What is the deal with Marvel comics having so much text in them?

I don't know if this has changed because the only Marvel comics I read any more are special ones like The Wolverine Origins or the 9/11 Spiderman. But when I was a kid they all had word balloons all over the pages. The main reason I stopped reading Marvel is because of all the words I've already looked at each panel 15 times by the time I'm done reading. Now before anyone makes any rude comments like learn to read or something like that let me say I love to read. I am a big fan of Stephen King and most of his books are VERY thick. I think the stand is longer than the Bible. Also I like Ayn Rand's books as well. So it's not that i'm illiterate or anything. I just think comic books should have a flow to them where you finish looking at the pictures and finish reading at the same time. If you look at DC and Image there is a very nice text to picture ratio that makes reading the comic book very smooth. So why does Marvel have so much text in their books?