Al Ewing is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press, 2000 AD and on Marvel Comics with smashing titles such as Immortal Hulk, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. Ewing has also worked on weekly projects such as Avengers: No Surrender and Avengers: No Road Home as well as contributing to Jonathan Hickman's X-Men saga with S.W.O.R.D., a title that focused on Abigail Brand and mutant expansion into galactic territory.
1st team appearance of Avengers Initiative: Iron Mariner, King Hulk (Teddy Altman), Madame Natasha Romanova, Thor (Foster), Vision, Namorina (Dorma McKenzie), Marvel Woman, Collapsar
1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos II under S.T.A.K.E.- Special Threat Assessment for Known Extranormalities: Warwolf II (1st), Hit Monkey, Jasper Sitwell, Vampire by Night, Manphibian, Nina Price, Orrgo, Teen Abomination
1st appearance of Dr. Toni Ho, a Chinese-American woman who later becomes the second Rescue and the third Iron Patriot
1st appearance of Neohedron, the mind of Evald Skorpion trapped in a crystal by The Maker, floating above the torso of a gorilla with the lower-half of a scorpion