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In the introduction to the trade paperback Superman in the Sixties, Mark Waid is nicknamed "Brainiac 6" for his incredible knowledge of Superman trivia and minutiae.
Thing is, he's not just an expert on Superman. A popular convention game involves attempts to "stump" Mark Waid with the most obscure and challenging comics trivia fans can find, across publishers and eras. Invariably, Mark comes up with the answer.
Yet reducing Waid's claim to fame as just being a near-savant when it comes to comics trivia does him a great disservice, because he's spent decades in the industry serving fans and publishers alike as a writer, editor, and historian. And while his work always demonstrates a keen eye for details and a meticulous attention to the prickly beast that is continuity, he wouldn't be nearly as popular as he has become if it wasn't for his ability to bring humor and emotion into the most obscure comics characters, situations, and stories.
Waid's breakthrough work was probably Kingdom Come for DC, his miniseries with Alex Ross that took a look at one possible endgame for the DC Universe. Yet it could also easily be his landmark run on The Flash; since those two projects, he's touched just about every hero in the Marvel and DC Universes. His work with Mike Wieringo on Fantastic Four, collected in three oversized hardcovers, is a blueprint for how Marvel's First Family works.
If you had to name the creator who is probably the most passionate fan of comics even while he writes them, it would have to be Mark Waid. Plus, if you need to know the date on the giant penny in the Batcave, there's no one else to call. (It's 1947, by the way.)
Thing is, he's not just an expert on Superman. A popular convention game involves attempts to "stump" Mark Waid with the most obscure and challenging comics trivia fans can find, across publishers and eras. Invariably, Mark comes up with the answer.
Yet reducing Waid's claim to fame as just being a near-savant when it comes to comics trivia does him a great disservice, because he's spent decades in the industry serving fans and publishers alike as a writer, editor, and historian. And while his work always demonstrates a keen eye for details and a meticulous attention to the prickly beast that is continuity, he wouldn't be nearly as popular as he has become if it wasn't for his ability to bring humor and emotion into the most obscure comics characters, situations, and stories.
Waid's breakthrough work was probably Kingdom Come for DC, his miniseries with Alex Ross that took a look at one possible endgame for the DC Universe. Yet it could also easily be his landmark run on The Flash; since those two projects, he's touched just about every hero in the Marvel and DC Universes. His work with Mike Wieringo on Fantastic Four, collected in three oversized hardcovers, is a blueprint for how Marvel's First Family works.
If you had to name the creator who is probably the most passionate fan of comics even while he writes them, it would have to be Mark Waid. Plus, if you need to know the date on the giant penny in the Batcave, there's no one else to call. (It's 1947, by the way.)
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