About the Author

Award-winning comic-book creator Brian Michael Bendis is one of the most successful writers in the industry today. As well as an acclaimed run on Daredevil, he has helmed a renaissance for Marvel's popular Avengers franchise and written the event projects House of M, Secret War, Secret Invasion, Siege and Age of Ultron. Bendis is one of the architects of Marvel's Ultimate line of comics, having written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its launch in 1999 and introduced the multiracial Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, to international media fanfare. Bendis has taken on Marvel's merry mutants in the pages of All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men and launched Guardians of the Galaxy into the stratosphere for Marvel NOW! His creator-owned projects include Scarlet with Alex Maleev, Brilliant with Mark Bagley, and Takio and the Eisner Award-winning Powers with Mike Oeming.Chris Bachalo spent the early years of his career collaborating with writer Neil Gaiman; his quirky style proved a perfect fit for the offbeat Sandman character Death. His work on Death: The High Cost of Living and its sequel, Death: The Time of Your Life, helped build a profile that would later see him make inroads with Marvel. His initial work on Generation X began a long association with the X-Universe across various titles that saw him become a fan-favourite artist of Marvel's mutants.Kristafer Anka began doing covers for Marvel on New Mutants and Age of Apocalypse, later becoming an exclusive artist for the publisher. His career gained steam after providing costume designs for Storm, Psylocke and the other members of the Uncanny X-Force team, along with covers for the book. Since then, Anka has illustrated A+X, All-New X-Men Special, Uncanny X-Men and X-Men.Brazilian native Marco Rudy has illustrated the miniseries Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape and The Shield for DC Comics, as well as the New 52 relaunch of Swamp Thing with writer Scott Snyder. He has also drawn issues of Superboy and Superman/Batman.