Mark Waid is an American comic book author. He is well known for his eight-year run as author 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. From August 2007 to December 2010, Waid served as Editor-in-chief, and later, Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios, where he created titles such as Irredeemable, Incorruptible and The Traveler.
Waid has stated that his comics work was heavily influenced by Adventure Comics #369-370 , the two-part Legion story by Jim Shooter and Mort Weisinger that introduced the villain Mordru: It's a blueprint for everything I write.
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Waid entered the comics field during the mid-1980s as an editor and author on Fantagraphics Books' comic book fan magazine, Amazing Heroes.
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In 1987, Waid was hired to serve as an editor for Dc Comics where he worked on titles such as Secret Origins, Legion of Super-heroes, and part of Grant Morrison's critically acclaimed run on Doom Patrol. He also served short stints as editor on Action Comics, Infinity, Inc. , Legion of Super-heroes, and Wonder Woman, as well as various one-shots like Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. With Gotham by Gaslight, and in tandem with author Brian Augustyn, Waid co-created Dc's Elseworlds franchise.
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