Originally Posted by
skyvolt2000
A few things
1) There are kids reading comic related books. It's the format that they are reading it on is the issue. Archie has ZERO issue with digest sales to the tune of $5-7 million a year. Because most comic book stores have stopped selling the books including the ones folks actually wanted to read like Archie Afterlife.
2. Yes the manga sells but when you look at Amazon top comic sales in general, to kids and Young adults-guess who you see? At any given time and in some cases EVERY time.
Beast Boys & Raven's books, Batman, Harley, Ms Marvel, Miles, Peter Parker, Hulk, Spider Gwen, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jane Foster, Carol Danvers, Black Panther, Brawn, Moon Girl, Squirrel Girl and same version of the Avengers. With honorable mentions to Thor, Falcon, Iron Man, Thanos, Scarlet Witch and Daredevil.
X-Men are MIA unless there is an X-Men movie. Same when Winter Soldier & Falcon aired-Marvel would have made a killing if The Truth was in stock. Hawkeye, Wandavision and Dr Strange as well.
Notice for DC you only see 4 folks. Pretty you remove Batman, Harley, Joker & Catwoman-toss in Beast Boy & Raven and Superman versus Klan-Dc does not exist.
3. Here is another issue. Who KIDS like tend to be the ones the gatekeeping fandom don't like or will throw a FIT if Marvel or DC tries anything with them.
How many pages of complains will we see if Marvel did an Inhumans book? Be honest folks.
We had comic book stores owners BASH Marvel for making other books for Black Panther and Dr Strange when they had movies come out.
The same folks who SCREAM movies and tv shows don't matter when it comes to say Static. Yet will praise DC if they gave a book to say Booster Gold or Deathstroke after he guest starred on a show.
4. TOXIC fans have to go. There are fandoms so toxic I would NEVER by a book starring that character. They will claim they are not but too bad apples keep ruining stuff. I should NEVER hear about folks getting VERBALLY abused in a store asking for certain books. Especially CHILDREN.
As for finding a starting point-I guess we all FORGOT how we got into comics. The FIRST X-Men book I read and OWNED was Uncanny X-Men 266.
I mean how many here watched All My Children or soaps? Aside from Passions & Bold & Beautiful & Sunset Beach-I wasn't alive when the rest started.