Should comics be political?

The best way to introduce diversity in Marvel Comics

Question: Should comics be political?
Position‹3 of 3: The politics of comics should not interfere with the history of comics
Argument: The best way to introduce diversity in Marvel Comics

In recent years, Marvel has retired a lot of traditional superheroes and replaced them with a younger and more diverse group.

The argument

There is nothing inherently wrong with a push for diversity in comic books. This is a political agenda that accurately represents the real world. However, replacing "legacy" characters like Peter Parker's Spider-Man with Miles Morales is pushing a political agenda by shoehorning diverse characters into comics. So, rather than replacing iconic heroes with younger, more diverse ones, these diverse heroes should be given their own superhero identities and powers. Keeping the original heroes while also introducing new, diverse heroes helps build on the history of the medium. Almost nothing is sacrificed as well-established characters remain in the comic universe. A lot is gained though, in the form of more relatable characters and a more realistic world.

Premises

[P1]There is nothing wrong with diversity in comics, but replacing legacy characters like Peter Parker with diverse ones shoehorns a political agenda. [P2] Giving diverse heroes their own identities and powers, while keeping the originals, builds on the medium's history. [P3] This sacrifices almost nothing while gaining more relatable characters and a realistic world. [C] Therefore, because this is the best way to introduce diversity, the politics of comics should not interfere with the history of comics.

Counter-arguments

While there have been a couple instances of "shoehorning" diverse characters into comics, there are more instances of a logical character inheritance of an identity. For example, Marvel created an entire universe devoted to diverse versions of beloved characters. Later, they wrote a storyline which saw some characters, like Miles Morales' Spider-Man, move permanently to the central marvel universe. This shows an attempt to establish characters before bringing them to the central comic book universe, rather than a random insertion to further a political agenda.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] Replacing the original heroes with diverse ones is the correct way to bring diversity into comics.