For decades the comic book industry, at least the mainstream comic book industry, was targeted exclusively towards juveniles. Over the last thirty years however, the industry has grown up and more and more books are written with adult readers in mind. A lot of these books are written by very talented individuals and are very fun to read. Unfortunately, a large segment of what's out there is largely what is termed escapist literature, and like most genre fiction, fails to amount to anything more than just an enjoyable read.
