Quote: I went back and tried to read comics of my youth, the ones that got me into comics (80's) and they're nigh unreadable.
Yeah. I bought Crisis on Multiple Earths Vols 3 and 4 the other day. Wow. It really brought home just how much comics have changed in the past few decades. They are incredibly more sophisticated in terms of writing, art, and even paper quality. You can't even compare Cary Bates, who wrote JLA, to Grant Morrison. And there is a lot more sex in them - Zatanna in fishnets in JLA is nothing compared to Adam Hughes' Wonder Woman covers let along Witchblade or Vampirella.