Speaking in general, that would be considered a contestable notion. Were that true on a broad scale, than media and works of fiction that focus on that general time frame as a setting, or even as part of the story beyond just being a recurring setting, would not be so widely used.
It also doesn't change how presumptuous this thread's title and topic is, which was what I was getting at when I made my first post in this thread.
Ouch. Back when I went to college there was a comic shop a mere block or so from campus, and several others a short BART train ride away in neighboring cities. Between that, the various book stores, music/record shops and eateries, I was in heaven. And what's this? Only 4 nights of parties? Slackers!
As for the topic at hand, I admit that I have very little interest in reading about most characters who aren't at least in their late teens. This is not new. I hated my childhood. Naturally, my chosen form of escape didn't entail reading about kids as heroes. I was not looking for a mirror with characters who reflected my peerage and circumstance, albeit more slightly gussied up with super powers. I didn't even like the notion of kids as sidekicks. Hated Robin, Bucky, the entire lot of them. No, I was the Billy Batson who wanted to be Captain Marvel all of the time. No reversion "Shazam!" cry would my younger self utter. Ever. I instinctively knew that being an adult was simply more fun. Period. (And I wasn't wrong.)
I realize Marvel has little choice but to keep trying to reel in young readers to replenish their base and secure their future. But I don't know that having wave after wave of new youthful characters is the best approach.
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Picture this...Rachel is sick. Powerful sick. Turns out her liver is going bad and she will need a transplant. However...she is not going to make it waiting on the transplant list. She will need a living donor and none of her family are matches. So Julia goes to her Avengers friends to try to find someone and per chance her old Avengers West team mate Bobbi Morse is a match. They do the transplant and within weeks instead of the regular months for recovery Rachel is healed and slowly getting the benefits of the SSS-IF Cocktail.
Edit...or maybe it is Nighthawk from 616 who is a match.
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I'd like to see "abandoned" ones used rather than add a lot of new clutter that may end up just like the "abandoned" ones.
That was what led to the first New Warriors series. They had characters like Nova, Speedball, Firestar, Namorita, and Marvel Boy (Justice) and someone thought "hey these kids are just sitting on the shelf why not put them in a book together". They added a few new ones and had a hit. The problem since then is marvel wants to create a team with 90% new characters and through in maybe one or two old ones. It is assbackwards thinking. You bring in older fans with characters they like and then introduce them to a couple new ones not the other way around.
You think the current group of young heroes will stick around? Miles and Kamala are two most popular new Marvel heroes, so I'm guessing they and their contemporaries may have more staying power than other generations who've been ignored