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    Mark Waid
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Bio:
Mark Waid bought his first comic, Batman #180, at age four and has never once since entertained the notion of not buying comics. He lived all over the Deep South through his formative teenage years, though you couldn't tell it by his accent, thank God.


In his early twenties, granted only the writing skills one absorbs by living life as a copious reader, Waid began freelance reporting for the comic book trade publications Amazing Heroes and Comic Buyer's Guide. This led to a brief staff position in the mid-1980s as editor of Amazing Heroes, followed by a longer editorial tenure at DC Comics (1987-1989), where he edited Legion of Super-Heroes, Secret Origins, Doom Patrol and a host of one-shot titles. With writer Brian Augustyn, Waid co-created DC's extremely successful franchise of "Elseworld" stories with Gotham By Gaslight, a tale of what Batman's career might have been like had he been active during the days of Jack the Ripper.


Waid left staff in 1989 to pursue a full time freelance career. Since then, he has written stories for every major comics publisher, including Marvel Comics (X-Men, Captain America), Archie Comics (where he served briefly as their cover-gag editor), Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics, under whose banner Waid produces most of his work. In years past, he has written every major comics character from Superman to Batman to Spider-Man. Waid's current credits include The Flash, whirlwind adventures of the Fastest Man Alive; Impulse, chronicling the exploits of Flash's teenage cousin; Ka-Zar for Marvel Comics and Ash: Cinder and Smoke, a six-issue mini-series forthcoming from Event Comics.


Though he can name only 38 states, Waid possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of comics history and trivia and also serves as DC Comics' unofficial historian. Each working day, he routinely fields phone calls from DC's other writers and editors, all of whom ask questions as diverse (just to pick two from one day) as "What's the date on the giant penny in the Batcave?" (1947) and "What are the names of Lois Lane's parents?" (Sam and Ella).


Currently, Waid lives outside Philadelphia, anxiously awaiting the day his parents will finally break down and confess to him that he is, in fact, not their actual child but rather an adopted orphan from the doomed planet Krypton.


He waits still.

This entry is drawn, either in part or in the main, from dragoncon.org

Date of Birth: 21 March 1962
Birthplace: Hueytown, AL USA

Website: http://www.markwaid.com/


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Awards:
  • 1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominee - Best Writer: (Flash, Impulse, Kingdom Come [DC] and Captain America [Marvel])
  • 2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Nominee - Best Writer: (Ruse [CrossGen])

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Writer:
52 (2006)
Action Comics (1938)
The Adventures of Superman (1987)
All Flash (2007)
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant (1999)
The Amalgam Age of Comics (1996)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
Ash (1994)
Ash: Cinder & Smoke (1997)
The Astonishing Spider-Man (2007)
Astonishing X-Men/Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Sketchbook (2009)
The Avengers (1963)
Batman in Barcelona: Dragon's Knight (2009)
Batman: Cover to Cover (2005)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989)
The Best of the Brave and the Bold (1988)
Booster Gold (2007)
The Brave and the Bold (2007)
Captain America (1968)
Captain America (1998)
Captain America (2005)
Captain America: Red, White & Blue (2002)
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (1998)
Captain America: The Legend (1996)
City of Heroes (2005)
The Comet (1991)
Comics Spotlight (2002)
Countdown (2007)
Countdown to Mystery (2007)
Crisis on Multiple Earths (2002)
Crossgen Chronicles (2000)
Crucible (1993)
The Crusaders (1992)
Crux (2001)
Cthulhu Tales (2008)
CyberForce/Hunter-Killer (2009)
DC Comics Presents: The Atom (2004)
DC Infinite Halloween Special (2007)
DC Universe Special: Superman (2008)
DC Universe: Trinity (1993)
DCU Holiday Bash (1997)
Deadpool (1994)
Deadpool Classic (2008)
Detective Comics (1937)
Edge (2002)
Elseworlds 80 Page Giant (1999)
Empire (2000)
Empire (2003)
Fantastic Four (1961)
Fantastic Four (1998)
Fantastic Four: The Movie (2005)
Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold (1999)
The Flash 80-Page Giant (1998)
The Flash Plus (1997)
Flash Special (1990)
The Flash TV Special (1991)
The Flash (1987)
Flash/Green Lantern: Faster Friends (1997)
Gatecrasher (2000)
Gatecrasher: Ring of Fire (2000)
Gog (Villains) (1998)
Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (1998)
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (1990)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988)
Green Lantern (1990)
Green Lantern 80-Page Giant (1998)
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992)
Gross Point (1997)
Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Vol. 2 (2007)
The Hire (2004)
House of M: Spider-Man (2005)
House of M: Spider-Man, Fantastic Four & X-Men (2009)
Hunter-Killer (2005)
Hunter-Killer: Dossier (2005)
Hunter/Killer: Collected Edition (2005)
Impact Winter Special (1991)
Impulse (1995)
Impulse: Reckless Youth (1997)
Incorruptible (2009)
The Incredibles: City of Incredibles (2009)
The Incredibles: Family Matters (2009)
The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM (2007)
Iron Man/Captain America '98 (1998)
Irredeemable (2009)
Jersey Gods (2009)
JLA (1997)
JLA - Oikeuden puolustajat (2001)
JLA Secret Files and Origins (1997)
JLA: Heaven's Ladder (2000)
JLA: Year One (1998)
JLX (1996)
Joker, The: Stacked Deck- The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990)
Justice League Quarterly (1990)
Justice League Task Force (1993)
Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (1996)
The Justice Society Returns (2003)
Ka-Zar (1997)
Kingdom Come (1996)
The Kingdom (1999)
The Kingdom: Kid Flash (1999)
The Kingdom: Nightstar (1999)
The Kingdom: Offspring (1999)
The Kingdom: Planet Krypton (1999)
The Kingdom: Son of the Bat (1999)
L.E.G.I.O.N. (1989)
Legend of the Shield (1991)
Legendary (2008)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1989)
Legion of Super-Heroes (2005)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow (1999)
Legionnaires (1993)
The Life Story of the Flash (1997)
Magneto and the Magnetic Men (1996)
Marvel Holiday Special (1991)
Marvel Milestones: Onslaught (2006)
Metamorpho (1993)
National Comics (1999)
Negation (2002)
Occupational Hazards (2000)
The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Cross-Over Index (1986)
The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index (1986)
The Official Legion of Super-Heroes Index (1986)
Onslaught (1995)
Onslaught: Marvel (1996)
Onslaught: X-Men (1996)
Operation: Stormbreaker (1997)
Painkiller Jane (1997)
Potter's Field (2007)
Potter's Field: Stone Cold (2009)
The Ray (1994)
Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics (1997)
Robin Plus (1996)
Ruse (2001)
Sarjakuvalehti (1990)
Saurians: Unnatural Selection (2001)
Secret Origins (1986)
Secret Origins 80-Page Giant (1998)
Secret Origins featuring the JLA (1999)
Showcase '96 (1996)
Sigil (2000)
Silver Age (2000)
Silver Age 80-Page Giant (2000)
Silver Age Secret Files & Origins (2000)
Silver Age: Dial H for Hero (2000)
Solar, Man of the Atom: Hell on Earth (1998)
Speed Force (1997)
Spider-Man 2099 (1992)
Spider-Man Family (2007)
Spider-Man Team-Up (1995)
Strange (2010)
Super Soldier (1996)
Super Soldier: Man of War (1997)
Superboy (1990)
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (2006)
Superman (1987)
Superman: Birthright (2003)
Superman: Cover to Cover (2006)
Superman: The Man of Steel (1991)
Superman/Batman Secret Files 2003 (2003)
Superman/Batman: Alternate Histories (1996)
Tales of the Marvel Universe (1997)
Teen Titans (2003)
Teen Titans/Legion Special (2004)
Uncanny X-Men (1963)
Underworld Unleashed (1995)
The Unknown (2009)
The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh (2009)
Valor (1992)
Voltron: Defender of the Universe (2004)
The Web (1991)
Wha...Huh? (2005)
Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
Who's Who: Update '93 (1992)
Wild Times: Wetworks (1999)
Wildstorm Rarities (1994)
Writers Block 2003 (2003)
X-Mannen (1982)
X-Men (1991)
X-Men Unlimited (1993)
X-Men: Alpha (1995)
X-Men: Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse (1995)
X-Men: Omega (1995)
X-Men: Road to Onslaught (1996)
X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic (2007)
X-Men: Twilight of the Age of Apocalypse (1995)
X-O Manowar (1996)
Zombie Tales (2005)
Zombie Tales: Oblivion (2005)

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Editor:
2 Guns (2007)
52: The Companion (2007)
Action Comics (1938)
Amazing Heroes (1981)
The Anchor (2009)
Animal Man (1988)
Aquaman Special (1989)
Batman Begins: Special DVD Issue (2005)
Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation (2005)
Blood Bowl: Killer Contract (2008)
Challenger Deep (2008)
Christmas With the Super-Heroes (1988)
Cthulhu Tales (2008)
Daily Planet (1988)
Doom Patrol (1987)
Fall of Cthulhu: Godwar (2008)
Gotham by Gaslight: An Alternate History of the Batman (1989)
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988)
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (1990)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988)
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (1987)
Hawkman (1989)
Hero Squared: Love and Death (2009)
High Rollers (2008)
Infinity Inc. (1984)
The Last One (1993)
Last Reign: Kings of War (2008)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1989)
Necronomicon (2008)
Private Files of the Shadow (1989)
Salem: Queen of Thorns (2008)
Scream Queen (2008)
Secret Origins (1986)
Seekers Into the Mystery (1996)
Station (2008)
Superman Archives (1989)
Unthinkable (2009)
Walt Disney's Christmas Classics (2009)
Warhammer 40,000: Defenders of Ultramar (2008)
Warhammer 40,000: Exterminatus (2008)
Warhammer 40,000: Fire and Honour (2008)
Warhammer FCBD (2009)
Warhammer: Crown of Destruction (2008)
Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes (1988)
Who's Who: Update '88 (1988)
Wonder Woman (1987)
Young All-Stars (1987)
Zombie Tales (2007)
Zombie Tales: The Series (2008)



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