Your argument is based around an idea that there isn't a good legal way for people to get into comics and that just isn't the case. Comixology is near the top of every app store, Marvel Unlimited routinely runs super cheap sales, even crappy libraries has a decent selection

No it's not, not in the slightest. For whatever reason, even with these services there are a sizable number of people who pirate books they later buy, and for whom the number of books bought after piracy > what they would have bought without piracy. By the way, I think Marvel Unlmited is absolutely great and removes most of the justification for pirating Marvel books. What about DC books?

Support the hobby or get out We're talking about people who do just that. So you think the industry would prefer to make less money total than to accept the money of pirates? Someone who pirates $1000 worth of books a year and buys $500, whatever their reasons, is still bringing more money into the industry than they take out. You have told me that just wanting a book doesn't entitle you to read it for free, fair enough, but you haven't done anything to convince me that this specific person is hurting the industry. You really expect me to believe that the industry would prefer to not have this extra money if it meant the people wouldn't pirate (which by the way also allows the comic to spread by word of mouth and gets the brand out there). You keep dodging the question of how something that makes the industry more money hurts the industry, ethics and legality aside.

By the way, many artists actually like piracy. Here are Neil Gaiman's thoughts on people pirating his books and on how sales of American Gods jumped 300% after he started giving it away digitally for free (not a comic but the same principle applies).