Kurt Busiek is a comic writer, who mainly did superhero comics. He has written for among others DC since 1982, and for Marvel in 1983. He has become famous for his 'Astro City', and many other Marvel creations, like 'Thunderbolts', 'Iron Man' and 'The Avengers'. Other titles by Busiek are 'Shockrockets' and 'Arrowsmith'.