Marvel's been in quite a bad spot this year, as far as comics are concerned. The rise of modern feminism and political correctness has prompted Marvel to create more diverse characters and headline them to attract said demographic. It isn't exactly making any sales figures at all.
Places like The Mary Sue try to defend that the diversity in comics is still a good thing, despite the poor sales. But numbers don't lie. There is just not enough interest in these comics at all, even from the said demographic these titles are catering to, like The Mary Sue.
It doesn't help either that DC's Rebirth Event is making the house of the Justice League getting very strong sales the past few months.
Kamala Khan and Miles Morales worked not because they are diverse characters - it's because they are likable characters that are very well written. The same applies to other works like the recent Luke Cage series on Netflix. But if your headline for a comic book is similar to the Gen-Zed scam, well, look what has gotten Marvel and they haven't learned their lesson.
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