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Re: Marvel Comics sales. I'm less of the opinion that diversity is hurting. Flavorize is much closer to the truth.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Apr 3 '17, 09:04

I submit for your consideration this opinion:

It's the dense mythology. It's the reason DC rebooted (twice now). Too much mythology, too much back story, too much history. Granted, that ties into the diversity. You have to know a character to understand what's happening and why there's a girl wearing Iron Man armor or Spider-man is Latino. None of these things are bad, in my opinion. I loved the rich mythology of the DC universe and was livid when they rebooted. I abandoned them immediately. Marvel, while mocking DC's reboots, went the other way and packed all their timelines into one universe. For someone who is a casual reader or, God forbid, a new reader, this is impenetrable. For me, this is what DCU used to be, and I'm enraptured by what Marvel is doing.

Mop

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so if you loved the rich mythology of the DCU you're picking up the Rebirth line then. good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:06 7
- Tell me this: Did we go back to 1 Earth with the Justice Society having been around during WWII? - Mop Apr 3, 09:19 6
  - Answers - Remlik Apr 3, 09:22 5
    - So it boils down to "we're going to pick and choose which continuity we like. Don't worry, it won't be confusing at all." That's so DC. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:27 4
      - A bit. and it's not. The DC books have been pretty fun, I'm stunned that the Superman books are selling and going out of print. That hasn't happend in - Remlik Apr 3, 09:29 3
        
        I had to drop the Superman books. - Spawn Apr 3, 09:30 2
        
        that's fair. But Action 976 was a pefect comic. - Remlik Apr 3, 09:31 1
        
        Oh, back to the original number! That's something, at least. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:34

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