Peter B. Gillis began as a 1970s freelancer on Marvel Two-in-One,
Super-Villain Team-Up and other titles. Later, he became regular
writer on Defenders, Eternals and Strange Tales, in which he
subjected Doctor Strange to a soul-searching gamut of good and evil
magic. Elsewhere in the Marvel multiverse, he wrote Micronauts- The
New Voyages and launched Strikeforce- Morituri with Brent Anderson,
telling tales of a universe in which superhumans must embrace death
to protect the Earth. He has also written for First Comics, TSR
Games and others; he co-created Shatter, the first digital
comic.
Roy Thomas joined the Marvel Bullpen as a writer and editor under
Stan Lee, scripting key runs of nearly every title of the time-
Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Daredevil, Doctor Strange,
Sub-Mariner, Thor, X-Men and more. He wrote the first 10 years of
Marvel's Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan; and
launched such series as Defenders, Iron Fist, Invaders and Warlock.
At DC, he developed All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc. and related
titles, proving instrumental in reviving the Golden Age Justice
Society of America. Thomas later became editor of Alter Ego, a
magazine devoted to comic-book history, and co-scripted the
sword-and-sorcery films Fire and Ice and Conan the Destroyer.
Steve Ditko (1927 - 2018) began his comics career in the
anthologies of the 1950s, where his unique style and perspective
quickly earned recognition and respect. Recruited to join Stan
Lee's Atlas Comics, later Marvel, in 1958, his nuances contrasted
well with Jack Kirby's bombast. In 1962, in the pages of Amazing
Fantasy, Ditko and Lee brought to life Peter Parker, the Amazing
Spider-Man, changing the industry forever. Leaving Marvel in 1966,
he drew Blue Beetle and Captain Atom for Charlton, Creeper and
Shade the Changing Man for DC, and his independent effort Mr. A.
Ditko returned to Marvel during the late 1970s and remained for
much of the 1980s, co-creating Speedball, Squirrel Girl and other
characters who would prove of unexpected importance in Marvel's
later years.
Ron Wilson began penciling the Thing's Two-in-One adventures in
1975 and remained for most of the title's run. He subsequently
illustrated follow-up series Thing until its end in 1986. Wilson
also contributed art for Avengers, Captain Britain, Power Man and
other titles, including the entire run of Marvel's licensed Masters
of the Universe series. At DC, he provided character designs for
the Milestone imprint.
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