American · b. 1962
Mark Waid is an American comic book writer born in Alabama in 1962. He began as an editor at DC Comics in the 1980s and then turned to writing full time. He is best known for a long run on The Flash in the 1990s, which introduced Wally West as the central Flash, and for Kingdom Come, a 1996 miniseries painted by Alex Ross. He later wrote Captain America, Fantastic Four, and an acclaimed run on Daredevil that won Eisner Awards and gave the character a lighter tone. He also created Irredeemable, a series about a fallen superhero, and wrote Superman: Birthright, which retold Superman's origin. He served as editor-in-chief of Boom! Studios and founded the digital comics platform Thrillbent. Waid is known for defending optimistic, character-driven superhero stories, and his work has shaped how many readers see classic heroes.