
- Angel Locsin
Angel Locsín, is a popular Filipina television and film actress, commercial model, film producer, and product endorser who was introduced in GMA Network's youth-oriented program, "Click". Locsin rose to prominence after being cast as one of the lead stars in the fantasy-themed television series "Mulawin" in 2004. Soon after, she starred as the superheroine Darna in the TV adaptation of the popular Mars Ravelo comics hit.
- Jack Cole
Jack Ralph Cole (December 14, 1914 - August 13, 1958) is an American comic book artist and "Playboy" magazine cartoonist best-known for creating the popular and highly influential superhero Plastic Man. He was posthumously inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1991, and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1999.
- Cary Nord
Cary Nord is an artist noted for his work in comic books. He started his career with superhero comics, eventually becoming a regular artist for Marvel's "Daredevil" series. He continued work on various Marvel and DC titles and is currently the artist for the new "Conan the Barbarian" series (written by Kurt Busiek) at Dark Horse.
- Rick Burchett
Rick Burchett is an illustrator known for his drawing of pop culture icons such as Batman and Superman. He has written, pencilled and inked a number of comic book series of the superhero genre. He began his artistic career in St. Louis, Missouri and did his early professional comics work at AC Comics, First Comics, Pacific, Capital, Impact and Vertigo. Burchett then joined DC Comics. His first work at DC was on Blackhawk, which was followed by titles like Batman, The Flash, …
- Scott Beatty
Scott Beatty is an American author who has worked extensively for the popular comic book publisher DC Comics since the mid '90s. He is perhaps best known for his work on several encyclopedic guides to superheroes.
- Nighthawk
Nighthawk is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme of Earth-712. There are actually several different Marvel incarnations of Nighthawk, one of whom was briefly a supervillain, but quickly became a hero. Nighthawk was created by Roy Thomas as part of a homage to the Justice League.
- Microbe
Microbe (Zachary Smith Jr.) is a fictional character, a superhero from Marvel Comics. He debuted in "New Warriors Vol. 3" #1. He is a mutant with the ability to communicate with germs and other microscopic organisms. He is a member of the New Warriors.
- Otto Binder
Otto Oscar Binder (August 26, 1911 - October 14, 1974) was a writer of American science fiction, non-fiction UFO, and comic books. He is best known for his 12-year stint at Fawcett Comics (1941 to 1953), writing stories for the characters Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, as well as Bulletman and Bulletgirl, and many other Fawcett superheroes. He is also the co-creator, with Marc Swayze and C. C. Beck, of spin-off characters such as Mary Marvel and Black Adam.
- Jerry Bails
Jerry G. Bails was an American popular culturist. He was known as The Father of Comic Book Fandom. He was one of the first scholars to approach the comic book genre as a field worthy of serious academic study.
- Paul Grist
Paul Grist (born September 9, 1960 in Sheffield, England) is a British comic book creator, noted for his hard-boiled police series "Kane" and his unorthodox superhero series "Jack Staff".
- Helix
Helix (Rafael Carago) is a fictional character, a mutate superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Tom DeFalco and Todd DeZago in Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Saga Alpha (part of the Clone Saga). His first appearance as a New Warrior was in New Warriors #62.
- Lee Falk
Leon Harrison Gross, more known by the alias of Lee Falk, (April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1999) was an American writer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strip superheroes "The Phantom" and "Mandrake the Magician", who at the height of their popularity secured him over a hundred million readers every day. He was also a playwright and theatrical director/producer, leading him to work with actors such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, …
- Dick Dillin
Richard Allen "Dick" Dillin (born December 17, 1929, Watertown, New York, United States; died March 1, 1980) is an American comic book artist best known for an extraordinary 12-year run as the penciler of the DC Comics superhero-team series Justice League of America. He drew 115 consecutive issues from 1968 up until his death, bridging the venerable title's Mike Sekowsky and George Perez eras.
- Mister Terrific
Mister Terrific is the name of two different superheroes in the DC Comics universe.
- Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff (born April 14, 1920, New York City, New York) is an American comic book artist best known for co-creating such DC Comics characters as Hawkgirl and Poison Ivy, and as one of Bob Kane's primary "ghost artists" (uncredited collaborators) on the superhero Batman. He is not to be confused with fellow Golden Age comics professional Sheldon Mayer.