Mark Waid is an American comic book writer best 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. Other comics publishers he has done work for include Fantagraphics, Event, Top Cow, Dynamite, and Archie Comics.
Waid at the East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey
Waid at Wondercon 2006
Waid at WonderCon 2017
The Flash is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name. Throughout its publication, the series has primarily focused on two characters who have worn the mantle of the Flash: Barry Allen, the second Flash, and Wally West, the third Flash. The series began at issue #105, picking up its issue numbering from the anthology series Flash Comics which had featured Jay Garrick as the first Flash.
Cover of The Flash #105 (February–March 1959), the first number of the series. Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella
Variant incentive cover for The Flash (vol. 3) #1 (June 2010). Art by Tony Harris.