# Mark Waid's empire of stories

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Podcast: [Word Balloon Comics Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914)
Published: 2026-06-23T07:36:06+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4709

## Resource

Mark is back ro talk about JLU, Superboy in Acrtion Comics, and World's Finest. Plus 3 days left for his and Barry Kitson's EMPIRE crowd funder. He also previews Batman and Robin Dynamic Dous with Chris Samnee a Batman Superman Weird Al team up, and clears up his viral video comment about the quality of new comics being made today vs old comics of the past.

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