Dan DiDio

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Dan DiDio
Dan DiDio interview about the character of Batman.
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Nationality	American
Area(s)	Editor

Dan DiDio is an American comic book editor and executive. He is currently the Senior Vice President — Executive Editor, DC Universe, for DC Comics, having been promoted to that position in October 2002 after having joined the company in January 2002 as DC Universe Vice President — Editorial.

He was awarded by Wizard magazine as its first ever “Man of the Year” in 2003 for his work on the DC Universe line.

Previous to DC Comics, DiDio was a writer and producer at Mainframe Entertainment, working on ReBoot among other shows. Dan was given the opportunity to pursue other ventures but only after selling Mainframe Entertainment's property, Scary Godmother to YTV for one Canadian dollar.

As of 2006, DiDio has been writing a weekly column called "DC Nation" which has then been appearing at the end of the majority of titles such as Robin and the yearlong weekly maxi-series 52, a project which he is overseeing.

[edit] Criticism

In the wake of many of the character changes based on DC's "One Year Later" event, DiDio has recieved heavy criticicsm from fans for using editorial mandates to influence stories. The reaction over Cassandra Cain becoming evil has been especially vitriolic. His belief that "Funny books don't sell" is believed to be responsible for the serious troubles and deaths that have plagued the former "Super Buddies" team.