Marvel was aimed at teenagers and twentysomethings of the '60s, actually, facing fairly complex moral challenges. Their practical motto was "superheroes with su

Marvel was aimed at teenagers and twentysomethings of the '60s, actually, facing fairly complex moral challenges. Their practical motto was "superheroes with superproblems". And most of the cinematic material actually leverages storyarcs published in the '80s, when the industry chased grown-ups (at that time Batman gets called a "fascist" and actually kills the Joker, SpiderMan is involved in dark assassinations and then gets married, Ant-Man abuses his wife, etc etc).