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I like the brighter, shinier, happier comic-book material on a personal level, but I also think the best stories are told where you just don't know from page to page or moment to moment when the sucker-punches are coming.
Mark Waid
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Mark Waid
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: March 21
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