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>But the point remains that Detective Comics is analogous to Shonen Jump
No, it's not
>not to One Piece.
Yes, it is
>When else does this happen, outside of comics?
There was Halo 5, where the game's story only made sense had you read the half a dozen novels and watched a couple of the webseries that had been released in the interum between it and Halo 4. Final Fantasy XV requires that you watch an anime, listen to audio dramas, and read a few books in order to understand the game's plot.
Not to mention the mess of navigating the entire VII, X, and XIII sagas. Or Kingdom Hearts. Early Digimon has a multiverse story-arc for a character that crosses the anime, the manga, and the games. NCIS crosses over with dozens of spin-offs and different shows. The plot for Martian Successor Nadesico goes from the original anime to the Saturn VN to the movie before concluding in the Dreamcast VN.
But you are correct that nothing gets "as" autistic as capeshit comics.
>You'd be missing many stories/chapters, including ones that the stories original to Superman magazine would expect you to know
That's not my problem. Blame the writers for not making a coherent story.
>Due to Batman becoming an essential part of Detective Comics, eventually taking over the entire thing, you can't just collect Detective Comics and expect to know what's going on
I don't think that you understand that I don't care. And as I said, if these companies gave a shit, they would be putting out a guide.
>even if published in different magazines.
I thought "Batman" was the name of the comic, not a magazine, so which is it?
>You're clearly a casual.
Yes and?
>I'm happy to teach you the basics and help you find the things you'd like to read and enjoy
I'm not going to put in this much work in order to read this shit. And why should i when it's clear that these companies give even less of a shit about it than I do?
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