Before we begin, do not get me wrong. I am a huge fan of the works of Marvel Comics and anything related to Marvel Entertainment. I love the comics, I love the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and my favorite superhero is from Marvel (that would be Spider-Man). What I do not like is how the comics are being changed to accommodate the cinematic universe. For example, the significant reduction of mutants in favor of the increase of Inhumans, the latter of which were relatively unknown in the comic universe until being introduced as a replacement to mutants in the cinematic universe. The reason Inhumans are being used instead of Mutants is because Marvel Studios does not have film rights to Mutants, even the term "mutant" is unable to be used in the MCU. Now I know what many of you are thinking, "why can't Marvel Studios use mutants when Marvel created Mutant characters such as the X-Men, Franklin Richards, and Wolverine"? As mentioned before, Marvel may own the characters, but as for movie rights, that designation goes to Twentieth Century Fox, and the same can be said for the Fantastic Four. As a result, Marvel has been slowly phasing these characters out in the universe of the comics, going so far as to split up and essentially erase The Four from the new continuity known as All New, All Different Marvel, and significantly reducing the amount of mutant characters through the use of an event known as House of M, which also marked the deaths of Professor Charles Xavier and Cyclops. Also due to Fox owning film rights, Wolverine, a member of both X-Men and Avengers teams has also been offed. I am not a fan of Inhumans, and I believe mutants should still remain strong despite Marvel not owning the film rights to their own characters. I understand the MCU is popular and Marvel is changing its comic universe to reflect the MCU's popularity. However, the movies should be adapting the comics, not the other way around. As of now, Marvel's comics feel more like forty page advertisements for the MCU, giving the poor mutants and Marvel's first family "the shaft".
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