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40-647: Waid or WAID may refer to: D. Everett Waid (1864–1939), American architect Mark Waid (born 1962), American comic book writer Waid Academy , a public secondary school in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland Waid Academy FPRFC , a rugby union club based at the school Waid Vanderpoel (1922–2003), American financier WAID , a radio station in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States See also [ edit ] Wade (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

80-443: A GoFundMe campaign to raise money to fight the suit, and denied having anything to do with Antarctic Press' decision, a statement verified in deposition by the publisher of Antarctic Press. Waid's fellow comics creators Neil Gaiman , Kurt Busiek , Dan Slott and Yanick Paquette contributed to his campaign, while artist Ethan Van Sciver began a similar campaign for Meyer which quickly surpassed Waid's in funding. Waid filed for

120-577: A five-issue miniseries featuring the Invisible Woman , her first solo series since her debut in 1961. In December 2021, it was announced that Waid would be writing a new ongoing for DC entitled Batman/Superman: World's Finest , with Dan Mora serving as artist and beginning publication in March 2022. The events of World's Finest would later set up the events of Batman vs Robin and " Lazarus Planet ", also written by Waid. In April 2022, Waid

160-622: A free digital comics website Thrillbent, launching the site with the title Insufferable . An essay posted on October 2, 2013, by Waid, titled "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers", generated attention within the comics industry with The Hollywood Reporter describing it as "an important commentary on business practices that are in a state of flux at publishers both large and small." In 2014, Waid launched new series for Daredevil and The Hulk with artists Chris Samnee and Mark Bagley respectively. In December 2014, Waid's S.H.I.E.L.D. title began and it introduced several characters from

200-420: A limited forcefield, and even breathe underwater by using his powers to force the water away: he hypothesizes that this traps a bubble of air between him and the water. The Comet is also stronger than a normal human, and considerably tougher, though not invulnerable: shrapnel from a grenade does his arm some damage. Eventually, Rob learns that his powers are the result of his mind being accidentally transferred into

240-477: A news reporter, who reprimands him for not speaking to her for months, even though Rob wrote to her every week. He reveals his powers to her, and she suggests he don a costume and become a superhero. Since he left a red energy trail behind when he flew, he assumed the guise of The Comet . In his numerous battles as the Comet, Rob slowly learns to use his powers. He can fly, generate heat beams and force blasts, create

280-484: A one-eyed alien monster. Horrified, Rob tears away from the scene, and is apparently killed in an explosion. It is later revealed that he didn't die, but resumed human form and became a baseball player named Jay Cole with no memory of his earlier life. His true identity is revealed by The Black Hood , and they team up for a while. However, the Tomorrow Men, a group of time-manipulating businessmen, make it look like

320-526: A strange continuity clash, since Rob had been gone only a matter of hours. In an attempt to call for help, Rob is forced to climb up the radio mast to fix it. It collapses under his weight, and he is pinned beneath it, unable to free himself until a sudden surge of energy sends him soaring through the air. Assuming his powers to be the result of an electric shock from the mast, Rob learns he can fly and generate energy beams from his hands - one of which inadvertently sets off an explosion. He returns to his girlfriend,

360-596: Is a spiritual successor to Birthright . The second is a six-issue miniseries entitled World's Finest: Teen Titans , illustrated by Emanuela Lupacchino. In February 2024, it was announced that Waid would be writing Absolute Power , a 4-issue event miniseries that would conclude the Dawn of DC publishing initiative and lead directly into the DC All-In initiative. The series reunites Waid with artist Dan Mora and follows Amanda Waller , having teamed up with Failsafe and

400-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mark Waid 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 October 2018, Waid joined Humanoids Publishing as Director of Creative Development before being promoted to Publisher in February 2020. Waid

440-531: The Smallville television series. Waid returned to writing Legion of Super-Heroes in December 2004, teaming again with Barry Kitson. He finished his run on the series with issue #30 (July 2007). In 2005, Waid signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. He co-wrote the 52 limited series with Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns , Greg Rucka , and Keith Giffen that lasted for one year and covered

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480-668: The Underworld Unleashed limited series, which served as the center of a company-wide crossover storyline. His first major project for Marvel Comics was as one of the writers of the " Age of Apocalypse " crossover. He later co-created the Onslaught character for the X-Men line. Marvel editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Gruenwald hired him as Gruenwald's successor as writer of Captain America , during which Waid

520-898: The Brainiac Queen , as she seek to put an end to the metahuman population of the DC Universe, once and for all. In July 2024, it was announced Waid would be reuniting with Chris Samnee for Batman and Robin: Year One , a 12-issue series set to begin publication in October 2024. In September 2018 writer Richard Meyer, the creator of the YouTube channel Diversity & Comics, filed a civil lawsuit in Texas against Waid, claiming defamation and tortious interference on Waid's part. Meyer accused Waid of convincing Antarctic Press not to publish Meyer's graphic novel Jawbreakers . Waid launched

560-594: The Comet was responsible. He goes to his girlfriend for help, only to discover that she knew all along, and was in fact the one who sent the aliens to the Connors. In attempting to reveal this story on the news, she breaks the bargain she made with the aliens, and the last of them on the planet kills her. The police attempt to arrest the Comet for the murder of Rob Connors. Rob tries to unmask himself to prove himself blameless, but accidentally accesses his alien shapeshifting ability in his desire to show his face, and morphs into

600-512: The Hood was intending to betray the Comet, and in insane rage, the Comet irradiates an entire city. The city is covered over with an immense dome, but the Comet breaks free, intending to kill Jordan, the world's greatest authority on energy control, whom he believes is a threat to him. His attack is foiled by one of the Tomorrow Men , who captures the Comet, intending to steal his energy to power

640-833: The Purloined Fortress", an eight-page Superman story, was published in Action Comics #572 (Oct. 1985). In 1987, Waid was hired as an editor for DC Comics where he worked on such titles as Action Comics , Doom Patrol , Infinity, Inc. , Legion of Super-Heroes , Secret Origins , and Wonder Woman , as well as various one-shots including Batman: Gotham by Gaslight . With Gotham by Gaslight , and in tandem with writer Brian Augustyn , Waid co-created DC's Elseworlds imprint. In 1989 Waid left editorial work for freelance writing assignments. He worked for DC's short-lived Impact Comics line where he wrote The Comet and scripted dialogue for Legend of

680-694: The Shield . In 1992 Waid began the assignment which would bring him to wider recognition in the comics industry, when he was hired to write The Flash by editor Brian Augustyn. Waid stayed on the title for an eight-year run. He wrote a Metamorpho limited series in 1993 and created the character known as Impulse in The Flash (vol. 2) #92 (July 1994). Impulse was launched into his own series in April 1995 by Waid and artist Humberto Ramos . In November of that same year, Waid and Howard Porter collaborated on

720-535: The Tomorrow Men's base. The Comet breaks free, but is sent back to Earth, where the Black Hood is forced, regretfully, to kill him. Comet had the ability to manipulate photonic energy to fire blasts of force, heat, blinding light, and laser beams. He could fly at supersonic speeds, leaving a red energy trail behind him. He could also generate a protective halo of light that could deflect most physical attacks, but could not protect him from heat based attacks (when

760-605: The anthology. In November 2022, it was announced that Waid and Mora would be working on a new ongoing Shazam! series, beginning publication in May 2023. Mora departed from interior work with issue 6, while Waid left writing duties with issue 9. In April 2023, it was announced that Waid would be writing two new projects for DC set to launch in July 2023. The first is a three-issue DC Black Label miniseries entitled Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor , illustrated by Bryan Hitch . It

800-515: The body of shape-shifting aliens that were researching the Earth, disguised as the Connors family. This is the reason for the discontinuity in Rob's memory compared to actual events. He attempts to force the other aliens to free his parents, but fails: they leave, never to return. The hits keep coming, as Rob's original human body is killed by one of the Comet's enemies, in circumstances that make it look like

840-604: The case to be dismissed. In December 2020, Meyer voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit and reached a confidential agreement. As of 2019, Waid lives in California. The Comet (Impact) The Comet is a superhero that first appeared in the DC Comics ' Impact Comics series, The Comet . The character is loosely based on the Archie Comics character The Comet . The Comet's story is narrated, first-person, by

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880-415: The character himself in the past tense. In the beginning, he is an ordinary human named Rob Connors, whose only real ambition in life is to play professional baseball. His ambition is somewhat stilted by his parents, who are scientists living in arctic areas. Rob returns to his parents' home one day to find it torn apart by some kind of battle, which to all appearances took places weeks ago: our first sign of

920-568: The concept of Hypertime to explain problems with continuity in the DC Universe, which was first introduced in The Kingdom . Waid collaborated with artists Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary on JLA and the JLA: Heaven's Ladder (Oct. 2000) one-shot. In 2000, Waid co-wrote a series named Empire with Barry Kitson , whose protagonist was a Doctor Doom -like supervillain named Golgoth who had defeated all superheroes and conquered

960-588: The events that take place during the year in the DC Universe following Infinite Crisis . Another project for DC was a new launch of The Brave and the Bold with artist George Pérez , and a brief return to The Flash . On July 27, 2007, at San Diego Comic-Con , Boom! Studios announced that Waid would join Boom! as Editor-in-Chief the following month. As his non-creator assignments at DC lapsed, he stated that all his future creator-owned work will be with Boom!. Waid

1000-416: The fate of Superman, Batman , Wonder Woman , and other heroes as the world around them changed. It was written in reaction to the "grim and gritty" comics of the 1980s and 1990s. DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz observed that "Waid's deep knowledge of the heroes' pasts served them well, and Ross' unique painted art style made a powerful statement about the reality of the world they built." Many of

1040-478: The ideas introduced in Kingdom Come were later integrated into the present-day DC Universe, and Waid himself wrote a follow-up to the series, The Kingdom . Waid and writer Grant Morrison collaborated on a number of projects that would successfully reestablish DC's Justice League to prominence. Waid's contributions included JLA: Year One , as well as work on the ongoing series. The two writers developed

1080-482: The opening of " The Gauntlet " storyline in issue #612 (Jan. 2010). Waid wrote the Doctor Strange mini-series Strange , and several series for Boom! Studios, notably Irredeemable with artist Peter Krause and its spinoff Incorruptible . In July 2011 Marvel relaunched a monthly Daredevil series with Waid on writing duties. Waid and artist Paolo Rivera garnered positive reviews for their work on

1120-519: The previously relaunched series had returned to its original numbering. In 2003 Waid wrote the origin of the "modern" Superman with Superman: Birthright , a twelve-part limited series which was meant to be the new official origin story of the Man of Steel. Birthright contained several characters and elements from the Silver and Modern Age Superman comic books and homages to Superman: The Movie and

1160-472: The promotional price of 9 cents U.S. By June 2003, Marvel publisher Bill Jemas tried to convince Waid to abandon his "high-adventure" approach to the series, and making the book into, in Waid's words, "a wacky suburban dramedy where Reed's a nutty professor who creates amazing but impractical inventions, Sue's the office-temp breadwinner, the cranky neighbor is their new 'arch-enemy,' etc." Waid, who felt that this

1200-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Waid . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waid&oldid=1198281492 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1240-621: The television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. into the Marvel comics universe. He later wrote All-New, All-Different Avengers , Black Widow , and The Avengers . Waid and artist J. G. Jones produced Strange Fruit for Boom! Studios in July 2015. In 2016, Waid and artist Humberto Ramos co-created The Champions for Marvel. The following year, Waid returned to the Captain America series beginning with issue #695 working with artist Chris Samnee . A new Doctor Strange series

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1280-529: The title for another relaunched series, Captain America volume 3, issues #1–23. Waid also wrote the short-lived spin-off series Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty from 1998 to 1999, having written 10 of the 12 issues (skipping issues #7 and 10). In 1996, Waid and artist Alex Ross produced the graphic novel Kingdom Come . This story, set in the future of the DC Universe , depicted

1320-464: The title, and earned multiple 2012 Eisner Awards , including Best Continuing Series and Best Single Issue for issue #7. In addition, Waid won Best Writer for his work on Daredevil , as well as his work on Irredeemable , and Incorruptible . Waid received a "Best Writer" Harvey Award as well for his Daredevil work. In November 2012, Waid and artist Leinil Francis Yu launched The Indestructible Hulk series for Marvel. In 2011, Waid established

1360-589: The world. The series was originally published by Gorilla Comics , a company formed by Waid, Kurt Busiek and several others, but the company folded after only two issues were published. Empire was completed under the DC Comics label in 2003 and 2004. Waid wrote the first year of Crossgen 's Ruse series. Waid began an acclaimed run as writer of Marvel's Fantastic Four in 2002 with his former Flash artist Mike Wieringo , with Marvel releasing their debut issue, Fantastic Four vol. 3 #60 (Oct. 2002) at

1400-629: Was born in Hueytown, Alabama . He has stated that his comics work was heavily influenced by Adventure Comics #369–370 (1968), the two-part " Legion of Super-Heroes " story by Jim Shooter and Mort Weisinger that introduced the villain Mordru . Waid has stated that the story is "a blueprint for everything I write." Waid entered the comics field during the mid-1980s as an editor and writer on Fantagraphics Books ' comic book fan magazine, Amazing Heroes . Waid's first comic book story "The Puzzle of

1440-451: Was launched by Waid and Jesus Saiz in 2018. Waid also launched with artist Javier Garrón a Ant-Man and the Wasp miniseries to tie into the release of the 2019 film of the same name . At the 2018 New York Comic Con , Humanoids Publishing announced it was creating an imprint called H1 whose contributing creators included Waid. On April 9, 2019, Marvel announced that Waid would write

1480-441: Was paired with artist Ron Garney . Waid and Garney garnered critical praise for their run on the title, remaining on it until the title was relaunched with a different creative team as part of the 1996–1997 " Heroes Reborn " storyline. Rob Liefeld offered Waid the opportunity to script Captain America over plots and artwork by his studio, but Waid declined. That storyline ran a full year, after which Waid and Garney returned to

1520-646: Was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of BOOM! Studios in August 2010. That December, Waid announced he would be leaving that role, and return to freelance work, though he would continue writing for the publisher. In the late 2000s Waid worked on the Spider-Man creative team, writing several issues of The Amazing Spider-Man , including a meeting between Spider-Man and Stephen Colbert in The Amazing Spider-Man #573 (Dec. 2008). Waid scripted

1560-511: Was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA 's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds , a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier , whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Waid teamed up with artist Gabriel Rodriguez (artist) to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for

1600-469: Was too much of a departure from what he had been hired to write, initially declined. After some discussion with editor Tom Brevoort , Waid found a way to make the requested changes, but by then, the decision had been made to fire Waid and Wieringo from the series. The resulting fan backlash led to Waid and Wieringo's reinstatement on the title by that September. Waid and Wieringo completed their run on Fantastic Four with issue #524 (May 2005), by which time

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