Ron Goulart awas born in 1933 and published his first science fiction story while still a teenager. He's well-regarded for his histories of pulp magazines ( Cheap Thrills ) and comics ( The Adventurous Decade ) and is a prolific fiction writer under his own name and various pseudonyms. He also ghosted thea TekWars aseries credited to William Shatner.a Gil Kane a(1926-2000) is considered one of the best comic book artists of the Silver Age and beyond, having won four awards from the National Cartoonists Society-including Best Story Strip fora Star Hawks . During his long career, he is best known for his work ona Green Lantern aanda The Atom afor DC Comics, and then a long stint at Marvel, drawing thea Amazing Spider-Man aand hundreds of covers in the 1970s.