So, I finally read Kingdom Come
Let me get this off my chest before we begin: I do not respect Mark Waid as a person.
No, it’s not because he’s a white man and no, it’s not because of his politics. I don’t respect him as a person for the same reason I don’t respect Tom King as a person; his actions, both behind the scenes and not, and his statements have been boiling my blood for a while. From his direct involvement in sabotaging Jawbreakers to his recent statements that he would rather the comic book industry burn than work with people he politically disagreed with, Waid has proven to me to be nothing more than an online crybully.
With that said, Mark Waid has been a comic book writer for about four decades now. He’s worked on titles such as Daredevil, The Flash, Captain America, and JLA so, as much as I dislike the guy, it’s near impossible to ignore him. Since he’s still a respected writer, I decided to separate the art from the artist by finally crack open Waid’s most famous work, Kingdom Come.
Kingdom Come is a four-issue mini-series published in 1996 and was originally part of the Elseworlds imprint under DC Comics. I say “was originally” because DC has gone back and forth about wanting this story…
