Soon thereafter, Marvel announced that Aguirre-Sacasa would be given a new Fantastic Four title to published under the " Marvel Knights " imprint, and that Waid would continue on the primary series ( along with artist Mike Wieringo ).

Superman: Birthright, a limited series written by Mark Waid in 2004, offers an alternate look at Luthor's history, including his youth in Smallville, and his first encounter with Superman.

In the 2004 mini-series Superman: Birthright, a new retelling of Superman's origin and early years, Mark Waid depicted a Krypton, officially stated as being located in the Andromeda Galaxy 2. 5 million light-years away, with elements of various versions of the planet, but closer to the pre-Crisis version.

Following a crossover with the Teen Titans in Teen Titans # 16 and the Teen Titans / Legion Special, a new series was launched ; written by Mark Waid ( who had previously rebooted the title following the events of Zero Hour ) and penciled by Barry Kitson.

The bulk of the annual was written by Gross, with contributions from John Ney Reiber and Mark Waid.

2, 2007 – 2010 ) with writer Mark Waid.

In 1996 and 1997, Gibbons collaborated with Mark Waid ( and Jimmy Palmiotti ) on two issues of the Amalgam Comics character " Super-Soldier ," a character born from the merging of the DC and Marvel Universes after the events of the 1996 intercompany crossover DC vs. Marvel / Marvel vs. DC.

*** " Confession " ( with Mark Waid, in v5 # 4, 2005 )

* Super Soldier: Man of War: " Deadly Cargo " ( a, with Mark Waid, one-shot, 1997 )

* Super-Soldier: " Secret of the K-Bomb " ( a, with Mark Waid, one-shot, 1996 )

Later in the year, he launched a new Top Cow title, Hunter-Killer with writer Mark Waid.

He also was a co-writer on the weekly series 52, which he co-wrote with Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, and Mark Waid.

* 2007 Harvey Award for Best New Series ( for 52, with Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen )

* 52 ( Year-long weekly series starting May 2006, co-written with Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Mark Waid )

* The Kingdom: Offspring ( with Mark Waid, one-shot, DC Comics, 1998 )

* 52 # 16: " The Origin of Black Adam " ( with Mark Waid, co-feature, DC Comics, 2006 )

This mini-series was written by Mark Waid and Tom Peyer with art by Barry Kitson and Tom Grindberg.

In Kingdom Come, Alex Ross ( and writer Mark Waid ) portrayed Wildcat as a humanoid panther with the soul of Ted Grant.

With Gotham by Gaslight, and in tandem with writer Brian Augustyn, Waid co-created DC's " Elseworlds " franchise.

The comic starred one of DCs flagship characters, and in an acclaimed eight-year run, Waid and a number of artists, most notably Greg LaRocque and Mike Wieringo and in the final year with Augustyn as co-writer, brought the modern Flash out from the shadow of his predecessors and increased his powers dramatically.

Marvel editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Gruenwald hired him as Gruenwald's successor as writer on Captain America, during which Waid was paired with artist Ron Garney.

In 1996, Waid, with artist Alex Ross, released his best-known work, the graphic novel Kingdom Come.

In 2003, Waid released a series named Empire ( with Barry Kitson ), whose protagonist was a Doctor Doom-like supervillain named Golgoth who had defeated all superheroes and conquered the world.

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.

Waid and Wieringo completed their run on Fantastic Four with issue # 524 ( May 2005 ), by which time the previously relaunched series had returned to its original numbering.

Dr. Thirteen's group fights the Architects, the four writers who were heavily involved in the direction of the DC Universe titles at the time — Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid — to convince them to include them in the new Universe.

Giffen was the breakdown artist on the DC Comics title 52, a weekly series following in the wake of the Infinite Crisis crossover, written by Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison.

In 1987, Waid was hired to serve as an editor for DC Comics where he worked on titles such as Secret Origins, Legion of Super-Heroes, and part of Grant Morrison's critically acclaimed run on Doom Patrol.

Waid and writer Grant Morrison tag-teamed on a number of projects that would successfully reestablish DC's Justice League to prominence.

Following this, Johns was one of four writers, with Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, and Greg Rucka, on the 2006-2007 weekly series 52.

* 52 ( with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid, 2006-2007 ) collected as:

During Grant Morrison's revival of the Justice League of America series, Mark Waid featured Adam Strange when he filled in for Morrison.

Created by Grant Morrison, they first appeared in DC One Million ( except The Flash, who was created by Mark Waid and first appeared in Flash 50th Anniversary Special ( 1990 )).

After this introduction, he was next used in several storylines simultaneously: the three-part ' Hell to Pay ' in Flash vol 2 # 127-129 ( July-September 1997 ), by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, Wonder Woman vol 2 # 123-125 ( July-September 1997 ) by John Byrne, and a two-part story in JLA # 6-7 ( July-August 1997 ) by Grant Morrison, with art by Neron's co-creator Howard Porter.

* 52 # 5, 10, 17, 20, 29, 31, 40, 45, 52 ( art, with writers Geoff Johns / Grant Morrison / Greg Rucka / Mark Waid and layouts by Keith Giffen, DC Comics, June 2006-May 2007 )

The books were written by Kurt Busiek, Bruce Campbell, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Mark Waid as well as other comic book talent.

The Martyrs Memorial on East Hill commemorates Waid and other Kentish Martyrs.

Writer Mark Waid expanded on the character's powers thematically and further redefined the character by introducing the Speed Force, an energy source that served as a pseudo-scientific explanation for his powers and that of other fictional speedsters within the DC Universe.

By comparison to other origin retellings, Waid wanted some differences.

* Von Bach, a fictional superpowered character modeled after Milan Fras, appears in the DC comics graphic novel Kingdom Come, by Alex Ross and Mark Waid.

* The Brave and the Bold: The Lords of Luck and The Brave and the Bold: The Book of Destiny ( 2007 – 2008 ): Written by Mark Waid, various DC superheroes try to recapture Destiny's book.

* In issue # 2 of the 1996 DC Comics miniseries Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid, Rorschach appears as a background character breaking Brother Power's fingers.

Many of the ideas introduced in Kingdom Come were later integrated into the present-day DC Universe, and Waid himself wrote a less successful follow-up to the series, The Kingdom.

In 2005, Waid signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics.

* DC Infinite Halloween Special: " The Speed of Life " ( with Mark Waid, one-shot, DC Comics, 2007 )

Barda appears in the limited series Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, which is set in an alternate future timeline of DC continuity.

Triumph is a fictional character, a former superhero in the DC Comics universe who first appeared in Justice League America # 92 ( September 1994 ), and was created by Brian Augustyn, Mark Waid and Howard Porter, though the character is primarily associated with writer Christopher Priest.

He first appeared in the DC Comics cross-over event Underworld Unleashed # 1, ( November 1995 ), and was created by Mark Waid and Howard Porter.

Superman: Birthright is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 2003 and 2004, written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu.

Some Imaginary Tales and Elseworlds have been assigned their own alternate ( numbered ) Earths in both the DC and Marvel Universe ; others ( like Frank Miller's dystopian Dark Knight Returns or Mark Waid & Alex Ross ' Kingdom Come have variously been considered pseudo-canonical, as potentially in-universe futures for their respective casts.

* JLA # 48: " Truth is Stranger " ( with Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch, DC Comics, 2000 )