How Bad Could It Be?

There are those out there who levy heavy criticism against Marvel comics for changing or replacing classic characters in ways that appeal to “social justice warriors”. For example, the current run of Iron Man is not Tony Stark as Iron Man, but a young black woman named Riri Williams. There are other examples, and I could go on all day, but the point is that this is seen as pandering to an audience of folks who care more about social and political issues than they do about telling good stories. These changes are seen as a blatant attempt by Marvel to save face under increasing politically correct pressures at the expense of “real fans” who love their classic characters. I don’t wholly disagree. Well, with the blatant tokenism, not the “real fans” part. If a real fan is someone who reads comics then we are all of us real fans. Anyways, I’m sure that in some respects, there are people high up the Marvel food chain that are pushing to have more diverse characters in order to have g