Deadpool
Venom
Carnage
Sentry
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Blade
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
Rictor
Shatterstar
Cleverly disguised as a responsible Adult
Expecially considering the sliding timescale(everything in MU will always "start" 14/15 years ago)
Meaning that the events of old happened....at worst 1 perhaps 2 years ago in marvel time-line
Really sliding time in MU is crazy. At this point I can only assume that there were extensive period of times where heroes just forgot what sleep is and wore the same costumes for months!
America Chavez: don’t hate her, but I don’t feel anything in particular towards her.
Groot: one note character.
Marvel can’t move on from old characters because new characters aren’t really built to be bread winners(money makers) long term. A lot of the new characters are more “interesting characters,” rather then franchises. It’s franchises that make Marvel their money. A lot of it has to do with how modern comics are written to. Back in the 60’s it was easier to introduce new heroes then give them a large supporting cast and villains and such, because stories were more compressed. Now most stories are told in 4-6 issue arches which translates to only two stories a year. This hardly enough story space to introduce a lot of supporting cast.
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I can agree with this.
Peter's first 10 years vs miles's first 10 years show this(Although he has many other problems as well so not the best example).
Other things
1)Death means nothing in the MU now.Stories like The Night Gwen Stacy died can't be made to have as much of a impact.
That and death lasts lesser the further we go.Kraven's last hunt had us wait decades whereas Ock came back in less than 1
2)Risk.Why would people waste money on something they are not familiar with rather than stick with what they know they like.Comics are a lot more expensive now.
3)Agendas:Some decent characters(Thor Jane) suffer from blatant shoving of agenda's down out throat.Like when Thor Jane had the encounter with wrecker and Titania IIRC.That turns people off the comic.
4)Events:They used to be hype, not we have one every 3 months.
Oh yes, I wholeheartedly agree.
Also about Events two personal observations:
1 Events often exist only to remind readers that is a shared universe, since nowadays comic lines are often so compartmentalised that seem AU. So to showcase readers of X-men that Thor exist in same universe, Events Events Events.
2 the Event Hype is terrible, as is 99% a big FAT lie. Everything they promise will happen won't or not as you expected or wanted( often toying with "this character will join this team" only with ending with technically teaming up for total 5 panels) and is so pervasive and I bad faith it hurt!
Also there's the growing market for the trade that push the writing in this directions, whereas the increased price of comics tend to become more and more a issue for readers(paying 5 euros for a 20 pages? Screw it!)
I don't really have a huge problem with that. One or two supporting characters is nice IMO but it's not a huge prerequisite for me. IMO it's nice to see the heroes as part of a bigger whole.
Of course, if this is the case, maybe comics need to adjust to that to help promote these characters
I'm not sure the decompression is the problem. Jessica Jones was created by the king of decompression and still built up a compelling enough story and world to make a well-received 3-season tv show out of. Good writing is still good writing, whether it's a story that takes 3 issues or just 1.
Maybe it's just the writers haven't caught up with everything yet. I think a decompressed story can still develop supporting characters. In some ways it might be easier.