>>97905859>>97905859His "good writer" reputation is a mirage based on nothing.
>But Kingdom Come--!Was Alex Ross's idea. The actual writing wasn't that good. And the concept itself wasn't all that great. It was a "classic" due to Ross's art at the time.
>But his Flash run--!You mean '90s Babies First DC Comic? It was a mediocre run but for some reason a lot of Marvel fans back in the day read it as their first DC comic. It's nothing more than mediocre, and Waid had a co-writer for much of it.
>But his Daredevil--!Great for the first arc or two. After that it was never nearly as great, and yet for 40-some odd issues people still claimed it was classic. And yet objectively speaking the first arc or two was clearly better than anything that came afterwards. So it's a case of diminishing returns, but people didn't notice, in part because they wanted to pretend that there was actually a truly great Big Two comic on the stands at the time. There wasn't.
>His Captain America--!From the '90s? Completely mediocre. People contrast it to the Liefeld relaunch, and to the end of the Grunwald run, so it looked a lot better than it actually was. It was nothing special at all. His current run looks and reads like an Archie comic. Completely bland and boring, for people who want to bask in neo-retro stylings that never were and never will be anything other than forgettable.
You'll notice that whenever people cite Waid as a great writer they never cite specific moments or scenes of greatness. That's because there aren't any.
A reputation based on nothing. Thanks Alex Ross. Waid is truly a useless human being who's wasted a lot of your time.
