Stan Lee (1922–2018) began his career with wartime Timely Comics, and staying the course throughout the Atlas era, Stan the Man made comic book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in story writing that endures to this day. With some of the industry’s greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, and more, forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After an almost literal lifetime of writing and editing, Lee was involved in movies and television via his company POV! Entertainment. He was Marvel’s chairman emeritus and best-known public representative.

Peter David is a long-standing and highly respected comics and science-fiction writer, with over two decades of experience. He wrote The Incredible Hulk for twelve years, is the author of novel: The Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast, and co-edited the short story collection The Ultimate Hulk. David has also worked on such titles as Supergirl, Star Trek, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Aquaman and many others. David lives in New York.