Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 22

Alien Legion co-creator Alan Zelenetz’s other Asgard-related works include a run on Thor and the graphic novel Raven Banner, another collaboration with Charles Vess. He has written for Master of Kung Fu; Moon Knight; What If?; and multiple Robert E. Howard-based series, including a run on King Conan/Conan the King. He also wrote the Official Handbook of the Conan Universe one-shot. His Alien Legion graphic novel, A Grey Day to Die, received the Squiddy Award for Favorite Graphic Album in 1988. After acting as an advisor on award-winning film Pi, he became a film producer; his work includes Darkon, The Funeral Party, The Goldberg Variations and Promiscuous Stories.

West Coast Avengers artist Bob Hall also penciled Avengers, Champions, Defenders, Marvel Team-Up, Super-Villain Team-Up and other Marvel titles. He was a major art contributor to Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition. At Valiant Comics, he worked on Shadowman and Timewalker.

Formerly a regular artist on Solo Avengers, as well as West Coast, Mark Bright is noted for working with writer Christopher Priest on Falcon, Power Man and Iron Fist, Quantum and Woody and other titles. He has also drawn Marvel’s incarnation of G.I. Joe and several DC flagship characters in Action Comics Weekly, Batman and Green Lantern.

Paul Ryan collaborated with Mark Gruenwald on Squadron Supreme, D.P. 7, Quasar and other titles. His #356-414 run on Fantastic Four is rivaled in length only by John Byrne and Jack Kirby. At DC, he penciled Batman, Flash and multiple Superman titles. He spent years penciling the Amazing Spider-Man comic strip, and penciled and inked the daily comic strip The Phantom for King Features Syndicate from 2005 until his death in 2016.