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marvel and DC mainline superhero stuff hasn't been marketed to children in years. I think sometime in the 2000s, they made a decision to focus on adult fans. The comics have been changing and are no longer designed for a child audience. Also, its hard to find comics as a kid these days. From the late 30s when comics began to like the 90s I think, you could find comics in drug stores, grocery stores, department stores, gas stations, newsstands. That last one was more back in the older days granted. But as an 80s kid, I remember seeing comics in stores still. And then before the end of the 90s, that changed

Kids don't see comics in front of them. Access to them as an impulse buy no longer exists. And they are no longer the intended audience