5 Reasons Why Comics Are Better Than Ever Right Now

4. Comics Dominate Across All Mediums

Superman Reading Watchmen
Marvel Comics

Comic books were never as popular as they got in the nineties during the speculator boom. For all the irreparable harm it did to the comic industry, there's a good reason that the biggest companies riding that gravy train didn't stop until it jumped off the rails and spun off a cliff.

However, that doesn't mean comics aren't popular anymore. Quite the contrary, as the commercialization of the internet as well as their rise in the world of film has brought more attention to where these characters originally came from, even more-so - one could argue - than the speculator boom ever could.

Not a whole lot, mind you, as comic sales could definitely be better, but the difference is notable. Especially where the Marvel comics are concerned.

More people today know about Iron Man, the X-Men, Captain America, and tons of other superheroes than ever before. And the kids watching the Avengers movies right now are going to hear that there are decades of other stories centered around them, and are (hopefully) going to pick them up if they haven't already.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?