Does Marvel try to simplify stories for new readers?
I don’t think there’s anything in the world wrong with clarity–in fact, it’s a storytelling imperative. If the audience can’t tell what or who you’re talking about, then there’s no way to bring them into the story and for it to affect them. I don’t expect anybody to know the life story of any of our characters from even a handful of books, and they’re certainly always welcome to go on that larger road of discovery with us, but if a reader reads just one Marvel comic, they ought to be able to walk away with at least a basic understanding of who the players are. A lack of clarity isn’t sophisticated, it’s crap storytelling, it’s amateur hour, and it’s something we work very hard, not always successfully, to stamp out.
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