Originally posted by Comet King:
Yes - if it would be a movie or novel then it would be OK.
The super hero comic format doesn't allow enough space too deal with serious subjects like this.
I'm sorry for the language, administrators, but BULLSHIT! Anyone with a history of comics knows that it was in THIS VERY BOOK. when it was known as Green Lantern/Green Arrow, dealt with lots of serious subjects. The famed "hard travelling heroes" stories of Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams were among some of the best comic stories ever produced. These stories dealt with drug addiction (specifically heroin addiction), racism, poverty, and class struggle in ways that no comic before, and damn few since, have had the vision or courage to. HIV is among one of our biggest "quiet" problems. Because of some advancement in treatment, many people think the disease has just "gone away" and poses no real danger to them. Comics aren't always for our entertainment, and socially relevant stories are just as necessary as superhero mega-fights.