this is an assertion made by someone who has never kept up with comics consistently

comics aren’t like “big” on the metaverse that’s such a weird thing to say. like yea there’s alt versions of characters that appear sometimes and some superheroes do more fantastical things than some other heroes but you’re talking about the medium of frank miller, alan moore, neil gaiman (who’s fantastical series is incredibly grounded for the themes that the work interrogates) brian bendis (during the noir years) these are people living real life through their comics. i feel like you don’t have any experience with comics pre-disney/marvel merger and that’s fine, but i would really encourage you to look at some of those stories and tell me that they didn’t excel despite their limitations

also sorry to dogpile but what does consistency even mean in this context? like if you take superman for instance, in the 30’s he fought the kkk and corrupt landlords, in the 40s he killed nazis, in the 50s he chilled in space a lot , in the 60s he ate too many hamburgers and could move planets with his bare hands, in the 70s he was boring af and starred in a p***o with big barda, in the 80s he was an actually fun superhero to read after they rebooted him, in the 90s he grew a mullet and then became blue, in the 00s he was superman classic and dealing with new krypton, in the 10s up until now he’s a dad. there’s never been anything completely consistent with the tropes of his characterization except that he fights the impossible and that there’s always a higher path. if you’re looking for consistency in that jimmy olsen has an arc about finding himself or whatever you’ll be disappointed. but if you’re looking for consistency in that superman will be here to save the day and try to inspire humanity to a more peaceful and better path to the future then you’ll find a story to love in every decade i listed.

just go read the older s***, it's better anyways and you can look up what's good

Not what I said at all. I'm calling out multiverse specifically because it is too cheap and convenient way to bring changes to established stories. It validates many asspulls

The writers/authors having their own touch and how they do their story that's about creative direction. I never said this is bad

His point though is that the whole multiverse thing isn’t actually as prominent as you’re making it seem. It’s pretty easy to avoid stuff of that nature if you just do some research

If anyone seriously wants recommendations for getting into comics, it’s not that hard. Just look up “greatest comic book runs of all time” or if you want a specific character “best __ stories of all time” and start from there. The large majority will be mostly self-contained stories and runs from individual authors.

just start with the most recent volume of the comic you like