This is a bibliography of American comic book writer Mark Waid, who is known for his work on DC Comics titles The Flash, Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright as well as his work on Captain America, Fantastic Four and Daredevil for Marvel. From August 2007 to December 2010, Waid served as Editor-in-Chief and later Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios, where he also published his creator-owned series Irredeemable and Incorruptible. In 2012, Waid, along with fellow comic book writer John Rogers, founded Thrillbent, a platform for digital comics that hosted a number of series written by Waid himself. In October 2018, Waid joined Humanoids Publishing as Director of Creative Development before being promoted to Publisher in February 2020. In addition to that, Waid has written for a variety of American comics publishers, including Fantagraphics, Event, Top Cow, Dynamite and Archie Comics.
Early work Titles written and/or edited by Waid early in his career include: Fantagraphics: Amazing Heroes #32–33, 38, 41, 48–50, 53, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 78–79, 87, 89, 91–92, 96, 98 (as contributing writer, fanzine, 1983–1986) Waid is also credited as "guest editor" in Amazing Heroes #91 ("Special Post-Crisis Issue") and as "managing editor" in issues #102–108 (1986) Focus on George Pérez: "The Keen Teens" (article co-written by Waid and R. A. Jones for the retrospective book, 120 pages, 1985, ) Honk! #1–3 (with Kim Thompson and Andrew Christie (#2–3) — as "contributing editor"; magazine about alternative comics edited by Tom Mason, 1986–1987) Issue #2 features "The Late Night World of Drew Friedman", an interview conducted by Waid and accompanied by samples of Friedman's work. Independent Comics Group: The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index + The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Cross-Over Index (co-written by Waid and Lou Mougin, one-shots, 1986) The Legion of Super-Heroes Index #1–5 (co-written by Waid and Andrew MacLaney, 1986–1987) Eddy Current #1: "A Chat with Ted McKeever" (one-page interview conducted by Waid, Mad Dog, 1987) Comics Week #1–4 (as editor; magazine produced by Mike Fisher and published by Paragon Q, 1987)
DC Comics Titles published by DC Comics include:
As writer Superman: Action Comics: "The Puzzle of the Purloined Fortress!" (with Rick Hoberg, in #572, 1985) "The 'Monumental' Menace of Metropolis!" (with Paris Cullins, in #576, 1986) "Burden of Proof" (with Tom Grummett, in #737, 1997) Superboy: The Comic Book #7: "Murmurs of the Heart!" (with Jim Mooney, 1990) The Silver Age of Superman: The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (features commentary from Waid; hc, 152 pages, Abbeville Press, 1995, ) Adventures of Superman #536 + Action Comics #723 + Superman: The Man of Steel #58 + Superman vol. 2 #114: "Identity Crisis" (co-written by Waid and Tom Peyer, art by Chris Renaud, Curt Swan, Steven Butler and Chris Marrinan, 1996) Superman: The Man of Steel #73: "Gang War" (dialogue; plot by Louise Simonson, art by Scot Eaton, 1997) Superman: Birthright #1–12 (with Leinil Francis Yu, 2003–2004) collected as Superman: Birthright (hc, 304 pages, 2004, ; tpb, 2005, ) Superman/Batman Secret Files & Origins: "Young Luthor in Smallville" (with Renato Guedes, co-feature in one-shot, 2003) collected in Superman/Batman Omnibus Volume 1 (hc, 1,208 pages, 2020, ) Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Last Stories of the DC Universe: "Man of Tomorrow" (with Francis Manapul, anthology one-shot, 2020) collected in Dark Nights: Death Metal — War of the Multiverses (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ) Superman: Red and Blue #4: "Namrepus" (with Audrey Mok, anthology, 2021) collected in Superman: Red and Blue (hc, 272 pages, 2021, ; tpb, 2022, ) Superman: Kal-El Returns Special: "The Concert That Ate Gotham" (with Clayton Henry, co-feature, 2023) collected in Superman: Kal-El Returns (tpb, 232 pages, 2023, ) Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee: "Make War No More" (with Kevin Maguire, anthology one-shot, 2023) Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1–3 (with Bryan Hitch, DC Black Label, 2023–2025) Legion of Super-Heroes: Focus: "Historical Perspective: The Wanderers" (text article in the free promotional one-shot, 1987) Valor #9, 11–19 (with Paris Cullins (#9), Jeffrey Moore (#11–13) and Colleen Doran, 1993–1994) Legionnaires #16 (with Chris Gardner) and Annual #1 (script by Waid from a plot by Waid and Ty Templeton, art by Paul Pelletier and Jeff Moy, 1994) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #59: "War on Weber's World, Part Six" (script by Waid from a plot by Waid and Tom McCraw, art by Stuart Immonen, 1994) Legion of Super-Heroes: End of an Era: Legionnaires #17–18: "Parts One and Four" (with Chris Gardner; issue #18 is scripted by Waid from a plot by Waid and Tom McCraw, 1994) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #60–61: "Parts Three and Six" (with Stuart Immonen, 1994) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 (co-written by Waid, Tom McCraw and Tom Peyer (#68–71), art by Stuart Immonen (#0), Lee Moder, Chris Renaud (#67) and Jason Armstrong (#70), 1994–1995) collected as: Legionnaires Book One (includes #0 and 62–68, tpb, 384 pages, 2017, ) Also collects Legionnaires #0 (co-written by Waid and Tom McCraw, art by Jeff Moy, 1994) Also collects Legionnaires #19 (script by Tom Peyer from a plot by Waid and Tom McCraw, art by Jeff Moy, 1994) Legionnaires Book Two (includes #69–71 and Annual #6, tpb, 392 pages, 2018, ) Also collects Legionnaires Annual #2 (co-written by Waid, Tom McCraw and Tom Peyer, art by Jeff Moy, 1995) Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 5 (with Barry Kitson, Leonard Kirk + Dave Gibbons (#4), Kevin Sharpe (#8), Georges Jeanty (#9), Ken Lashley (#12 and 14) and Adam DeKraker, 2005–2007) collected as: Starting with issue #16, the series changed its title to Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes; issues #20–22 are co-written by Waid and Tony Bedard. Teenage Revolution (collects #1–6, tpb, 200 pages, 2005, ) Includes Teen Titans/Legion Special (co-written by Waid and Geoff Johns, art by Joe Prado and Ivan Reis, 2004) Death of a Dream (collects #7–13, tpb, 200 pages, 2006, ) Strange Visitor from Another Century (collects #14–19, tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) Adult Education (collects #20–25, tpb, 192 pages, 2007, ) The Dominator War (collects #26–30, tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ) Action Comics Weekly #641: "The 'Pow! Zap! Wham!' Contract" (with Curt Swan, anthology, 1989) Aquaman vol. 3 #1, 3, 5: "Time and Tide" (serialized text article on Aquaman's publication history, 1989) reprinted in Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, ) Secret Origins vol. 2 #40: "IF U CN RD THS" (with Mark Badger, anthology, 1989) collected in DC's Greatest Detective Stories Ever Told (tpb, 232 pages, 2021, ) The story is co-scripted by Waid and Dan Raspler — collectively credited as "Rusty Wells" — from a plot by Andy Helfer. Batman: Detective Comics Annual #2: "Blood Secrets" (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Val Semeiks, 1989) collected in Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 4 (tpb, 328 pages, 2021, ) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #4: "Citizen Wayne" (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Joe Staton, 1994) collected in Superman/Batman: Alternate Histories (tpb, 224 pages, 1996, ) Batman in Barcelona: Dragon's Knight (with Diego Olmos, one-shot, 2009) collected in Batman International (tpb, 168 pages, 2010, ) Batman vs. Robin #1–5 (with Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski (#3–4), 2022–2023) collected as Batman vs. Robin (hc, 248 pages, 2023, ) The Flash: The Flash TV Special: "Meet Kid Flash" (with Darick Robertson and David A. Williams, co-feature, 1991) The Flash vol. 2 (with E. Craig Brasfield (Annual #4), Greg LaRocque, Michael T. Collins (#66), Travis Charest (Annual #5), Sal Velluto (#72), Mike Wieringo, Phil Hester (Annual #6), Barry Kitson (#84), Kris Renkewitz (#89), Carlos Pacheco (#94, 99–100), Salvador Larroca (#95–100), Óscar Jiménez, David Brewer (Annual #8), Roger Robinson (#103–104), Ron Lim (#105), Anthony Castrillo (#112–114), Jim Cheung (#115 and 117), Sergio Cariello (#118), Paul Ryan, Pop Mhan (#142–144), Josh Hood (#1,000,000) and Paul Pelletier; Annual #5 is co-written by Waid and Craig Boldman, issues #69–70 are co-written by Waid and Gerard Jones, issues #102–105 and 1,000,000 are co-written by Waid and Michael Jan Friedman, issues #118–150, 152–159 and 162 are co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, 1991–2000) collected as: The Flash by Mark Waid Book One (collects #62–68 and Annual #4–5, tpb, 368 pages, 2016, ) Includes the "Generations" framing story (art by Mike Parobeck) from The Flash 50th Anniversary Special (1990) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Two (collects #69–79 and Annual #6, tpb, 432 pages, 2017, ) Includes Green Lantern vol. 3 #30–31 (co-written by Waid and Gerard Jones, art by Mark D. Bright, 1992) Includes the "Half an Inch" short story (art by Patrick Zircher) from Justice League Quarterly #10 (anthology, 1993) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Three (collects #80–94, tpb, 368 pages, 2017, ) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Four (collects #0, 95–105 and Annual #8, tpb, 368 pages, 2018, ) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Five (collects #106–118 and Impulse #10–11, tpb, 368 pages, 2018, ) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Six (collects #119–129, tpb, 440 pages, 2019, ) Includes the "Overrun" short story (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Óscar Jiménez) from Showcase '96 #12 (anthology, 1996) Includes the "Present Tense" short story (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Paul Ryan) from DC Universe Holiday Bash #1 (anthology, 1997) Also collects Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends #1 (written by Ron Marz, drawn by Ron Lim, Tom Grindberg, Jeff Johnson, Bart Sears and Andy Smith, 1997) Includes Flash/Green Lantern: Faster Friends #2 (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Val Semeiks, 1997) Includes the Flash + Nightwing one-shot (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Eduardo Baretto, 1997) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Seven (collects #142–150 and 1,000,000, tpb, 448 pages, 2020, ) Includes the "A Run of Luck" short story (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Kenneth Martinez) from The Flash Secret Files & Origins #1 (1997) Includes the "Burning Secrets" (art by Jim Aparo) and "The Sacrifice" (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Will Rosado) short stories from Speed Force (anthology one-shot, 1997) Includes The Life Story of the Flash prose novel (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, illustrated by Gil Kane and Joe Staton, hc 96 pages, 1997, ; sc, 1998, ) Includes "The Speed of Life" short story (art by Pop Mhan) from The Flash 80-Page Giant #1 (anthology, 1998) The Flash by Mark Waid Book Eight (includes #152–159 and 162, tpb, 400 pages, 2021, ) Also collects the "Twenty-First Century Rogue" short story (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by Ron Lim) from The Flash Secret Files & Origins #2 (1999) Also collects The Flash vol. 2 #151 (framing sequence co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn and drawn by Paul Pelletier; issue written by Joe Casey and drawn by Duncan Rouleau, 1999) Also collects The Flash vol. 2 #160 (written by Brian Augustyn, drawn by Scott Kolins, 2000) Also collects The Flash vol. 2 #161 and 163 (written by Pat McGreal, drawn by Paul Pelletier (#161) and Ron Lim (#163), 2000) Impulse #1–6, 8–17, 19–21, 23–27 (with Humberto Ramos, Anthony Williams (#14–15) and Craig Rousseau (#21), 1995–1997) Issues #1–6 and 8–12 are collected in Flash/Impulse: Runs in the Family (tpb, 376 pages, 2021, ) In addition to writing the ongoing series, Waid penned a number of short stories for various anthologies published by DC: Robin + Impulse (co-written by Waid and Brian Augustyn, art by John Royle, one-shot, 1996) Secret Origins 80-Page Giant: "Actual Reality" (with Humberto Ramos, anthology one-shot, 1998) Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #2: "The Lantern's Apprentice" (with Mike McKone, anthology, 1999)