When looking at the history of comics, and how much money they bring in, it looks like April 1993 was that moment, regardless whether you factor the cost of inflation in or not.
How can that be? John Jackson Miller of Comichron breaks it down in this video.
https://youtu.be/L-Mbe62HnBY
You can find the charts, John references in this video here.
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