I want to know the answer to the following question:
What situation allowed Marvel to expand into more adult-themed genre stories?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Once again, Marvel attempted to diversify, and with the updating of the Comics Code achieved moderate to strong success with titles themed to horror (The Tomb of Dracula), martial arts, (Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu), sword-and-sorcery (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja), satire (Howard the Duck) and science fiction (2001:". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes