there will never be the good comics of my youth again, and there's nothing I can do about it
Well, if you reference the article about what Alan Moore thinks about comics, you might come to the conclusion that what is really wrong with comics is that they are writing them for the wrong demographic. Perhaps ALL comics companies should create several series aimed solely at the 9-13 age bracket. If they wrote some series with the same sense of mystery and wonder and hope that many of us older fans enjoyed when we were younger, and told us older fans to buy it for our children (or any children that we know), perhaps then we would all get what we wanted. You could stuill, as an adult, read dark and gritty and grey comics, if that is your thing, or you could reach for the lighter-hearted and hopeful and bright and fun series, which would also be selling well because kids would be buying them once again.