Mark Waid is an American comic book writer, born in Hueytown, Alabama. He began as a writer and editor at the fan magazine Amazing Heroes before joining DC Comics staff in 1987. He is best known for Kingdom Come (with painter Alex Ross), his long run on The Flash, Superman: Birthright, and later runs on Daredevil, Captain America and Fantastic Four for Marvel. He was editor-in-chief of Boom! Studios, where he created Irredeemable and Incorruptible, has written Archie for Archie Comics, and found...