Mark Waid

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in Hueytown, Alabama, The United States

March 21, 1962

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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.

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So I’m Asking For Your Help.

I’m putting out an urgent public call to readers and fans, especially those who support the new and the innovative. I’m getting behind something I believe in, and I’m asking you to join me–and Brian K. Vaughan and Scott Snyder and Matt Fraction and Brian Bendis and Gail Simone and many, many other comics creators, all of whom have volunteered to talk to you about what we do and how we do it. We...

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Mark Waid's Books

Average rating: 3.98 · 56,142 ratings · 2,462 reviews · 227 distinct works · Similar authors

	Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Alex Ross (Illustrator), Elliot S! Maggin (Introduction) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 19,867 ratings — published 1996 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid, Leinil Francis Yu (Illustrator), Gerry Alanguilan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3,022 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	JLA, Vol. 7: Tower of Babel by Mark Waid, Dan Curtis Johnson, Christopher J. Priest 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,180 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irredeemable, Vol. 1 by Mark Waid, Peter Krause (Illustrator), Grant Morrison (Afterword) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,784 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daredevil, Volume 1 by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Manuel Rivera 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 1,233 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	JLA: Year One by Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson (Illustrator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irredeemable, Vol. 2 by Mark Waid, Peter Krause (Illustrator) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irredeemable, Vol. 3 by Mark Waid, Peter Krause (Illustrator) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irredeemable, Vol. 4 by Mark Waid, Diego Barretto (Illustrator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdom Come #1 "Strange Visitor" by Mark Waid (Author), Alex Ross (Illustrator) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Mark Waid

Kingdom Come (5 books)
by Mark Waid (Author), Alex Ross (Illustrator)
4.2340310799548995 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 20,399 ratings

Legion of Super-Heroes (single issues) (8 books)
by Mark Waid, Barry Kitson (Illustrator), Mick Gray (Illustrator), Kalman Andrasofszky (Illustrator)
3.686513629842181 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 2,788 ratings

The Flash (II) (17 books)
by Mark Waid, John Rogers, Keith Champagne, Daniel Acuña (Illustrator), Freddie E. Williams II (Illustrator), Doug Braithwaite (Illustrator)
3.8092536010475775 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 2,291 ratings

Daredevil Vol. III (6 books)
by Mark Waid (Text), Tom Peyer (Text), Javier Rodriguez (Illustrations)
4.161652218255992 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 1,961 ratings

Fantastic Four (9 books)
by Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo
3.7525354969574036 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,479 ratings

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Quotes by Mark Waid

“Socrates should have written comics.”
― Mark Waid

tags: comics, philosophy, socrates

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“Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?”
― Mark Waid, Kingdom Come #2 "Truth and Justice"

tags: batman, comic, comics, graphic-novel, plan, plot, superhero

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“...If you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic, cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job!”
― Mark Waid, Daredevil, Volume 3

tags: comic-books, commentary, literary-criticism

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Polls

Which of these books would you like to be our Seventh Group Read Discussion (July 2012)?

The winning pick will be our official Seventh Group Read Discussion. The 2nd place finisher will have an optional discussion thread.

by Jonathan Hickman

8 votes, 20.0%

by David Mazzucchelli

7 votes, 17.5%

by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

6 votes, 15.0%

by Gail Simone

5 votes, 12.5%

by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

4 votes, 10.0%

by Mark Waid and Alex Ross

4 votes, 10.0%

Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1 The Assassin's Road

by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima

3 votes, 7.5%

by Joe Sacco

2 votes, 5.0%

by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester and Ande Parks

1 vote, 2.5%

by Emmanuel Guibert

0 votes, 0.0%

40 total votes

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