New York-native Afro-Latinx writer Vita Ayala graduated from DC Comics' inaugural Talent Development Workshop, soon working on some of the publisher's most famous characters -- including Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Suicide Squad. Their collaboration with artist Emily Pearson on zombie story The Wilds for Black Mask gained Ayala industry-wide attention, including at Marvel, where they demonstrated their talents on books including Shuri and Marvel Knights: 20th. The limited series Age of X-Man: Prisoner X followed, then the ongoing Morbius, and Ayala introduces a new generation of mutants for Dawn of X in Children of the Atom. In addition, they have written comic books featuring such diverse pop-culture icons as Xena: Warrior Princess and James Bond, as well as their critically acclaimed series Livewire for Valiant Comics.

Gurihiru is a Japanese illustration team comprising artists Sasaki and Kawano. They are based in the city of Sapporo, Japan. The pair has worked on several Marvel Comics titles -- including the various Power Pack limited series, Marvel Double Shot, Marvel Age Fantastic Four and Gus Beezer & Spider Man. In addition to drawing A-Babies vs. X-Babies, they also contributed to the Secret Wars: Secret Love one-shot.