Peter Sanderson has been working in comics for nearly three decades. Peter has worked primarily for Marvel and DC Comics. Sanderson is best known for his worked as a writer/researcher, on Marvel's Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe, he is the only person ever to receive the title of archivist at Marvel. In preparation for DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, Peter had to read every comic published by the company.

Peter Sanderson is a comics historian and critic, who was Marvel's first official archivist. He is the author of Dorling Kindersley's best selling X-Men: The Ultimate Guide, Mr. Sanderson was also one of the main writers of the first four versions of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.