Hot take: gatekeeping in comics is actually doing us a favor

I was at a con in Portland last month and watched a newer fan ask if she could skip Secret Wars and go straight to the current Avengers run. Three older guys jumped in with a 10 minute lecture about continuity, and she walked off looking crushed. But then I thought about it, maybe telling people they gotta read 300 issues before jumping in is the only thing keeping the back issue bins affordable. If every casual fan flooded the market, prices for key books would go through the roof. Is it fair to scare people off, or are we just protecting our hobby from becoming another overinflated trend like Funko pops?

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