Daniel Wallace is the author or coauthor of more than fifty books, including The Jedi Path, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History, The World According to Spider-Man, Warcraft: Behind the Dark Portal, Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, and The New York Times best-selling book Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters. His specialty is exploring the underpinnings of popular fictional universes. Mirco Pierfederici began his career in the Italian comics business working as an inker and colorist before being hired by Marvel as a cover and interior artist. He now works exclusively for Marvel, drawing titles such as The Avengers, Wolverine, X-Men, and Marvel Zombies. He also illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of the original Tron movie. He lives in Senigallia, Italy.