“Peter Parker will never die but these comic book companies just might... they screw up everything... fag super heroes and anti American ideologies in their latest super dolts... screw them.”
I believe most of that change has been on purpose as part of an effort to alter American culture and what it means, core values and ideals, to be an American.
I don’t think comic books are trying to alter changes in American culture so much as just reflecting changes in American culture. Back when the Fantastic Four and Spider Man first came out we were still in the Cold War, and the comic books relected that. They portrayed communism as evil, the heroes respected their elders, etc.
Comic books have always been more than just an art form and the original heroes, villians and ideological messages reflected that purpose and intent.
Comic books are a published product and the product itself is ideological, usually good vs evil, us vs them, just as they were in the beginning.
We have an evolving preference and belief about not just who wins, but rather what is a win and how the lines are drawn defining good or bad and what defines winning.
As such, decisions are made regarding what is published, but who makes those decisions? Who defines what is good and bad?
Obviously, those who publish and pay and those who want to be published and paid.
They are the gatekeepers of what is good and what is bad for those who consume their products and those gatekeepers have changed and the ideals that are promoted have changed accordingly.
This "first cause" relationship between the youth of today and the society of tomorrow has not been lost on the PTBs of the world and in this country.
We, the people, used to understand the lessons of planting seeds and reaping the harvest. We mastered the art of this form of propaganda, but after living the last few decades and looking at the world around me, we, the people, seem to believe those rules no longer apply to us any more and thus fail to see its application.
Too bad. That means it will get worse before it gets better.