Silvestri draws in sharp angles, whipping hair and tense wiry anatomy, a look that defined a stretch of Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. He co-founded Image Comics and built Top Cow, home to Witchblade, Cyberforce and The Darkness.
Checchetto builds real, lived-in environments and stages action inside them like a director. His Daredevil work has turned Hell's Kitchen into a specific place rather than a backdrop.
Bagley is one of the most dependable storytellers in the business: clean staging, legible action, month after month without slipping. He drew Amazing Spider-Man for years, then more than a hundred issues of Ultimate Spider-Man.