Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins is a comics letterer, colourist, writer and editor whose career includes extensive work at Marvel. He moved through editorial assistant and assistant editor roles in the early 1980s before becoming an editor later in the decade, while also contributing lettering and colour work.

His lettering appears in the English-language edition of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira published through Marvel's Epic imprint. He also wrote and edited material for Defenders of the Earth. His varied credits reflect the combination of editorial, written and production work involved in bringing comics to publication.