Batman and Robin: Year One
Writer (with Chris Samnee, artist)
A fresh, character-driven take on Bruce and Dick that captures the emotional core Waid talks about in the interview.
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Mark Waid
Mark Waid is one of superhero comics’ clearest modern voices, balancing legacy knowledge, optimism, and present-tense energy across World’s Finest, Batman and Robin: Year One, and The New History of the DC Universe.
Known for: World's Finest, Batman and Robin: Year One, Superman: Birthright, Kingdom Come, Daredevil
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About Mark Waid
Mark Waid is one of the most prolific and beloved writers in modern comics, with defining runs on The Flash, Kingdom Come, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Superman: Birthright.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Waid worked as an editor at DC Comics, and that editorial background still shows up in the way he talks about continuity, structure, and the emotional logic of shared universes. In his current DC stretch he is writing World's Finest, Action Comics, Justice League Unlimited, and The New History of the DC Universe, while recently completing Batman and Robin: Year One with Chris Samnee.
Waid remains one of the clearest evangelists for superhero optimism, continuity used as a storytelling tool, and the idea that Batman and Superman work best as friends rather than opposites. His work continues to connect classic DC history to the present tense without flattening either one.
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Recommended Reading
World's Finest Vol. 1
Writer (with Dan Mora, artist)
The clearest current expression of Waid's belief that Batman and Superman should work as genuine friends.
The New History of the DC Universe
Writer
A major continuity project that shows how Waid thinks about the full sweep of DC history.
Superman: Birthright
Writer
One of the modern benchmark Superman origin stories and still one of the best entry points into Waid's work.
Daredevil by Waid & Samnee
Writer (with Chris Samnee, artist)
A defining collaboration that proves Waid's superhero voice works just as well at Marvel as it does at DC.
Career arc
Career Highlights
1990
Became a defining writer on The Flash and helped establish the modern Wally West era.
1996
Co-created Kingdom Come with Alex Ross, one of the defining DC prestige books of its era.
2003
Wrote Superman: Birthright, one of the modern benchmark Superman origin stories.
2011
Launched a beloved Daredevil run with Chris Samnee that reaffirmed his superhero voice for a new generation.
2025
Entered another major DC peak with World's Finest, Batman and Robin: Year One, Action Comics, Justice League Unlimited, and The New History of the DC Universe.