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DAN DIDIO Senior Vice President & Executive Editor, DC Comics ALL WEEKEND

Dan DiDio, who joined DC Comics in January 2002 as Editorial Vice President, oversees the editorial department for the DC Universe imprint. As the DC Universe Executive Editor, DiDio charts the ongoing adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and scores of heroes and villains; he also works to develop new titles with the industry’s premier writers and artists.

Before joining DC, DiDio was with the computer animation company Mainframe Entertainment where he served as freelance story editor and scriptwriter for the series Reboot and War Planets. Later he became its Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs, overseeing the development, distribution, marketing, and promotion as well as merchandising and licensing of all Mainframe's television properties. Among the projects he developed were Weird-Ohs, Beast Machines, Black Bull's Gatecrasher and Jill Thompson's Scary Godmother. He began his television career in 1981 at CBS, where he worked at a variety of positions before moving to Capital Cities/ABC in 1985. At ABC, DiDio served as Public Relations Manager for the three New York-based Daytime Dramas, then moved to Los Angeles to become Executive Director of Children's Programming. There he was responsible for Saturday morning programs and After School Specials, serving as Program Executive on such series as Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Hypernauts, Madeline, Dumb and Dumber, and Reboot.

At DC Comics, DiDio has spearheaded such bestselling projects as IDENTITY CRISIS, TEEN TITANS, OUTSIDERS, and the revamp of SUPERMAN. At the start of this year, Wizard Magazine named him its first ever “Man of the Year,” writing, “in an industry of movers and shakers, DiDio moved and shook the most in 2003.”

Since assuming the role of Executive Editor of the DC Universe in 2004, Didio has been the point man for the All-Star Comics line (All Star Superman, All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder), Infinite Crisis, 52, Countdown and the latest DC blockbusters Trinity and Final Crisis.