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What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

Len Wein

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Len Wein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1948
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: September 10
Comics Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Leonard Norman Wein
Stories
Lenses
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Connect
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Effect
Reader
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Story
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Visceral

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