Allen "Al" Milgrom (born March 6) is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West Coast Avengers penciller; and his long stint as the inker of X-Factor.

Milgrom grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan 1972.

Milgrom got his start in 1972–73 as an assistant for inker Murphy Anderson. During that period, Milgrom contributed to Charlton Comics' Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, Star*Reach, and comics put out by Warren Publishing and Atlas/Seaboard, before latching on with Marvel. (Milgrom also worked as a "Crusty Bunker" for Neal Adams' Continuity Associates in 1977.)

Milgrom came to prominence as a penciller on Captain Marvel, from 1975–77. He penciled Marvel Presents from 1976–77. At DC Comics in 1978, Milgrom co-created Ronnie Raymond, the original Firestorm with writer Gerry Conway. Milgrom spent long stints on Spectacular Spider-Man (1982–84), Avengers (1983–85), and West Coast Avengers (1985–89). Other comics Milgrom has pencilled include The Incredible Hulk, the limited series Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984–85) and Secret Wars II (1985–86), and numerous one-shots, annuals, and specials.

Volume 10 is a hip hop artist from Los Angeles, California. He was part of the Heavyweights Crew, which included artists Freestyle Fellowship, Medusa, Ganjah K, and other Los Angeles acts from what later became Project Blowed. His 1994 hit single Pistol Grip Pump was released to critical acclaim despite being edited for radio and referred to simply as Pump.

Volume 10 is featured in Ava DuVernay's 2008 hip hop documentary This Is the Life.

Volume 10's single "Pistol Grip Pump" was covered by Rage Against The Machine on their album Renegades.

"Pistol Grip Pump" was also featured in the movie Set It Off but was briefly heard.

"Pistol Grip Pump" was featured on the video game Def Jam: Fight for NY as a soundtrack song.

Silvio "Sal" Buscema (born on January 26, 1936, in Brooklyn,New York City, New York) is an American comic book artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk. The younger brother of comics artist John Buscema, he is known as "Our Pal Sal" in the language of Marvel Comics' old "Bullpen Bulletins" page.

Sal Buscema was the youngest of four children, preceded by brothers Al (b. July 28, 1923; deceased) and John (1927–2002), the latter of whom become a celebrated comic-book artist; and sister Carol (b. June 22, 1929; deceased). Their father, who was born in Italy and died in 1973, was a barber. Buscema grew up a fan of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant comic strip, of George Tuska's comic-book art, and of commercial illustrators such has Robert Fawcett, Al Parker, and Norman Rockwell, and called his artist brother John "greatly responsible for me pursuing drawing. ... John was definitely an inspiration". Like John, Buscema attended the High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1955. He got his start as a comic-book inker in the early 1950s when his brother agreed to let him ink comics pages; this led to Sal helping John by doing occasional background art on Dell Comics series John was drawing.

Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.

Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for the company that would become DC Comics.

After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He contributed to a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals and Crestwood Publications, where he and Simon created the genre of romance comics. He and Simon also launched their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Kirby ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of Marvel's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.