It’s Not Diversity Marvel, It’s Poor Implementation

A lot has been said about Marvel Comics vice president of sales David Gabriel’s comments indicating that diversity was the cause of their sales slumped. Following the outcry, Gabriel attempted to clarify the initial statements. “What we heard was that people didn’t want any more diversity. They didn’t want female characters out there. That’s what we heard, whether we believe that or not. I don’t know that that’s really true, but that’s what we saw in sales.” – David Gabriel, Marvel’s vice president of sales He didn’t just focus on women on the diversity spectrum either. “We saw the sales...