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Mark Waid has risen through the ranks to be one of the primary architects of the DC Comics universe. From fan to comics journalist to editor and then to writer, publisher, and back to writing again, Mark Waid has studied and worked on comic book superheroes through various perspectives, and that has affected how he relates to them - and how he has them relate to us. Popverse's Pierce Lydon spoke with Waid recently about his current and upcoming DC projects, amd when asked how he keeps them fresh in his mind after so many years Waid opened up to how he writes them.

"I just spend a lot of time in their heads," Waid tells Popverse. "I spend a lot of time in their heads thinking about what the world looks like to them. How do you move through the world?"

Waid drills down about how that's different for everyone, using the Flash and Superman as examples.

"If you're a super speedster in a series of regular everyday moments, what is your life? What is your life moving through the world?" says the writer. "If you can see colors that nobody else can see like Superman because of your incredible vision, what is the world?"

Waid said it's not so much about the physical battles that heroes and villains go through, but about what's going on in their heads that drive their actions (and their fists).

"I spend less time worrying about how they punch people and a lot more time thinking about how they relate to each other and what perspective on the world and on humanity their powers give them," says Waid.

You can read Popverse's full interview with Mark Waid about the New History of the DC Universe, the current 'We Are Yesterday' crossover, and more, here.

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