Alan Cowsill is a writer and editor who has worked extensively for Marvel UK/Panini and Eaglemoss. He created the award-winning Classic Marvel Figurine Collection and DC Super Hero Collection for Eaglemoss Publications and presently edits the Marvel Movie Collection for them. His books include DC Comics: A Year by Year Visual Chronicle (DK), The Spider-Man Chronicle (DK), Marvel Avengers Character Encyclopedia (DK), Colin the Goblin, Punch Drunk Kisses, Zombie 18, and the award-winning graphic novel World War One (Campfire). He was also one of the writers of Revolutionary War (Marvel).

Alex Irvine's novel A Scattering of Jades won the Crawford Award for Best New Writer.

He also won awards for Best New Novel from Locus Magazine and The International Horror Guild and was a finalist for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

He is an acclaimed writer of novelizations including Transformers Exodus. Iron Man: Virus, and Pacific Rim, which won the Scribe Award for Best Adapted Novel.

Matthew K. Manning is the author of over forty books and dozens of comic books. His work ranges from the popular Batman: A Visual History to a series of graphic novels featuring the military's bomb squad in Afghanistan.

Over the course of his career, Manning has written books starring Batman, Superman, Scooby-Doo, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Harley Quinn, among others.

Manning is currently writing the highly anticipated crossover comic book series Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures.

Melanie Scott has written and contributed to a range of comic book related publications, including Black Widow- Secrets of a Super-Spy, Marvel's Greatest Comics, DC Ultimate Character Guide, Marvel Ultimate Fact Book, DC- Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, and Ultimate Marvel.

Daniel Wallace is a comic book expert, sci-fi sage, and lifelong geek. Author or co-author of more than two dozen books including The Jedi Path, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History, Iron Man Manual, Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman, and the New York Times bestselling Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters, his specialty is exploring the underpinnings of popular fictional universes.