“There is a reductive nature to the Internet, and it's not limited to comic book news sites and stuff: it's everybody. There is a reductive nature of it, by which anything that's said very quickly gets reduced down to the next. Reduced, reduced, reduced to the point where rumors with some sense of nuance to them just become fact.”

American comic book writer

Mark Waid is an American comic book writer best known for his work on DC Comics titles such as The Flash, Kingdom Come, and Superman: Birthright. He has also written for Marvel, including Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil. His career spans major publishers across the industry, among them Fantagraphics, Event, Top Cow, Dynamite, and Archie Comics. He is known for superhero stories and long-running series work, especially on some of the best-known characters in American comics.