X-Men Epic Collection: Fall Of The Mutants

• Chris Claremont is best known for his sixteen-year run on Uncanny X-Men. His focus on prejudice and tolerance built an unparalleled following. Under his pen, the X-Men franchise spawned numerous spin-offs, many written by Claremont himself. His other credits include Iron Fist, Ms. Marvel, Power Man, and Spider-Woman. Claremont has returned to the X-Men universe in New Exiles, GeNext, X-Men Forever, Chaos War: X-Men, and Nightcrawler.

• Tom DeFalco began his comic book career with Archie and DC, later moving to Marvel to write Avengers, Machine Man, and launch the hit series Dazzler. He had long, well-received runs on Amazing Spider-Man and Thor, eventually becoming editor-in-chief. In the 1980s, he headed the creative team for G.I. Joe fictional biographies. His best-known work is Spider-Girl, introduced in 1998. DeFalco has authored multiple books, including Ultimate Guides for Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, and Spider-Man.

• Marc Silvestri entered the comics industry in the late ‘80s with runs on Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. In 1992, he co-founded Image Comics, where his imprint, Top Cow, is a longstanding autonomous studio. At Image, Silvestri created popular properties like Cyberforce, Witchblade, Weapon Zero, and The Darkness. He has returned to Marvel’s mutants on New X-Men and X-Men: Messiah Complex.

• Kerry Gammill has illustrated Fantastic Four and Power Man and Iron Fist for Marvel, and DC’s Superman. In Marvel Team-Up, he and J.M. DeMatteis introduced Frog-Man and the White Rabbit. He also penciled Louise Simonson’s scripts on Fallen Angels. Moving to the film industry, Gammill worked as a special-effects artist, character designer, and storyboard artist on projects like Species II and Tremors: The Series. He was also involved with Monster Kid Magazine, focusing on classic monster movies.

• Rick Leonardi’s artistic achievements for Marvel include three incarnations of Cloak and Dagger, as well as Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, and Spider-Man 2099. At DC, he drew Batman family titles like Batgirl and Nightwing, and the comic/film crossover Green Lantern vs. Aliens. He penciled Painkiller Jane for Event Comics.

• Alan Davis began his career at Marvel UK with an acclaimed run on Captain Britain. He broke into U.S. comics with runs on Batman and the Outsiders and Detective Comics. Hired by Marvel U.S. in 1986, Davis launched Excalibur with Chris Claremont, a unique and humorous title. When Davis took over as writer, he continued plot threads from his Captain Britain run. After writing and drawing X-Men, he illustrated Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers Prime and contributed to X-Men: Schism.

• Arthur Adams, recognized for his distinctive and detail-intensive art, began with Ann Nocenti in Longshot, earning him a Russ Manning Award. He has worked on miniseries and one-shots, including several Uncanny X-Men Annuals, and had stints on Fantastic Four and X-Factor. He co-created “Jonni Future” for Alan Moore’s Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales and his creator-owned Monkeyman and O’Brien was published by Dark Horse Comics. Adams is renowned for cover art and has illustrated trading cards, posters, shirts, toy designs, film advertisements, and X-Men-themed Campbell Soup labels. Jeph Loeb’s Hulk series featured Adams’ interior art.

• Marshall Rogers (1950-2007) provided pencils for Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Doctor Strange, G.I. Joe, and Silver Surfer. His best-known non-Marvel work is an acclaimed run on Batman titles with writer Steve Englehart. Rogers was chosen as the artist for the Batman newspaper comic strip when it debuted in 1989.

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