Tom Waltz is a former active duty U.S. Marine, Desert Storm vet, and former California National Guard Military Policeman. He is an editor for IDW Publishing, and the writer of critically-acclaimed comics and graphic novels, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ; The Last Fall ; Finding Peace (with Nathan St John); the Silent Hill books Sinner's Reward , Past Life ,and Anne's Story ; and others. He has also written for video games, including Silent Hill: Downpour , Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime , and the TMNT games Brothers Unit e, and Mutants in Manhattan . He grew up in Clinton, Michigan, and lives in San Diego with his wife and two children. John Barber is IDW's Editor-In-Chief. A former editor at Marvel, his comics writing credits include: Transformers, Optimus Prime, Spidey, Doctor Strange, Back to the Future , and many other projects across many other media.

He lives in San Diego with his family. David Mariotte is a writer and editor at IDW Publishing in his hometown of San Diego, California. He spends tireless hours making good comics including Transformers vs. The Terminator , Hanazuki , Transformers , Sonic the Hedgehog , Canto , Scarenthood , and many more. He lives with his significant other, an old dog, a young cat, and too many Transformers.