Mark Waid

Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America. Waid was born in Hueytown, Alabama, and grew up in various towns in the deep South. A huge fan of DC's Silver Age, Waid has stated that his comi... more

Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America. Waid was born in Hueytown, Alabama, and grew up in various towns in the deep South. A huge fan of DC's Silver Age, Waid has stated that his comics work was heavily influenced by Adventure Comics #369-370 (1968), the two-part Legion story by Jim Shooter & Mort Weisinger that introduced the villain Mordru: "It's a blueprint for everything I write." Waid possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of comics history and trivia and also serves as DC Comics' unofficial historian. He entered the comics field during the mid-1980s as an editor and writer on Fantagraphics Books' comic book fan magazine, Amazing Heroes. In 1987, Waid was hired to serve as an editor for DC Comics where he worked on... less