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How Marie Javins helped turn DC Comics into one of the industry’s biggest success stories, according to 40+ year Marvel & DC veteran Mark Waid
Mark Waid credits Marie Javins with creating a positive environment for creators
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Mark Waid has been writing for DC Comics on and off since 1985, but the award-winning writer says DC’s current era is the best the publisher has been in ages. Waid, who is currently writing Batman/Superman: World’s Finest and Justice League Unlimited, says a lot of the credit goes to DC editor-in-chief Marie Javins.
“Head and shoulders above a lot of the stuff I’ve seen before,” Mark Waid says during an appearance on SKTCHD’s Off Panel. “If you’re cynical, it’s easy to look at that and dismiss this as, ‘Oh yeah, but here’s a guy who’s writing on these big books. Of course he’s going to think it’s great.’ No, I’ve always, if nothing else for 40 years, I think people who know me and have read interviews and stuff know that I am honest to a fault. I’ll call out bullshit when I see it. But man, Marie Javins as the editor-in-chief there has put together the right people. And I have never seen the DC editorial staff so in sync as I have now.”
“I don’t see the petty rivalries. I don’t see the territorial nature of some of these people. I don’t see anything but Marie leading a fleet that’s all headed in the right direction, the same direction, and supportive of each other. The communication, not just with editorial, but between editorial and creators, is stronger than I’ve ever seen before. And all of that helps. It means that DC is not doing what it did for a long time, which was lurch from success to success by accident, and instead, there’s a plan. I have never been happier up there. I’ve never seen most everybody happier up there.”
Marie Javins became DC’s editor-in-chief in 2020. Since then, she has overseen the publishing line through corporate mergers, the COVID-19 pandemic, and helped champion new initiatives such as the launch of the Absolute Universe. It’s not easy being Superman’s boss, but Marie Javins is crushing it.
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