Mark Waid

American comic book writer, born 1962

Mark Waid

Waid at the East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey

Born| March 21, 1962 (1962-03-21) (age 62)
Hueytown, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality| American
Area(s)| Writer, Editor

Notable works

| The Flash
Captain America
Kingdom Come
JLA: Year One
JLA: Tower of Babel
Fantastic Four
Superman: Birthright

Irredeemable
Daredevil
Batman/Superman: World's Finest
Awards| Inkpot Award (2012)[1]

Mark Waid (/weɪd/; born March 21, 1962)[2] 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.

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.

## Early life

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Waid was born in Hueytown, Alabama.[3] 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."[4]

## Career

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### 1980s–1990s

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Waid entered the comics field during the mid-1980s as an editor and writer on Fantagraphics Books' comic book fan magazine, Amazing Heroes.[5] Waid's first comic book story "The Puzzle of the Purloined Fortress", an eight-page Superman story, was published in Action Comics #572 (Oct. 1985).[6][7]

In 1987, Waid was hired as an editor for DC Comics[5] 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.[8] With Gotham by Gaslight, and in tandem with writer Brian Augustyn, Waid co-created DC's Elseworlds imprint.[citation needed]

In 1989 Waid left editorial work for freelance writing assignments.[5][9] He worked for DC's short-lived Impact Comics line where he wrote The Comet and scripted dialogue for Legend of the Shield.[7]

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.[6] He wrote a Metamorpho limited series in 1993[10] and created the character known as Impulse in The Flash (vol. 2) #92 (July 1994).[11] Impulse was launched into his own series in April 1995 by Waid and artist Humberto Ramos.[12] In November of that same year, Waid and Howard Porter collaborated on the Underworld Unleashed limited series, which served as the center of a company-wide crossover storyline.[13]

His first major project for Marvel Comics was as one of the writers of the "Age of Apocalypse" crossover.[14] He later co-created the Onslaught character for the X-Men line.[15]

Marvel editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Gruenwald hired him as Gruenwald's successor as writer of Captain America, during which Waid was paired with artist Ron Garney. Waid and Garney garnered critical praise for their run on the title,[16][17][18] 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.[18] That storyline ran a full year, after which Waid and Garney returned to the title for another relaunched series, Captain America volume 3, issues #1–23.[19] 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.[16][20] This story, set in the future of the DC Universe, depicted 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."[21] Many of 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.[22]

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,[23] as well as work on the ongoing series. The two writers developed the concept of Hypertime to explain problems with continuity in the DC Universe, which was first introduced in The Kingdom.

### 2000s

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Waid at Wondercon 2006

Waid collaborated with artists Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary on JLA and the JLA: Heaven's Ladder (Oct. 2000) one-shot.[24][25]

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 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.[26] Empire was completed under the DC Comics label in 2003 and 2004.[7] Waid wrote the first year of Crossgen's Ruse series.[16][27]

Waid began an acclaimed run[16][28][29] 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 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 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.[30] The resulting fan backlash led to Waid and Wieringo's reinstatement on the title by that September.[31][32] 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.[7]

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.[33] Birthright contained several characters and elements from the Silver and Modern Age Superman comic books and homages to Superman: The Movie and the Smallville television series.

Waid returned to writing Legion of Super-Heroes in December 2004, teaming again with Barry Kitson.[34] He finished his run on the series with issue #30 (July 2007).[7] 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[35] that lasted for one year and covered 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,[36] and a brief return to The Flash.[7]

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!.[37]

Waid 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.[38][39]

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).[40]

### 2010s

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Waid at WonderCon 2017

Waid scripted the opening of "The Gauntlet" storyline in issue #612 (Jan. 2010).[41] Waid wrote the Doctor Strange mini-series Strange,[42][43][44] 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.[45] Waid and artist Paolo Rivera garnered positive reviews for their work on the title,[46][47] 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.[48] Waid received a "Best Writer" Harvey Award as well for his Daredevil work.[49] In November 2012, Waid and artist Leinil Francis Yu launched The Indestructible Hulk series for Marvel.[50]

In 2011, Waid established a free digital comics website Thrillbent, launching the site with the title Insufferable.[51] An essay posted on October 2, 2013, by Waid, titled "An Open Letter To Young Freelancers",[52] generated attention within the comics industry[53][54] 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."[55] In 2014, Waid launched new series for Daredevil and The Hulk with artists Chris Samnee[56] and Mark Bagley[57] respectively. In December 2014, Waid's S.H.I.E.L.D. title began and it introduced several characters from the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. into the Marvel comics universe.[58] 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.[59]

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 was launched by Waid and Jesus Saiz in 2018.[60] 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.[61]

On April 9, 2019, Marvel announced that Waid would write a five-issue miniseries featuring the Invisible Woman, her first solo series since her debut in 1961.[62]

### 2020s

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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.[63][64][65]

In April 2022, Waid 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.[66][67] Waid teamed up with artist Gabriel Rodriguez (artist) to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.[67][68]

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.[69]

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 is a spiritual successor to Birthright.[70] The second is a six-issue miniseries entitled World's Finest: Teen Titans, illustrated by Emanuela Lupacchino.[71]

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 the Brainiac Queen, as she seek to put an end to the metahuman population of the DC Universe, once and for all.[72]

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.[73]

## Legal issues

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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 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.[74][75] 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.[76] Waid filed for the case to be dismissed.[77] In December 2020, Meyer voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit and reached a confidential agreement.[78]

## Personal life

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As of 2019, Waid lives in California.[74]

## Bibliography

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Main article: Mark Waid bibliography

## References

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10. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 260\. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "Written by Mark Waid, with co-plotting and art chores handled by Graham Nolan, everyone's favorite walking chemistry set was in good hands." `{{cite book}}`: `|first2=` has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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12. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 270
13. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 271: "The villains of the [DC Universe] underwent their own extreme makeovers in Underworld Unleashed, a three-issue miniseries by writer Mark Waid and artist Howard Porter."
14. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1990s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 272\. ISBN 978-0756641238. "The story began in [the] X-Men Alpha special by writers Scott Lobdell and Mark Waid and pencillers Roger Cruz and Steve Epting." `{{cite book}}`: `|first2=` has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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20. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 273: Under the limitless possibilities of DC's Elseworlds label, Ross and Waid crafted a tale of biblical proportions."
21. ^ Levitz, Paul (2010). "The Dark Age 1984–1998". 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Cologne, Germany: Taschen. p. 574\. ISBN 9783836519816.
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23. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 282: "It was up to writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Barry Kitson to fill in the blanks. With their twelve-issue maxiseries JLA: Year One, the trio examined the early days of the team...JLA: Year One proved a success, and cleaned up decades of convoluted comic history."
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25. ^ JLA: Heaven's Ladder at the Grand Comics Database
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35. ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 325: "The title was masterminded by writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid, with Keith Giffen providing art breakdowns."
36. ^ Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 329: "Writer Mark Waid and artist George Pérez teamed up to relaunch one of DC's best-loved titles, The Brave and the Bold."
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41. ^ Cowsill "2010s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 327: "Written by Mark Waid and drawn by Paul Azaceta, the two-part opening mixed the real-world drama of the economic meltdown with some Spidey action."
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Preceded by

William Messner-Loebs

|  The Flash writer
1992–1997
(with Brian Augustyn in 1996–1997)  | Succeeded by

Grant Morrison
Mark Millar

|
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Preceded by

Barry Kitson

|  L.E.G.I.O.N. '93 writer
1993
(with Barry Kitson)  | Succeeded by

Tom Peyer

Preceded by

Robert Loren Fleming

|  Valor writer
1993–1994  | Succeeded by

Kurt Busiek

Preceded by

Michael Jan Friedman

|  Justice League Task Force writer
1994–1995
| Succeeded by

Christopher Priest

Preceded by

Tom McCraw

|  Legion of Super-Heroes writer
1994–1995
(with Tom McCraw)  | Succeeded by

Tom Peyer
Tom McCraw

Preceded by

Fabian Nicieza

|  Deadpool writer
1994  | Succeeded by

Joe Kelly

Preceded by

n/a

|  Impulse writer
1995–1997  | Succeeded by

William Messner-Loebs

Preceded by

Mark Gruenwald

|  Captain America writer
1995–1996  | Succeeded by

Rob Liefeld
Jeph Loeb

Preceded by

Fabian Nicieza

|  X-Men writer
1996  | Succeeded by

Scott Lobdell

Preceded by

Mike Carlin

|  Ka-Zar writer
1997–1998  | Succeeded by

Christopher Priest

Preceded by

James Robinson

|  Captain America writer
1998–1999  | Succeeded by

Dan Jurgens

Preceded by

Grant Morrison
Mark Millar

|  The Flash writer
1998–2000
(with Brian Augustyn)  | Succeeded by

Geoff Johns

Preceded by

Grant Morrison

|  JLA writer
2000–2002  | Succeeded by

Joe Kelly

Preceded by

Adam Warren

|  Fantastic Four writer
2002–2005  | Succeeded by

J. Michael Straczynski

Preceded by

Gail Simone
(The Legion)

|  Legion of Super-Heroes writer
2005–2007  | Succeeded by

Tony Bedard
(Supergirl and the Legion)

Preceded by

Mike Grell
Mike Baron

|  The Brave and the Bold writer
2007–2008  | Succeeded by

J. Michael Straczynski

Preceded by

Joey Cavalieri

|  The Flash writer
2007–2008  | Succeeded by

Tom Peyer

Preceded by

Andy Diggle

|  Daredevil writer
2011–2015  | Succeeded by

Charles Soule

Preceded by

Jason Aaron
(The Incredible Hulk)

|  Hulk writer
2012–2014  | Succeeded by

Gerry Duggan

Preceded by

Jonathan Hickman

|  The Avengers writer
2015–2018  | Succeeded by

Jason Aaron

Preceded by

Nathan Edmondson

|  Black Widow writer
2016–2017  | Succeeded by

Jen and Sylvia Soska

Preceded by

Bill Mantlo

|  Champions writer
2016–2018  | Succeeded by

Jim Zub

Preceded by

Nick Spencer

|  Captain America writer
2018  | Succeeded by

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Preceded by

Donny Cates

|  Doctor Strange writer
2018–2020  | Succeeded by

Jed MacKay
(Strange vol. 3)

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Flash

* Gardner Fox
* Harry Lampert

The Flash Family|

| Flash|

* Jay Garrick
* Barry Allen
* Wally West
* Bart Allen

|

Kid Flash|

* Wally West
* Bart Allen
* Irey West
* Ace West

Quick|

* Jesse Chambers
* Johnny Chambers

Reverse-Flash/Zoom|

* Edward Clariss
* Eobard Thawne
* Hunter Zolomon
* Daniel West

Other characters|

* Iris West
* Max Mercury
* XS
* Black Flash
* Cobalt Blue
* Godspeed
* Savitar

Supporting
characters|

* Chester P. Runk/Chunk
* David Singh
* Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner
* Elongated Man
* Justice League
* Superman
* Batman
* Wonder Woman
* Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
* Aquaman
* Martian Manhunter
* Cyborg
* Justice Society of America
* The Atom/Al Pratt
* Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson
* Green Lantern/Alan Scott
* Hawkman/Carter Hall
* Hourman/Rex Tyler
* Sandman/Wesley Dodds
* Spectre/Jim Corrigan
* Paul Gambi
* Patty Spivot
* Más y Menos
* Pied Piper
* Red Trinity
* Solovar
* Terrific Whatzit
* Tina McGee
* Valerie Perez
* Winky, Blinky, and Noddy

Enemies|

| Core rogues gallery|

* Abra Kadabra
* Doctor Alchemy/Mister Element
* Captain Boomerang
* Captain Cold
* Golden Glider
* Gorilla Grodd
* Heat Wave
* Mirror Master
* Pied Piper
* Rainbow Raider
* Reverse-Flash/Zoom
* Daniel West
* Eobard Thawne
* Hunter Zolomon
* Top
* Trickster
* Weather Wizard

|

Other supervillains|

* Big Sir
* Black Flash
* Blacksmith
* Blue Trinity
* Bug-Eyed Bandit
* Cicada
* Cobalt Blue
* Giganta
* Girder
* Godspeed
* Fiddler
* Johnny Quick
* Magenta
* Mongul
* Rag Doll
* Thorn
* Savitar
* Shade
* Shrapnel
* Star Sapphire
* Tar Pit
* Thinker
* T. O. Morrow
* Turtle/Turtle Man

Publications|

* Flash Comics
* All-Flash
* Comic Cavalcade
* The Flash
* DC Rebirth
* Flash of Two Worlds (1961)
* Flashpoint (Elseworlds version, 1999)
* The Flash: Rebirth (2009)

Storylines|

* Flashpoint (2011)
* Flash War (2018)
* Finish Line (2020)

Locations|

* Central City (Central City Police Department)
* Flash Museum
* Iron Heights Penitentiary
* S.T.A.R. Labs

In other media|

| Film|

* Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

DC Extended Universe|

* The Flash (2023)
* soundtrack
* Barry Allen

Television|

* The Flash (1990–1991)
* The Flash (2014–2023)
* characters
* Barry Allen
* episodes

Video games|

* The Flash (1993)
* Justice League Heroes: The Flash (2006)

* Category

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Champions

Creators|

| 1975 team|

* Tony Isabella
* Don Heck

|

2016 team|

* Mark Waid
* Humberto Ramos
* Jim Zub
* Steven Cummings

Founders|

| 1975 team|

* Angel
* Black Widow
* Ghost Rider
* Hercules
* Iceman

|

2016 team|

* Ms. Marvel
* Spider-Man
* Nova
* Hulk
* Cyclops
* Viv Vision

Later members|

| 1975 team|

* Darkstar

|

2016 team|

* Gwenpool
* Ironheart
* Unstoppable Wasp
* Falcon
* Patriot
* Power Man
* Bombshell
* Dust

Supporting characters|

* Avengers
* Beast
* Hulk
* X-Men
* Young Avengers
* A-Bomb
* Teen Abomination
* Iron Lad
* Patriot
* Wiccan
* Hulkling
* Hawkeye
* Stature
* Speed
* Vision
* Kid Loki
* America Chavez
* Marvel Boy
* Prodigy

Enemies|

* Ares
* Blackheart
* Chitauri
* Crimson Dynamo
* Doctor Doom
* Griffin
* Hela
* High Evolutionary
* HYDRA
* Master of the World
* Mephisto
* Pluto
* Possessor
* Psycho-Man
* Rampage
* Roxxon Energy Corporation
* Sentinels
* Stranger
* Swarm
* Thanos
* Titanium Man
* Ultron

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Eisner Award for Best Writer

* Alan Moore (1988)
* Alan Moore (1989)
* Neil Gaiman (1991)
* Neil Gaiman (1992)
* Neil Gaiman (1993)
* Neil Gaiman (1994)
* Alan Moore (1995)
* Alan Moore (1996)
* Alan Moore (1997)
* Garth Ennis (1998)
* Kurt Busiek (1999)
* Alan Moore (2000)
* Alan Moore (2001)
* Brian Michael Bendis (2002)
* Brian Michael Bendis (2003)
* Alan Moore (2004)
* Brian K. Vaughan (2005)
* Alan Moore (2006)
* Ed Brubaker (2007)
* Ed Brubaker (2008)
* Bill Willingham (2009)
* Ed Brubaker (2010)
* Joe Hill (2011)
* Mark Waid (2012)
* Brian K. Vaughan (2013)
* Brian K. Vaughan (2014)
* Gene Luen Yang (2015)
* Jason Aaron (2016)
* Brian K. Vaughan (2017)
* Tom King / Marjorie Liu (2018)
* Tom King (2019)
* Mariko Tamaki (2020)
* James Tynion IV (2021)
* James Tynion IV (2022)
* James Tynion IV (2023)

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Inkpot Award (2010s)

2010|

* Peter Bagge
* Brian Michael Bendis
* Berkeley Breathed
* Kurt Busiek
* Dave Dorman
* Moto Hagio
* Charlaine Harris
* Stuart Immonen
* Phil Jimenez
* Jenette Kahn
* Keith Knight
* Milo Manara
* Andy Manzi
* Larry Marder
* Tom Palmer
* Drew Struzan
* James Sturm
* Carol Tyler
* Anna-Marie Villegas
* Al Wiesner

2011|

* Anina Bennett
* Jordi Bernet
* Joyce Brabner
* Chester Brown
* Seymour Chwast
* Alan Davis
* Dick DeBartolo
* Dawn Devine
* Tony DeZuniga
* Eric Drooker
* Joyce Farmer
* Tsuneo Gōda
* Paul Guinan
* John Higgins
* Jamal Igle
* Peter Kuper
* Richard A. Lupoff
* Pat Lupoff
* Steve Sansweet
* Bill Schelly
* Steven Spielberg
* Frank Stack
* Jeff Walker

2012|

* Charlie Adlard
* Bill Amend
* Alison Bechdel
* Tim Bradstreet
* Mike Carey
* Peter Coogan
* Geof Darrow
* Randy Duncan
* Ben Edlund
* Gary Gianni
* Larry Hama
* Peter F. Hamilton
* Mario Hernandez
* Klaus Janson
* Joe Jusko
* Robert Kirkman
* Erik Larsen
* Rob Liefeld
* Andy Mangels
* Rudy Nebres
* Whilce Portacio
* James Robinson
* Lou Scheimer
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Jim Silke
* Marc Silvestri
* Michael E. Uslan
* Trevor Von Eeden
* Mark Waid
* Thomas Yeates

2013|

* Jon Bogdanove
* Alan Campbell
* Gerry Conway
* Denys Cowan
* Michael Davis
* Gene Deitch
* José Delbo
* Derek T. Dingle
* Paul Dini
* Ellen Forney
* Gary Frank
* Tony Isabella
* Dan Jurgens
* Sam Kieth
* Jack Larson
* Elliot S! Maggin
* Leonard Maltin
* Jeff Mariotte
* Val Mayerik
* Dean Mullaney
* Martin Pasko
* Fred Perry
* Ruth Sanderson
* Romeo Tanghal
* Bruce Timm

2014|

* Ray Billingsley
* June Brigman
* Mark Brooks
* Amanda Conner
* Brian Crane
* Chuck Dixon
* Jane Espenson
* Bill Finger
* Drew Friedman
* Michael T. Gilbert
* Brian Haberlin
* Willie Ito
* Kelley Jones
* Katherine Morrison
* Julie Newmar
* Graham Nolan
* Michelle Nolan
* Jimmy Palmiotti
* Benoît Peeters
* John Picacio
* Mimi Pond
* Joe Quesada
* Sam Raimi
* Don Rosa
* Brian Stelfreeze
* Burt Ward

2015|

* Jerry Beck
* Greg Capullo
* Mike Catron
* Carlos Ezquerra
* Andrew Farago
* Dave Garcia
* Tom Grummett
* Jackson Guice
* Chip Kidd
* Steve Lieber
* Laura Martin
* Dave McCaig
* Bill Mumy
* Kevin Nowlan
* Joe Phillips
* Hilary B. Price
* Humberto Ramos
* Jimmie Robinson
* Luis Royo
* Jen Sorensen
* Richard Starkings
* Kazuki Takahashi
* Jill Thompson
* Jhonen Vasquez
* Craig Yoe

2016|

* Jason Aaron
* Derf Backderf
* Michael Barrier
* Luc Besson
* Peggy Burns
* Peter David
* Jim Davis
* Tom Devlin
* Ben Dunn
* Matt Fraction
* William Gibson
* Kieron Gillen
* Mike Judge
* Hidenori Kusaka
* Ed McGuinness
* Jamie McKelvie
* Tsutomu Nihei
* Christopher Priest
* Phil Roman
* Alex Sinclair
* John Trimble
* Satoshi Yamamoto

2017|

* Andrew Aydin
* Alan Burnett
* Joyce Chin
* Kevin Feige
* Robin Hobb
* John Lewis
* Jeph Loeb
* Jonathan Maberry
* Glenn McCoy
* Keith Pollard
* Nate Powell
* Brian Selznick
* R. Sikoryak
* Alex Simmons
* Gail Simone
* R. L. Stine
* Ron Wilson

2018|

* Yoshitaka Amano
* Marc Bernardin
* Cory Doctorow
* Brian Fies
* Richard Friend
* Alex Grecian
* Deborah Harkness
* Elizabeth Hand
* Larry Houston
* David W. Mack
* Nichelle Nichols
* Liniers
* Brian Pulido
* Randy Reynaldo
* Eric Reynolds
* Kevin Smith
* Peter Tomasi
* Shannon Wheeler
* Rafael Albuquerque

2019|

* Wendy All
* Leigh Bardugo
* Jon B. Cooke
* Mary Fleener
* Gene Ha
* Jonathan Hickman
* Arvell Jones
* Charlie Kochman
* Craig Miller
* Paco Roca
* Scott Snyder
* Billy Tucci
* Chris Ware
* Maryelizabeth Yturralde

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