I may have figured out "No More Mutants" (and I wish I hadn't)

[Iron Maiden]

That's not the say that it's impossible. Look at what exposure due to the TV show has done for the Walking Dead. There's a definite tread upward that has accelerated since the show has been on the air.

Their best shot at getting new readers is the movies in addition to TV and games. I don't know how you can fault a business for trying. If they don't get new readers, the number of current readers will eventually diminish by attrition.

[Iron Maiden]

An audience of 84K (and lets be honest here, thats the number retailers are ordering, not the number that people are buying) is less than 1% of the audience that will be exposed to these characters in an X-Men movie or an Avengers movie. So yes, I consider that "barely anyone".

That's not even a point to argue. Comic books are never going to reach the numbers that a movie can. Even in their heydays they couldn't. But it sure has the attention of comic book readers. The publishing division of Marvel is separate from the movie division. They have to continue to be profitable or Disney might resort to layoffs or other drastic measures if they don't.

[Hypestyle]

This was already addressed by having the twins cryo-frozen by the High Evolutionary.

when was this, and why?

[Rosebunse]

Gonna be honest, I had this theory for years. We know the Celestials did EVERYTHING anyways. Honestly doesn't bother me because it's been my own little headcanon for years.

[vitruvian]

when was this, and why?

Somewhere in Avengers #185-187, or in the Web of Spider-Man annual that was part of Evolutionary War.

[GenericUsername]

when was this, and why?

It was in a Handbook and so that it could solve the aging problem. The twins can be from parents from long ago without being aged themselves. It would be the same thing if they made them the Frank's children again anyway. The Franks were heroes of WWII.

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Avengers 2004 - 23.jpg

[vitruvian]

It was in a Handbook and so that it could solve the aging problem. The twins can be from parents from long ago without being aged themselves. It would be the same thing if they made them the Frank's children again anyway. The Franks were heroes of WWII.

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Avengers 2004 - 23.jpg

Oh, that was where they extended it to decades. It was originally presented by Bova as having been for a shorter period of time. Guess somebody working on the handbook rewrites realized the chronology problem and decided to fix it outside of an actual story with action and dialogue by inserting that into the handbook entry.

Well, it worked pretty well for a while, and honestly the explanation is still needed, because if they were supposed to be Erik and Magda's kids from ~ the late 50s without either the suspended animation dodge or being physically in their 50s, everybody would have questioned the story and wondered if they were his grandkids instead, immediately.