Are Marvel and DC necessary for the future of comic?

[The Dying Detective]

I have been hearing a lot about how the comic book industry has suffered and it's in dire straits And often it's attributed to the general incompetence of Marvel and DC and their mismanagement of their respective brands and characters, rehashed story lines, lack of good talent in it, writers who are basically children in adult bodies, allowing social justice to run wild, certain restrictions you must abide by to write their characters, and constantly employing old guard writers who might have run their course. At this point one must wonder are Marvel and DC necessary for the future of comics? This might be best illustrated by Ring of Gundam a short film created by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino which illustrated his views on what the anime industry must do to move forward. In Ring of Gundam the hero Eiji seeks the memories of the first Gundam protagonist Amuro Ray on the Ring Colony to find the way to the future for mankind. And during this search a battle erupts, that destroys the Ring Colony and in the end Eiji realises that the memories of Amuro Ray are not necessary for mankind's future. Basically the message is to move forward you have to let go of the past that includes long time franchises. What do you think are the memories of Marvel and DC necessary for the future when there are so many other ways that comics could survive? Is there anything to learn from them other than what not to do at this point? Should the superheroes just fade into the same obscurity the pulp heroes that preceded them fell into? And should new blood just take all their ideas from other archetypes and genres instead of having to use the superheroes?

PS: I know characters like Superman, Daredevil and Batman took ideas from different genres and archetypes as well but the superhero has evolve into an archetype and genre of it's own and maybe the superhero genre and archetype might not be needed for the future of comics at this point either. Especially when they have been appearing in movies and television shows a lot these past few years which is creating a massive amount of over-saturation.