>>8362361NAH, marketing and pandering to non-comic book buyers ruined comics.
Which is to say, little has changed except from some exceptionally shitty comics that are specifically targetted to them.
And it's not like comic book companies didn't try stupid shit before, like the manga wannabe series, polybagged holographic chromed covers, XXXTREME edge, and DARK N GRITTY.
Also, superheroes was one of these gimmicks, but that actually worked. Hence nearly every known popular comic today being a superhero comic.
Superheroes are the greatest. Most popular comics. Most popular movies. Most popular exports AND imports. Absolutely dominates the toy market around the world