So besides plot armor, why doesnt stuff like Stanford or Gwen

>>81550308
Because readers expect things to return to the status quo

>>81550308
Because it's hard to balance it into a good story, especially since superhero shit is mainly fun escapism.

Gwen Stacy was a big turning point for Spidey, but Stanford is the focal point of one of the worst stories in Marvel's publishing history.

>>81550308
>So besides plot armor, why doesnt stuff like Stanford or Gwen Stacy happen a lot?

They happen. Just not in America and Marvel hates consequences.
That's all. When half of your stories are confined to just one city most problems can be solved.

>>81550308
Because "muh women in refrigerators".

>>81550308
Because its depressing, and they have Vertigo, Marvel Knights, as well as the other publisher lines for unfun Snyder tier shit like that.

>>81550321
>Because readers expect things to return to the status quo
that what marvel editors think, and that's why comic sales keep on plummeting

>>81550308
Marvel doesn't do villains well, so the villains it makes tend to be more "human" and less "evil"

In addition, they hate killing off characters

Punisher killed a bar full of villains in civil war, then they were retconned into just some mild stomach problems.

>>81550308

Because it's a bummer.

>>81551510
>that what marvel editors think
>implying marvel has editors

BY THE POWER OF RAH!

>>81550308
What are you talking about? Manhattan gets destroyed every month, they're just so apt at rebuilding and repopulating that you never see the effects

Some east european country got obliterated by Black Knight's sidekick once, they used magic to seal him in, so there's a giant dude with a sword walking through the country he murdered.

>>81550321
>>81550326
So... plot armor

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>>81550308
?

>>81551510
>implying people don't bitch the moment a hero stays dead to long or gets replaced
>implying new characters don't get consistently outsold by old shit retreading the same stories
It's like you're unaware the x-fags exist