Steve Niles was born June 21, 1965. He is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line. Niles was born in Jackson, New Jersey and he was raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, developing various creative interests in music, writing, and making amateur films. He is credited among other contemporary writers for bringing horror comics back to prominence.

Keith Giffen has provided plotting, scripting, artwork or any combination thereof for titles such as ALL-STAR COMICS, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, RAGMAN, CREEPER, LOBO, SUICIDE SQUAD, THE DEFENDERS, HERO SQUARED!, and, um...AMBUSH BUG.

He's worked on the weekly series 52 and COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS, as well as 52 AFTERMATH- THE FOUR HORSEMEN and MIDNIGHTER, plus a gazillion other things. He also was the illustrator of the new 52 series O.M.A.C.