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Why Mark Waid believes no one understands Superman quite like he does, even co-creator Jerry Siegel
Why Mark Waid believes he’s spent more time thinking about Superman than the Man of Steel’s co-creator Jerry Siegel
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Mark Waid has spent a lot of time thinking about Superman. The award-winning comic book author first fell in love with the character when he saw the 1978 Superman film in theaters, and the Man of Steel hasn’t left his thoughts since. He’s written numerous stories for the character, including the 2003 limited series Superman: Birthright, and Batman/Superman: World’s Finest.
“I have a very special and unique relationship with these characters that no one else on Earth has,” Waid says during an appearance on SKTCHD’s Off Panel. “No one else has spent as much time and energy living in that world and spending that much time thinking about these characters and what their relationships are. I’m not talking about coming up with stories. I just mean in terms of just thinking about them with the same way I think about my friends.”
“I know they’re fictional, but I surround myself with them all day long. I also get out and do adult things, yes. But they are such a part of my life, I’ve probably spent more time thinking about Superman than anybody who ever lived, maybe even including Jerry Siegel. That I think is a big part of it. That I can always find some new take, some new insight, some new something to add to these characters’ worlds and to show you something in every story that maybe you hadn’t thought about before.”
There’s no way to measure Waid’s claim, but he did say at WonderCon 2025 that he’s read every Superman comic ever published, which is no easy feat. Either way, Mark Waid has written some of the most iconic DC Universe stories of all time, so the more he thinks about Superman, the better it is for readers.
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