Mike Marts is a seasoned insider with over 25 years’ experience in the comic book and entertainment business. Mike has edited some of the most critically-acclaimed and highest-selling series of the last two decades, and has spearheaded several of the industry's most popular and successful comic book franchises including Batman, X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Mike has worked with over a thousand creators and artists in his storied career, giving many of the industry’s top talent their first assignments. Throughout the years, Mike has honed his unique ability to recognize and develop burgeoning talent, shepherding many of them to great careers across the comic industry. Mike possesses the creative expertise of being able to recognize quality, marketable properties and assemble top-notch complementary creative teams.

Mike is the current Editor-in-Chief of AfterShock Comics, a company he helped launch in 2015 and in just two years was named Diamond Retailer’s 2017’s Small Publisher of the Year. Formerly, he spent a decade each at the two powerhouses of the industry, as Executive Editor at Marvel Comics and Group Editor at DC Comics.