Mark Waid
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Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962) is an American comic book writer best known for his writing on DC Comics including The Flash, Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and Marvel Comics' Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil for Marvel Comics.
Waid served as Editor-in-Chief and then Chief Creative Officer of Boom from August 2007 to December 2010. Irredeemable, Incorruptible, and The Traveler are three of his scripts at The Traveler's Studio, where he wrote titles such as Irredeemable, Incorruptible, and The Traveler.
Early life
Waid was born in Hueytown, Alabama. He has claimed that his comics work was heavily influenced by Adventure Comics #369–370 (1968), Jim Shooter and Mort Weisinger's two-part "Legion of Super Heroes" (which introduced Mordru) in 1971. The book, according to Waid, is "a blueprint for everything I write."
Personal life
Waid lives in California as of 2019.
Career
During the mid-1980s, Waid worked as an editor and writer on Fantagraphics Books' comic book fanzine Amazing Heroes. In Action Comics #572, Waid's first comic book story "The Puzzle of the Purloined Fortress," an eight-page Superman tale, appeared.
In 1987, Waid was hired as an editor for DC Comics, where he worked on such titles as Action Comics, Doom Patrol, Infinity, Inc., Legion of Super-Heroes, Secret Origins, and Wonder Woman, as well as other one-shots including Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Waid co-created DC's Elseworlds imprint with Gotham by Gaslight and in tandem with writer Brian Augustyn.
In 1989, Waid stopped writing for freelance writing assignments. He spent time on DC's short-lived Impact Comics line, where he wrote The Comet and scripted a dialogue for Legend of the Shield.
When Waid was hired to write The Flash by editor Brian Augustyn, he began the project, which would bring him to greater prominence in the comics industry. For eight years, Waid was on the top of the world. In 1993, he wrote a Metamorpho limited series and created Impulse, a man who appeared in The Flash #92 (July 1994). Waid and artist Humberto Ramos' Impulse began in 1995. In November of the same year, Waid and Howard Porter collaborated on the Underworld Unleashed limited series, which was at the forefront of a company-wide crossover storyline.
He was in charge of writing the "Apocalypse" crossover, his first big project for Marvel Comics was as one of the writers. He later co-created the Onslaught character for the X-Men line.
During which Waid was matched with artist Ron Garney, Marvel editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Gruenwald recruited him as Gruenwald's successor as the writer of Captain America. Waid and Garney received critical praise for their efforts on the title, but they stayed on it until the title was relaunched with a different creative team as part of the 1996–1997 "Heroes Reborn" storyline. Rob Liefeld gave Waid the opportunity to script Captain America over plots and artwork created by his studio's studio, but Waid turned down. That was a full year, following which Waid and Garney returned to the title for another relaunched series, Captain America volume 3, issue #1–23. In addition, Waid wrote ten of the 12 issues (skipping issues #7 and 10)).
The graphic novel Kingdom Comes is a result of Waid and artist Alex Ross' 1996 work. This tale, which is set in the future of the DC Universe, depicted Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other heroes as the world around them changed. It was written in reaction to the 1980s and 1990s' "grim and gritty" comics. "Waid's deep knowledge of the heroes' pasts benefitted them well," DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz wrote, and Ross' unique painted art style made a convincing argument about the world they created. Many of the concepts in Kingdom Come were later developed into the current DC Universe, and Waid himself wrote a sequel to the series The Kingdom.
Grant Morrison and Waid worked on a variety of initiatives that would successfully reestablish DC's Justice League to prominence. JLA: Year One, as well as ongoing research, were among Waid's contributions. Hypertime was first published in The Kingdom and was used to explore continuity in the DC Universe.
On JLA and the JLA: Heaven's Ladder (Oct. 2000) one-shot, Waid collaborated with artists Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary.
Waid co-wrote Empire with Barry Kitson in 2000, whose protagonist was a Doctor Doom-like supervillain named Golgoth who had defeated all superheroes and conquered the world. The series was originally published by Gorilla Comics, a company founded by Waid, Kurt Busiek, and others, but the company was sold after only two issues were published. In 2003 and 2004, Empire was built under the DC Comics brand. The first year of Crossgen's Ruse story was written by Waid.
With Marvel's debut issue, Fantastic Four vol. 2, Waid began a legendary runas writer of Marvel's Fantastic Four in 2002 with his former Flash artist Mike Wieringo. The 3 #60 (Oct. 2002) at a discounted price in the United States for nine cents per year, and by June 2003, Marvel publisher Bill Jemas tried to convince Waid to abandon his "high-adventure" approach to the series, Sue's office-temp breadwinner, Reed's amazing but impractical inventions, and that Reed's new 'arch-enemy," the book turns into "a wacky suburban dramed At first, Waid, who felt that this was too much of a departure from what he had been hired to write, was dissatisfied. Following a lengthy discussion with editor Tom Brevoort, Waid found a way to make the requested changes, but by then, the decision to ban Waid and Wieringo from the series had been made. Following the outrage, Waid and Wieringo's re-election on the title was restored in a matter of time. With issue #524 (May 2005), Waid and Wieringo concluded their Fantastic Four adventures, by which time the previously revived series had resurfaced to its original numbering.
With Superman: Birthright, a twelve-part limited series that was supposed to be the new official origin story of the Man of Steel, Waid chronicled the origins of the "modern" Superman. Several characters and elements from the Silver and Modern Age Superman comic books and homages to Superman: The Movie and the Smallville television series were included in Birthright.
In December 2004, Waid rejoined the Legion of Superheroes, working with Barry Kitson. With issue #30 (July 2007, he brought an end to his run on the series). In 2005, Waid agreed to a two-year exclusive deal with DC Comics. Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, and Keith Giffen co-wrote the 52 limited series that spanned the year in the DC Universe following the Infinite Crisis. A new launch of The Brave and the Bold by artist George Pérez, as well as a a brief appearance at The Flash, was another project for DC.
Boom! The San Diego Comic-Con International, July 27, 2007. Waid will be a member of Boom! The following month, the Editor-in-Chief will return to office. As his non-creator roles at Washington sailed, he said that all his future creator-owned work will be with Boom!
Waid was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of BOOM. In August 2010, the studio was restored. In December, Waid announced that he would leave the role and return to freelance writing, though he will continue writing for the publisher.
In the late 2000s, Waid spent time on the Spider-Man creative team, contributing to several issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, including a meeting between Spider-Man and Stephen Colbert in The Amazing Spider-Man #573.
In issue #612 (Jan. 2010), Waid scripted the opening of "The Gauntlet" storyline. Strange is a science fiction written by Waid, as well as several Boom! Studios, especially Irredeemable with artist Peter Krause and its spinoff Incorruptible, are among them. In July 2011, Marvel relaunched a monthly Daredevil story with Waid taking over writing duties. Waid and artist Paolo Rivera received accolades for their work on the project, as well as multiple Eisner Awards in 2012, including Best Continuing Series and Best Single Issue for issue #7. In addition,, Waid was named Best Writer for his Darevil assignment, as well as his efforts on Irredeemable, and Incorruptible. Waid was named "Best Writer" by the Harvey Prize in addition for his Daredevil contributions. Waid and artist Leinil Francis Yu published The Indestructible Hulk series for Marvel in November 2012.
In 2011, Waid launched Thrillbent, a free digital comics website, with the name Insufferable. On October 2, 2013, Waid's essay "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers" caught a lot of attention within the comics industry, with The Hollywood Reporter describing it as "a vital study on company practices in a state of flux for publishers both large and small." Artist Chris Samnee and Mark Bagley produced a new series for Daredevil and The Hulk in 2014. S.H.I.E.L.D., a Waid's S.I.E.L.D., debuted in December 2014. The title debuted, and it featured several characters from the television series Agents of S.H.I.L.D. The Marvel comics universe is now in its entirety. He later wrote All-New, All-Different Avengers, Black Widow, and The Avengers.
Strange Fruit for Boom was created by Waid and artist J. G. Jones. In July 2015, the studio was opened in the city of Los Angeles.
The Champions for Marvel was co-created by Waid and artist Humberto Ramos in 2016. Waid returned to the Captain America series in 2009, this time alongside artist Chris Samnee. In 2018, Waid and Jesus Saiz introduced a new Doctor Strange series. A Ant-Man and the Wasp miniseries were also introduced by Waid, in conjunction with the 2019 film of the same name.
Humanoids Publishing revealed that it was releasing a H1 imprint at the 2018 New York Comic Con, whose contributing designers included Waid.
Marvel announced on April 9, 2019, that Waid would write Invisible Woman, her first solo series since her debut in 1961.
Waid was named in April 2022 as one of more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine, a venture led by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose funds would be donated to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing Ukraine's February 2022 Russian invasion. Waid collaborated with artist Gabriel Rodriguez (artist) to create an original tale with new characters crafted specifically for the anthology.