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Can you be sure of that? And even if true, is that a good reason to shut them out?

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My five year old son "reads" comics and what he can't actually read yet I read to him. Sadly I'm not able to buy him any of the main titles to read and pretty much stick to Marvel and DC's all-ages stuff because their main line is far too adult. He also likes stuff like Scooby Doo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which oddly does a better job of making their stuff more all ages than DC and Marvel does. Maybe because the lead characters are considered more for kids? (Even though there are adults who obviously like them as well who grew up reading them, just like the classic superhero comics.)

Time it was, and what a time it was. A time of innocence...

JB: "Can you be sure of that? And even if true, is that a good reason to shut them out"

Oh good heavens, you've misunderstood me! I still read comics (occasionally, sad to say) and it shuts ME out, at 56 years old. There is absolutely no reason or excuse to use such language.

I was being sarcastic about "children don't read comics anymore"... although I fear my sarcasm was too close to the truth to make its point. There is just no reason for that kind of language in an art form that is accessible to the entire populace. Even movies have ratings (and no, I am assuredly NOT ENDORSING ratings for comics... not again.)

As an example, Shakespeare used lots of curses... they simply didn't require profanity. I see no need for it today, and only laziness as an excuse.