Here's what came out coverdate May, 1970 (the month of my birth, more or less).  There's at least a dozen more non-super-hero books that month, too:

"Explain to me how this is easier now than 25 years ago."

It is easier to get a Monthly Comic  Robin, The Demon (JB), Reprints in Trade of Thor, A Comic about a Lesbian Romance than it was 25 years ago.

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2. "There was as much variety (or more) 25 years ago as today."

This is wrong.  You just need to read previews.  There are types of Comics being published now that did not even exist back then.  Just look at the Vertigo line for an example.  I am counting the trades too so that includes many things that were first published 10 years ago or more.  You have to remember you can get a lot of the old stuff in trades.  There were a lot less of those in the past too.

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3. "The sales of comics used to be in the millions to even suggest that comics are some how "better" today as an industry is to be a  complete and total moron."

That is a little harsh but we need to determine what better means. 

Lets look at two scenarios.  Imagine a time where there is only one comic that sucked but it was given away freely to 100 milion readers.  The artist made minimun wage.

Now suppose later comics cost a dollar but there are 100 different titles they each sold only 1 million but the artist got paid well.

Which era was better.  I would say the second one even though sales per comic were 1/100 of before.

Ever since I can remember the comic book industry has been in crisis. Most people associated with the industry have been cheerfully predicting it's demise, not expecting it to last beyond the next 5 years. Well, these predictions have all one thing in common - they've all been wrong. Is the current crisis any more of a crisis than all the previous ones? I don't think so. Like any industry the comic book industry needs to re-invent itself constantly. It's either change or die, and that's not change as in "let's try and do like in the good ol' days".

I believe Marvel is making more money now than it did in 1980.  I would have to check the facts and adjust for inflation.

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Something which you couldn't do. Marvel was a private company in 1980.

Honestly, if you think there's even a small chance that Marvel is making more money publishing comics today than they did in the 80's then there's really not much point in even trying to argue this with you.