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In reply to the discussion: I'm done, too. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)And even then, established lines will carry on (I'm looking at you, Superman.)
Enough comic titles and producers have made the effort to change the art style to something less, well, stupid to show that this sells just fine. It doesn't harm their market at all, and in fact gets good publicity - because it actually broadens their market - Turns out people are more likely to pick up a comic book if it DOESN'T have softcore porn on the cover.
Thus the ruckus over the spiderwoman cover - Marvel already knows that it doesn't need to vacuum-pack its female characters in order to sell comics. It is in fact leading the industry on the issue, along with various other inclusive changes. The spiderwoman ready-to-be-mounted cover is actually a step backwards for the company standards. And your - and perhaps their - line of thinking on this is actually pretty insulting to the target audience.